This film depicts the life of the 19th-century Portuguese writer Wenceslau De Moraes by means of nine ancient ballads from China. The writer married a Chinese woman after he left his wife and family to go live in Macao. Later, he moved to Japan where he fell in love with a Japanese woman, staying in Japan for the rest of his life. Mixed in with the career and loves of Moraes is the history of Portugal at home and in its colonies.
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Cast
- Luís Miguel CintraWenceslau de Moraes
- Clara JoanaIsabel / Vénus
- Zita DuarteFrancesca
- Jorge Silva MeloPainter
- Paulo RochaCamilo Pessanha
- Yoshiko MitaO-Yoné
- Atsuko MurakumoKo-Haru
- Jun ToyokawaAsataro
- Erl TenniAtchan
- Wang LaiChinese mother
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- Paulo RochaDirector
- Paulo RochaScreenplay
- Wenceslau de MoraesWriter
- Acácio de AlmeidaDirector of Photography
- Elso RoqueDirector of Photography
- Kōzō OkazakiDirector of Photography
- Paulo RochaProducer
- Etsuko TakanoProducer
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