The First Error Step
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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.
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Ma Sha
Ma Sha
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Tsai Yang-Ming Director · Kevin Chu Screenplay Ma Sha Screenplay
First release July 4, 1979 · Produced in Taiwan · Production Wa Lin Film Production Company
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Hung Yang Film Company
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Wa Lin Film Production Company
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Taiwan
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Original title
錯誤的第一步
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Singapore · July 4, 1979
Premiere · Asian Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Hong Kong SAR China
October 1, 1980 · Theatrical
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