Woman Demon Human

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Overview

The fictional life and career of a famous actress in Chinese opera, a woman who goes against tradition by specializing in playing male roles, especially that of Zhang Kui, a benevolent ghost who appears in several Chinese operas. Although the actress's career brings wealth and fame, it is attained only through considerable struggle against an anti-female system and an unhappy personal life.

Cast: Li Baotian, Xu Shouli, Ji Qilin, Yanling Pei, Li Cun, more

Director: Huang Shuqin

Genres: Drama

Cast

Li Baotian

Qiu's Father

Xu Shouli

Qiu Yun

Ji Qilin

Teacher Zhang

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Yanling Pei

Li Cun

Shi Yuan

Li Di

Song Yining

Qinggang Liang

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An Debao

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Feifei Wang

Qiu Yun (child)

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Lin Gong

Qiu Yun (teenager)

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Changjun Wang

Qiu's mother

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Shouhe Zhang

Back of head (mother's lover)

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Naicheng Ren

Liu Qiang

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