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Released
1987 · FILM

Strawman

Directed by
Runtime
96 min
Language
ZH
ComedyDramaHistory
Streaming on
  • Netflix

Synopsis

In 1940s Taiwan, during the last days of Japanese rule, an impoverished farming village is less concerned with colonial politics than with feeding their families. One day, an American bomb falls onto a field, where it lies unexploded.

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Principal cast & crew: 16

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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Craft leads on file

Shot by Ping Bin Lee

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