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Nan ren de shi jie

Nan ren de shi jie

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Nan ren de shi jie

1987

1h 32m

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Science Fiction

Overview

As most families only want to have boys, women end up becoming rare and precious.

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8 featured cast members

Starring

Guo Donglin

Guo Donglin

男小B

Wang Rugang

Wang Rugang

男小C

Liu Qiong

Liu Qiong

老画家

Shu Shi

Shu Shi

校长

Wu Yin

Wu Yin

老太太

Chen Shu

Chen Shu

算命先生

Wang Fuli

Wang Fuli

女大A

Hou Yaowen

Hou Yaowen

男大A

Creative team

Directed by: Weiyi Wang

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