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賣妻 (1985)
The Pawned Wife
Alias: 典妻
Origin: Taiwan
Language: Mandarin 
Genre: Drama 
Rating: III (Hong Kong) 
 
Director
  Wang Chu-Chin (2)
 
Screenwriter
  Chang Yung-Hsiang
 
Producer
  Chiang Hsien-Cheng
 
 
Cast
  Lu Hsiao-Fen ... Ying Hua
  Hsieh Ping-Nan ... Chiang Liang
  Lei Wei-Yuan    
  Zou Lin-Lin ... Chin Ling
  Yuan Shen ... Ox's father
  Tang Ru-Yun    
  Cheung Wai    
  Wang Mu-Guang    
  Pauline Wong Yuk-Wan    
  Suen Hiu-Wai    
  Wen Ying    
  Tung Yan (2)    
  Yang Lieh    
  Sun Lan    
  Man Gau (2)    
 
 
Assistant Director
  Chu Yu-Lin
 
Script Supervisor
  Xin Jia-Zhen
 
Lighting
  Lau Yee-Hung
 
Costume Designer
  Chui Kam-San
 
Makeup
  Man Gau (2)
 
Editor
  Chao Hsiung-Cheng
 
Props
  Yang Tzu-Hsin
 
Sound Recordist
  Chen Cheng-Hsiung
 
Presenter
  Chiang Jih-Shen
 
Production Manager
  Shih Ping-Chu
 
Foley
  Wang Shili
 
Filming Location
  Taiwan
 
 
Summary
  A young starving married couple leave their baby with mum to find better fortune. They stowaway on a train, but are caught by a guard. The husband kills the guard and is injured, then is shot by another railway employee. The couple find shelter and are helped by a young monk and hindered by his master. The young monk suggests that, in order to pay for medical treatment, that the woman follow the village custom and pawn herself. Presenting herself as having a sick brother instead of a husband, the woman is pawned to an ugly but sincere villager named Ox.