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It is a story about a bowl and dice, the macrocosm and man.

1993 · 104 min · ★ 4.8 · Drama

A multi-lingual tour guide who owns multiple passports one day drives his wife and daughter to a desolate seashore town and checks in a secluded, spacious, ruins-like hotel. From that moment on, he throws himself into gambling, tossing the dice with local residents all day. Sometimes he wins big, but sometimes he loses all. Feeling neglected and uncomfortable, his wife and daughter soon leave him and return home. He stays and wanders in this fishing village and gradually immerses himself in the surroundings—a place rife with immoral vagabonds, outlaws and weirdoes.

Directed by Ho Ping · Written by Kuo Cheng

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Lu Hsiao-Fen Pearl / Ah-chiao (as Monica Lin)
Tou Tsung-hua
Wu Hsing-Guo
Hsiao Hou Tao
Tan Yang

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