
Five Girls and a Rope
Drama
Overview
Five girls grow up in China during the first years of the twentieth century. When they become adults they have to learn that women are almost without rights. Other women close to them are suppressed in the most brutal way. When Mingtao is to marry a mentally deficient but rich man, she and her friends decide to escape and to search for the mythical "garden" where a woman's life is worth living.
Top Cast


Jing Ai
Jing Ai
Hejiang
Jing Ai
Hejiang


Chang Shih
Chang Shih
Sibao
Chang Shih
Sibao
Ying Chang
Ying Chang
Shaman
Ying Chang
Shaman


Yuan-Qi Lu
Yuan-Qi Lu
Aiyue
Yuan-Qi Lu
Aiyue
Hsiu-ling Wang
Hsiu-ling Wang
Guijuan
Hsiu-ling Wang
Guijuan


Wang Yu-wen
Wang Yu-wen
Wang Yu-wen
Wu Pei-yu
Wu Pei-yu
Jinmei
Wu Pei-yu
Jinmei


Yang Chieh-mei
Yang Chieh-mei
Mingtao
Yang Chieh-mei
Mingtao
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