Brigitte Lin's debut film. A young girl gets romantically involved with a teacher twice her age.
Acting
Lin's raw debut—she was 19 and already magnetic.
Direction
Two directors somehow make one coherent weepie.
Director
Sung Tsun Shou
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Chiung Yao's controversial novel; the author sued to stop this adaptation and lost, then watched it make Lin a household name overnight.
The film's 'scandalous' reception in Taiwan helped establish the 'student-teacher romance' as a viable, if problematic, genre staple for decades. Lin spent years trying to escape these roles.
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