The Rice Dumpling Vendors

The Rice Dumpling Vendors (1969)

Drama

Tsi-Bing is living a wealthy and successful life. However, he is manipulated by his mistress into believing that his wife is having an affair and he throws her out. After his mistress vanishes with his money, Tsi-Bing is forced to relocate to a makeshift home with his three children, who take on various jobs, such as selling rice dumplings, to make ends meet. The story centers on a man who loses his social and economic status but manages to regain his place in his family through sacrifices – much like the experience of female protagonists in melodramas. This male-centric narrative was recognized as part of a subgenre of Taiwanese-language melodrama. The depictions of a powerful male figure losing his power before finally turning the tide, and a woman able to support herself after leaving home, both suggest the changing attitudes of the late 60s as people were less convinced of the perfect family, but could still find beauty in its cause.

Director: Hsin Chi
Writer: Hsin Chi

Casts

	Tsai Yang-Ming as Tsibing
	Chin Mei as
	Chin Tu as
	Su Chu as
	Tai Pei-Shan as
	Ah-Ming as
	Chang Hung-Hsueh as
	Wu Ren Chang as
	Chen Hsiao-pi as
	Chen Kai as
	Lan Chen as
	Tsai-Hsing Chen as
	Feng Chou as
	Huang Chun as
	Huang Feng as
	Li Peng as
	Ma-Li as
	Man-Li as
	Wen Chu as
	Wu Fei-Song as
	Ying Ying as
	Yue Fung as

Crew