Houou: Waga Ai (2007)

Name: Houou: Waga Ai
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2016-09-21T11:50:35+02:00
Cast: Kiichi Nakai, Miao Pu, Guo Tao

Drama | 121 minutes

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Genre: Drama / Romance

Duration: 121 minuten

Alternative titles: Crossing Over / Feng Huang

Country: China / Japan

Directed by: Chen Jin

Starst: Kiichi Nakai, Miao Pu and Tao Guo

Releasedate: 30 November 2007

This movie is not available on US streaming services.

Houou: Waga Ai plot

'Crossing Over' shows prison life as a microcosm of Chinese society: bureaucracy, punctuality, barbarism and sexual oppression, but also resilience, loyalty and altruism. The focus is on the innocent Liang Jianwang and Liu Lang, an orphan who was thrown in prison in 1920 for wounding someone who threatened his then lover. Through joint labor, Liu comes into contact with Zhou Hong, a woman sentenced to death whose sentence is postponed because she is pregnant. Both fall in love and hope to one day live happily together, a hope that will be tested for decades.