In the first half of this century, young Li Tienlu joins a travelling puppet theatre and subsequently makes a career as one of Taiwan's leading puppeteers.
戲夢人生 is of 2 hour(s) and 22 minute(s). It is Produced By: Qiu Fusheng, ERA, Nian Dai International. It was released on 1993-12-08. It has an average vote of 6.628 on TMDB.
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