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The Second Handshake

The Second Handshake

1980 2h 3mDrama

Movie adaptation of a wildly popular hand-copied unpublished novel by Zhang Yang during the Cultural Revolution that was later rehabilitated and officially published in 1979.

Synopsis

Movie adaptation of a wildly popular hand-copied unpublished novel by Zhang Yang during the Cultural Revolution that was later rehabilitated and officially published in 1979.

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Dong KenaDong KenaDirectorShuolong CaoWriter

Cast

Xie FangXie Fang
Kang TaiKang Tai
Mei YuanMei Yuan

Director

Dong Kena

Writers

Dong Kena, Shuolong Cao

Release date

1 Jan 1980

Runtime

2h 3m

Studio

Beijing Film Studio

Language

Mandarin

Country

China

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