Gui hua xiang (1988)

Ti Hung's parents die when she is twelve. When she is sixteen, she determines to change her fate, swearing to forget about the poverty. Based upon her famous clever hands at embroidery and ... See full summary »

Director:

Kun Hao Chen

Writers:

Yah-Ming Ding, Li Horng Shiau (novel),

Stars:

Hsiao-fen Lu, Shiow Ling Lin, Simon Yam

Cast

Credited cast:
Hsiao-fen Lu	...	Tee Homg
Shiow Ling Lin
Simon Yam
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Emil Chau
Shu-fang Chen
Ching-hsia Chiang
Chih-hsi Li
Yu-fung Li
Wei-kai Lin
Fang Mei
Chun Nan
Tsui-feng Sun
Chung-Hua Tou
Kuo-hua Wen

Storyline

Ti Hung's parents die when she is twelve. When she is sixteen, she determines to change her fate, swearing to forget about the poverty. Based upon her famous clever hands at embroidery and three-inch lilies, her feet deformed by foot-binding, she is married into a rich family. But fate doesn't change, she becomes a widow at twenty three, and that year her son is only five. In her thirtieth year, she finally defeats all her elders, and becomes the Mistress of a family. But she fails to defeat the love desire, and that year she finds herself pregnant, and the other party is her personal male servant. She faces the challenge of the fate strongly, and then, she wins. This woman lives to the age of seventy five. When she is going to die, she begins to understand the lonely fate of this life seems to be destined when she is born, just as her broken palm lines.

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Plot Keywords:

based on novel

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Genres:

Biography | Drama

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Details

Country:

Taiwan

Language:

Mandarin Min Nan

Release Date:

1 April 1988 (Hong Kong)

Also Known As:

Osmanthus Alley

Filming Locations:

Taiwan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Central Motion Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

112 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

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