A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris.
Social & External
The people behind it
Lee Kang-sheng
Hsiao-Kang
Chen Shiang-Chyi
Shiang-Chyi
Lu Yi-ching
Hsiao-Kang's Mother
Miao Tian
Hsiao-Kang's Father / Old Man at the Park
Liao Ching-Kuo
Sorcerer
Tsai Chao-yi
Clock Store Owner
Chen Hsi-Fei
Video Tapes Vendor
Java Sparrow Youth-Leigh
Vendor's Customer
Hsu Yue-Yin
Sorceress
Huang Kuo-Cheng
Fat Boy
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