The River (1997)

8.1	Listal rating
7.3	IMDB rating

Directed by

Ming-liang Tsai

Starring

Tien Miao

Father

Kang-sheng Lee

Kang-Sheng, Xiao-Kang

Mother

Director

Girl

Anonymous Man

Shiao-Lin Lu

Mother's lover

Kuei-Mei Yang

Girl in Hotel

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Ming-liang Tsai

Yi-chun Tsai

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Description: In Taiwan, Xiao-kang, a young man in his early 20s, lives with his parents in near silence. He is plagued by severe neck pain. His father is bedeviled by water first leaking into his bedroom and then flooding the apartment; rain is incessant. Xiao-kang's mother is overcome by sexual longing for her son, sometimes making seemingly ince ... (more)

Release date : 27 August 1997
UPC: 720917534725

Taiwan (4), 1990s (2), Drama (2), Asia (1), (1), East Asia (1), Mother Son Relationship (1), Father Son Relationship (1), Pain (1), Isolation (1), Alienation (1), China (1), Coming Of Age (1), Gay Aspect (1), 1997 (1), '90 (1)

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