Madame Bamboo

Madame Bamboo

Madame Bamboo

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Madame Bamboo

1991

1h 46m

4.3(6 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

Sin Pal and Hei Sin Lam star in this erotically charged film about two women who are both driven into a life of prostitution but for very different reasons. The first story involves a husband who punishes his wife for cheating; in the other story, a teenager must escape a strange betrothal to an 8-year-old boy.

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6 featured cast members

Starring

Pal Sinn Lap-Man

Pal Sinn Lap-Man

Chun Wong

Chun Wong

林熙倩

So Jeong

So Jeong

李善愛

Ko Sou-Ching

Creative team

Directed by: Hsia Tsu-hui
Lin Fu-Ti
Written by: Li Han-Hsiang

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