The Scalper
The 'scalper' is a cinema ticket-tout skirting the law and police harassment to make a living for herself and her three children in downtown Taipei.
The 'scalper' is a cinema ticket-tout skirting the law and police harassment to make a living for herself and her three children in downtown Taipei.
Lu Hsiao-Fen
Ku Shun Mei
Chen Jen-lei
Chief Chao
Yang Ching-huang
Tung Chia Lin
Han Su
Uncle Chuan
Hsiao Hou Tao
Wen Ying
Tieh Meng-Chiu
Wu Huo Kun
Cho Sheng-Li
Scalper
The 'scalper' is a cinema ticket-tout skirting the law and police harassment to make a living for herself and her three children in downtown Taipei.
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