Women from the Lake of Scented Souls (1993)

6.9/10 • 105 min • Drama

Overview

If money can't buy happiness, can it at least buy control over others? Xiang is hard-working, running a small sesame oil business. Her husband is lazy and drinks; her son is blood simple. When Japanese investors provide capital to expand Xiang's business, she has the wealth to raise her social standing and buy a wife for her son, Dunzi. When money and a forceful personality fail to bend others to her will, including daughter-in-law Huanhuan, Xiang must find another way to tranquillity.

Cast

Siqin Gaowa

Xiang Ersao

Wu Yujuan

Huanhuan

Chen Baoguo

Ren Zhongshi

Lei Kesheng

Que Ershu

Hu Xiaoguang

Dun Zi

Ma Xiaoqing

Lingzhi

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