Red Dust (1990 film)

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Red Dust
Directed by Ho Yim
Written by Sanmao
Ho Yim [1]
Produced by Hsu Feng [1]
Starring Brigitte Lin
Chin Han
Maggie Cheung
Cinematography Hang Sang Poon
Edited byCheung-Kan Chow
Music by Shih Jei-yong [1]
Lo Ta-yu [2]
Production
companies
Tomson Films Co. [1]
Pineast Pictures [1]
Distributed by Golden Harvest Productions (Hong Kong)
Release date
  • November 23, 1990 (1990-11-23)
Running time
94 minutes
CountryROC
LanguageChinese
Box officeHK$6,656,716 [2]

Red Dust is a 1990 Taiwanese drama film directed by Ho Yim. The film follows the life of an independent-minded woman writer during the Japanese occupation who falls in love with a man collaborating with the Japanese.

Contents

Plot summary

Cast

Awards at the Taiwan Golden Horse Awards 1990

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