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Blue Sun Palace

Blue Sun Palace

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Blue Sun Palace

2025

1h 57m

6.4(15 votes)

Drama

Overview

Bound by lives of arduous labor and shared displacement in Queens's Chinese community, two migrants form an unlikely bond following a sudden loss as they journey through grief together in search of family.

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10 featured cast members

Starring

Wu Ke-xi

Wu Ke-xi

Amy

Lee Kang-sheng

Lee Kang-sheng

Cheung

Xu Haipeng

Xu Haipeng

Didi

Murielle Hsieh

Josie

Zheng Lisha

Zheng Lisha

Fei

Leo Chen

Tony

Wu Chengying

Xiao

Huang Guiping

Ping

April Wang

Vivi

Zhu Yating

Shirley

Creative team

Directed by: Constance Tsang
Written by: Constance Tsang
Produced by: Tony Yang
Eli Raskin

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