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Spider Lilies
Spider Lilies

Spider Lilies

A daring portrait of forbidden love.

Genres

DramaRomance

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When Jade, a web-cam girl, visits Takeko's tattoo studio she becomes entranced with the image of the spider lily and with Takeko as well. In order to get closer to the object of her desire, Jade asks Takeko to give her the same lily tattoo, challenging Takeko's monastic existence and opening up memories which threaten to tear the two women apart.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Runtime

94 mins

Rating

5.489/10

Release Date

30 March 2007

Country

Taiwan

Cast

Rainie Yang

Rainie Yang

Jade

Isabella Leong Lok-Sze

Isabella Leong Lok-Sze

Takeko

Shen Jian-Hung

Shen Jian-Hung

Ching

Jay Shih

Jay Shih

Adong

Kris Shen

Kris Shen

David

Li Hsiu

Li Hsiu

Jade's grandmother

Michio Hayashida

Michio Hayashida

Sensei Yoshi

Ivy Chen

Ivy Chen

Jen

Pai Chih-Ying

Pai Chih-Ying

Young Jade

Wong Chui-Yee

Wong Chui-Yee

Takeko's mother

Cheng Yu-Chieh

Cheng Yu-Chieh

Senior investigator A

Sam Wang

Sam Wang

Sanatorium nursemaid

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