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Also Known As Hou Xiaoxian
Born April 8, 1947 (age 78) • Meizhou • China
Notable Works “A City of Sadness” • “A Time to Live, a Time to Die” • “Dust in the Wind” • “Flight of the Red Balloon” • “Jiushi liuliu de ta” • “The Assassin”
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