Strawman (稻草人) 37 years old

Strawman

During the last years of Japanese occupation in Taiwan, as tenants from the preceding generation, the family of Chan brothers was suffering from poor harvest. With a deaf old mother, a mental disordered sister whose husband was killed in war, and a bunch of children, it was not hard to imagine that they were really poor. One day, a heavy unexploded bomb fell down from the sky on two brothers' farmland. The brothers brought the bomb to the Japanese police as a "gift for the Emperor of Japan". Unfortunately, the Japanese were frightened by the bomb and order them to throw it into the sea. They could do nothing but obeyed the order. The bomb exploded when thrown into the sea. A great number of dead fishes came out of the sea. The two brothers collected the fishes back home. When they saw their exciting family enjoy the fishes, they felt that God is fair.

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Strawman Cast

Name Character
Yang Kuei-mei She was 27, now 64 years old
Ko Chun-hsiung He was 41, 70 years old when he died
Lin Mei-Chao
Wen Ying She was 50, 72 years old when she died

Strawman Crew

Name Department
Wang Shaudi as Screenplay. She was 33 (now 70) years old Writing
Mark Lee Ping-Bing as Director of Photography. He was 32 (now 69) years old Camera
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Strawman (37 years)

  • Release day: Friday, January 02, 1987
  • Runtime: 96 minutes