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A Touch of Sin
Four people in different provinces are driven to violent ends: An angry miner is enraged by corruption in his village. A migrant discovers the possibilities of owning a firearm. A receptionist is pushed beyond her limits by an abusive client. A young factory worker goes from one job to the next.
2013 · Directed by Jia Zhangke · 131 min · Crime · Drama · 20 frames
Crew
- Written by: Jia Zhangke
- Cinematography: Nelson Yu Lik-wai
- Edited by: Matthieu Laclau, Lin Xudong
- Music: Lim Giong
- Produced by: Shôzô Ichiyama
Cast
- Jiang Wu as Dahai
- Wang Baoqiang as Zhou San
- Zhao Tao as Xiao Yu
- Li Meng as Lianrong
- Zhang Jiayi as Zhang Youliang
- Luo Lanshan as Xiao Hui
- Wang Hongwei as Sauna Guest
- Liu Lu
- Wang Qiang
- Han Sanming
Production
- Country: China
- Language: Cantonese, Mandarin
- Studios: Office Kitano, Xstream Pictures, Shanghai Film Group, Shanxi Film & Television Group
- Budget: $4,000,000
- Box office: $154,120
- Themes: bureaucracy, china, based on true story, alienation, rifle, anthology, displacement, humiliation, modern china, decadence
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