Strawman
Film

Strawman

1987 · 96 min · ★ 7.2 · Dir. Wang Tung

During the last years of Japanese occupation in Taiwan, as tenants from the preceding generation, the family of Chan brothers was suffering from poor harvest. With a deaf old mother, a mental disordered sister whose husband was killed in war, and a bunch of children, it was not hard to imagine that they were really poor. One day, a heavy unexploded bomb fell down from the sky on two brothers' farmland. The brothers brought the bomb to the Japanese police as a "gift for the Emperor of Japan". Unfortunately, the Japanese were frightened by the bomb and order them to throw it into the sea. They could do nothing but obeyed the order. The bomb exploded when thrown into the sea. A great number of dead fishes came out of the sea. The two brothers collected the fishes back home. When they saw their exciting family enjoy the fishes, they felt that God is fair.

Starring

Yang Kuei-Mei
Yang Kuei-Mei
Wide Mouth Wife
Ko Chun-Hsiung
Ko Chun-Hsiung
Landlord
Lin Mei-Chao
Lin Mei-Chao
Wen Ying
Wen Ying
Fanny Chang Chun-Fang
Fanny Chang Chun-Fang
Cho Sheng-Li
Cho Sheng-Li
Chen Kuozui
Po-Chou Chang
Po-Chou Chang
Ying Ying
Ying Ying
Mother
Wu Ping-nan
Wu Ping-nan
Kun Li
Kun Li
Director of Japan Branch