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The Dull-Ice Flower
The Dull-Ice Flower

The Dull-Ice Flower

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Ku Ah-ming is a 4th grader at Chungshan Elementary School in Shuiyu Township, Taiwan. Despite being not very good in most subjects at school, he is very talented in art and has a great imagination, though most teachers don't know what he's expressing in his artwork.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Runtime

99 mins

Rating

8.357/10

Release Date

26 August 1989

Country

Taiwan

Cast

Wong Kwan-Yuen

Wong Kwan-Yuen

Ah-Ming

Lee Suk-Ching

Lee Suk-Ching

Cha-Mey

Chan Chung-Yung

Chan Chung-Yung

The mayor

Han Yu

Han Yu

Art teacher (Mr. Kuo)

Lin I-hsiung

Lin I-hsiung

Father (Ku, Shi-sung)

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