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Early Train From Taipei (1964)
Directed by Liang Zhefu
· 1h 37m
Made as Taiwan’s economy took off in the 1960s, Early Train from Taipei is a classic country-to-city melodrama of development. To save her bankrupt rural family, Xiulan takes the train to Taipei to earn money. Boyfriend Huotu is horrified to find she has been tricked into becoming a dancer in a nightclub when he visits, and tries to persuade her to leave the next morning on the early train from Taipei. Tragedy piles upon tragedy in this cautionary tale, which touched a nerve with audiences and inspired a raft of sequels.
Cast
Bai Lan
Crew
- Director
- Liang Zhefu
- Screenplay
- Lai Yueshan
- Editor
- Xiao Zhou
- Producer
- Wu Feijian
Details
- Original title
- 台北發的早車
- Release date
- 1964-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Original language
- ZH
- Spoken languages
- Mandarin
- Countries
- Taiwan
- Production
- Tailian Motion Pictures