08 Sep 1993
The Joy Luck Club
Through a series of flashbacks, four Chinese women born in America and their respective mothers born in feudal China explore their pasts.
27°C - Loaf Rock
The heart-warming tale of a poor boy turns into a world-class baker, set in southern Taiwan and France. Pao-chun comes from a poor background, and realizes he must acquire a skill to provide for his mother. He leaves for Taipei and becomes an apprentice in a bakery, Finally, Pao-chun overcomes the odds and makes his dream red-bean bun, but disaster strikes when he loses both his childhood love and his mother.
Top Billed Cast
李國毅 Wu Pao-Chun
孟耿如 Chen Hsin-Mei
王彩樺 Wu's mother
黃鐙輝 Ponkan
Michael Huang General manager Wang
Kao Meng-Chieh Toast
邱凱偉 Master A-Kuang
Yu Mei-Ren Chen's mother
許效舜 Boss Yu-Kuo
柯一正 Wu's father
小林幸子 Master Ozu
李運慶 Kuan Chien-Liang
Yu Chih-Hsiang Wu's 3rd elder brother
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