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Chinese | 看海的日子 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Kànhǎi de rìzǐ |
Directed by | Wang Toon |
Written by | Huang Chun-Ming |
Based on | Days of Watching the Sea |
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Cinematography | Lin Hong Zhong |
Edited by | Chen Sheng Chang |
Music by | Zhang Hong Yi |
Production company | Montage Film Co. |
Distributed by | Montage Film Co. (Hong Kong) |
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Running time | 100 |
Country | Taiwan |
Language | Mandarin |
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A Flower in the Raining Night is a 1983 Taiwanese film directed by Wang Toon. Adapted from the novel, Days of Watching the Sea written by Huang Chun Ming, the film portrays the journey of a prostitute who is determined to become a mother to regain her dignity as a human being. It is one of the few commercially successful films of the New Taiwan Cinema in the 1980s, in which its box office reached TWD$23,000,000,[1] HKD$2,536,132.00[2] and was nominated for Best Narrative Feature in the 20th Golden Horse Awards.[3]