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The Scalper

19861h 43mMovieDrama

The 'scalper' is a cinema ticket-tout skirting the law and police harassment to make a living for herself and her three children in downtown Taipei.

DirectorChang Pei-Cheng
WritersSung Hsiang-yu·Chang Pei-Cheng

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Cast · Directed by Chang Pei-Cheng

LHLu Hsiao-Fen
Lu Hsiao-Fen
Ku Shun Mei
CJChen Jen-lei
Chen Jen-lei
Chief Chao
YCYang Ching-huang
Yang Ching-huang
Tung Chia Lin
HSHan Su
Han Su
Uncle Chuan
HTHsiao Hou Tao
Hsiao Hou Tao
WYWen Ying
Wen Ying
TM
Tieh Meng-Chiu
Wu Huo Kun
CSCho Sheng-Li
Cho Sheng-Li
Scalper

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