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New Year Sacrifice

New Year Sacrifice

Original Title: 祝福

19561h 40m
Drama

Status

Released

Release

1956

Runtime

1h 40m

Storyline

In a mountain hamlet in eastern China, a poor woman faces trial after trial. Sold into marriage as a child, she is left a young widow and enslaved by her mother-in-law, who sells her to a poor peasant. Her second marriage turns out to be happy until fate takes away her husband and son. Now seen as a bearer of bad luck, she becomes a social outcast.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 40m
Oct 19, 1956
Languages
Mandarin
Director
Sang Hu
Sang Hu
Production
Beijing Film Studio
Beijing Film Studio
Production Countries
China

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