Top Cast
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Vickey Liu
Mei
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Sun Yueh
Uncle Ya
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Ng Siu-Gong
Shih Chun Mai
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Lee Li-Chun
Ah Man
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Hsiao Hou Tao
Ah Kun
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Chin Pin
Chih Lan
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Su Chu
Ya's neighbor
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Chen Chi-Chun
Ya's neighbor
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Chu Feng-Kang
Soldier / Ya's neighbor
Overview
A poor army veteran in Taiwan adopts a daughter. She grows up and leaves him to enter show business. When she becomes famous she shuns her father and friends.
Rating
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