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The Winter of 1905 (1985)

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Original title
一九零五的冬天
Directed by
Yu Wai-Ching
Genre
history
Country
Taiwan
Runtime
1h 30m
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A Chinese artist and Buddhist monk named Li Shutong travels to Japan to study Western art techniques and later transforms art education in China. The story takes place during the Russo-Japanese War in the early 1900s.

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