The First Error Step

Overview

Growing up without parents, Ma Sha has always worked as a lookout in a red-light district. When he is imprisoned for manslaughter following a customer's death, he breaks out of jail but is soon caught again and sent to a correctional institution on Orchid Island. Guided by his former elementary classmate, who is now a penal officer, Ma finally repents his wild past, writing down his stories and eventually publishing them.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

October 1, 1980

Original language

Chinese

Spoken languages

Chinese

Countries

Taiwan

Production

Hung Yang Film Company,Wa Lin Film Production Company

Cast

Wang Chi,Hsiu-shen Liang,Yang Hsiu Chuan,Wang Mo-chou,Hsiao-fei Li,Li Min-Lang,Ma Sha,Yang Hui-shan

Director

Tsai Yang-Ming

Writer

Ma Sha,Kevin Chu,Yu Wen

Producer

Hung Yung Ma,Chou Chang-Lin

Cinematography

Chin Chang-Tung

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0218244