23 Nov 1986
The Thanksgiving Promise
A teenage boy is torn between his love for an injured Canadian goose that he has found and his agreement to fatten and kill it for an approaching Thanksgiving dinner for his neighbors.
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
Teng-Hui Huang Ponkan
Michael Huang General manager Wang
Kao Meng-Chieh Toast
Kai-wei Chiu 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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