The Moon Also Rises (2005)

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The Moon Also Rises on IMDb 7.4/10 30 votes

Released:
2005-06-18

Overview:
In a coastal village near Taidong during the 1960’s, a single, middle-aged mother, Bao-chai, lives a quiet life with her daughter, Xi-lian, a 20-year old schoolteacher. After conservative Bao-chai finds out that Xi Lian has fallen for her cousin, she forbids them to see each other. As time passes, Xi-lian finds love again, this time with Chu-cheng, a new teacher at her school from mainland China. When Chu-Cheng is relocated, he writes love letters to Xi-lian. Unknown to Xi-lian, the letters are intercepted and read by Bao-chai, who, in reading them, has feelings awakened in her that has been buried for most of her life. Then, one day, Chu-cheng comes to visit, and something happens that will change these three quiet lives forever…

Director:
Lin Cheng-sheng

Runtime:
1h 45min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Yang Kuei-mei
    as
    Pao-chai
  • Yi-nan Shih
  • Derek Chen
  • Lin Chia-yu
  • Gail Lin