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Play While You Play (1981) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1981 · 90 mins · Chinese
- Directed by
- Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Starring
- Kenny Bee, Anthony Chan Yau, Mei Fang, Yen Cheng-kuo, Shih Ying, Fong Fei-fei
A photographer and her boyfriend journey to a quiet seaside village on the Penghu islands, where she meets a blind man and forms a delicate bond. Years later, back in Taipei, he prepares for sight‑restoring surgery, and their reunion deepens the connection between them.
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