Strawman

Story

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.

Director

Wang Tung

Writers

Hung Sung, Wang Hsiao-Ti

Language

Chinese

Country

Taiwan

Release date

2 January 1987

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Yang Kuei-mei

  Wide Mouth Wife

• 

  Ko Chun-Hsiung

  Landlord

• 

  Mei Zhao-Lin

  Chen Shuixian

• 

  Wen Ying

  Ah Fa's Wife

• 

  Fanny Chang Chun-Fang

  Yueniang

• 

  Po-Chou Chang

  Chen Fa

• 

  Cho Sheng-Li

  Chen Kuozui

• 

  Wu Ping-nan

  Japanese Policeman

• 

  Ying Ying

  Mother

• Cheng Tung-Chuen

  Landlord's Son

• 

  Li Kun

  Director of Japan Branch

• 方龍

  Chief of Village