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Asian Movie Weekend: Women on the Breadfruit Tree
Netflix ^ | 2015

Posted on 08/20/2017 12:03:44 AM PDT by Fai Mao

The link is for a synopsis. This available on Netflix in the US

I haven't done one of these in a while.

You can find previous installments by using the search terms: "Asian Movies"

This is a 36 episode serialized romantic drama about the lives of three young women from different parts of China who find romance, marriage and love in Shanghai. Unlike similar dramas from Taiwan or South Korea this one is somewhat bitter-sweet so watch with tissues. Not for diabetics.

I don't normally like sweet romance themed shows unless they are comedic but this one was good.

This is a good series for those who haven't been to China to see because it shows a variety of socioeconomic classes and gives a pretty good idea of how people, at least in the major cities of China live.

My Chinese wife has no idea what the title means. As there is no Chinese language title given your guess is as good as mine as to what the title means.

An interesting feature of this film is that it has stars from the PRC, Taiwan and Hong Kong working side by side.

Starring:

Tang Yan as Cheng Yun

Sui Tang as Song Di Zh

Liu Dong as Shen Guang Hui

You Sheng as An Xiao Lu

Bosco Wong as Lin Fang Wen

Zheng Kai as Tian Hong

Search Netflixs for "Women on the Breadfruit Tree"


TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: asianmovies

1 posted on 08/20/2017 12:03:44 AM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: Fai Mao
面包树上的女人 / Mian Bao Shu Shang De Nv Ren
2 posted on 08/20/2017 12:06:35 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Not to split hairs, but the second to the last word is Nu, it means female.


3 posted on 08/20/2017 12:16:36 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: cba123

I found that on a Wiki site for the thread poster. I don’t speak, read or write any type of Chinese.


4 posted on 08/20/2017 12:24:49 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good job translating, still.

I am not fluent, but speak and write a bit.


5 posted on 08/20/2017 12:31:01 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good job translating, still.

I am not fluent, but speak and write a bit.


6 posted on 08/20/2017 12:31:12 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: cba123

Sorry for the double post.

Am actually at an open sidewalk cafe at the moment, the connection is not at all good here.


7 posted on 08/20/2017 12:36:16 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: cba123
"Am actually at an open sidewalk cafe at the moment,"

And even after 47 years, I know exactly what that smells like.

8 posted on 08/20/2017 12:54:11 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: Fai Mao
Breadfruit Ya mon.ćt
9 posted on 08/20/2017 1:40:55 AM PDT by wardaddy (Virtue signalers should be shsot...conservative ones racked and hanged then fed to dogs)
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To: Fai Mao

I love the fact that Netflix is showing asian movies and TV shows.. I binge watched the Korean series Bad Guys. It’s great to get another cultures perspective, and subtitles don’t distract from a great show, as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon showed in it’s theatrical release.
Keep it up netflix.


10 posted on 08/20/2017 4:34:53 AM PDT by Waverunner (I'd like to welcome our new overlords, say hello to my little friend)
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To: Fai Mao
Lumping films together under a heading as broad as "Asian"
is like lumping together the work of Fellini, John Ford,
Ed Wood and Bergman.

But out of Asia, my favorite films are Japanese.
And out of the Japanese, my favorite filmmaker is Kurosawa.
And of all Kurosawa's films the standout has to be...



11 posted on 08/20/2017 5:39:53 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: shibumi

Could you recommend a good website where you can order DVD’s of classic Japanese films? A site that is in English. With a wide selection.


12 posted on 08/20/2017 7:10:06 AM PDT by Ciexyz (I'm conservative & traditionalist.)
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To: Ciexyz

Just do a search the net I suppose.

Most of the stuff I have I got from video stores - back when there used to be video stores.

(In some larger metro areas there still are such places.)


13 posted on 08/20/2017 7:20:30 AM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: shibumi

Haha, yup.

I was however, at a cheap sidewalk coffee shop.

It is like if you have a half block of open space in an urban setting, which is filled with folding seating in the afternoon and the evening, then closes around 10 - with everything being cleared out then.

In the afternoon they have big umbrellas they erect to keep the sun off everyone’s head, and when it rains they are also good for that, as well.

But there are so many sidewalk places here, I know what you’re talking about. A LOT of coffee places however.

It’s sort of, totally what this place is about.

Best regards.


14 posted on 08/20/2017 8:46:30 AM PDT by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam.)
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To: shibumi

That’s why when I do these I try and pick a range of films.


15 posted on 08/20/2017 2:09:01 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I still want to see The PIAPS in prison)
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