The Pawned Wife (1985)

ALL 01/01/1985 (zh) Drama 99 Min
  • Release
    01/01/1985
  • Production
    Yung Sheng Film Company
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    典妻
  • Original language
    zh
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

A young starving married couple leave their baby with mum to find better fortune. They stowaway on a train, but are caught by a guard. The husband kills the guard and is injured, then is shot by another railway employee. The couple find shelter and are helped by a young monk and hindered by his master. The young monk suggests that, in order to pay for medical treatment, that the woman follow the village custom and pawn herself. Presenting herself as having a sick brother instead of a husband, the woman is pawned to an ugly but sincere villager named Ox.

  1. Wang Chu-Chin

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer



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The Pawned Wife (1985) 99 Min

ALL 01/01/1985 (zh)
Drama
  • Release 01/01/1985
  • Production
    Yung Sheng Film Company
  • Original title 典妻
  • zh
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

A young starving married couple leave their baby with mum to find better fortune. They stowaway on a train, but are caught by a guard. The husband kills the guard and is injured, then is shot by another railway employee. The couple find shelter and are helped by a young monk and hindered by his master. The young monk suggests that, in order to pay for medical treatment, that the woman follow the village custom and pawn herself. Presenting herself as having a sick brother instead of a husband, the woman is pawned to an ugly but sincere villager named Ox.

  1. Wang Chu-Chin

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Editor

  4. Producer