

Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing?
1983-04-01 · 100 min · ★ 7.0
A poor army veteran in Taiwan adopts a daughter. She grows up and leaves him to enter show business. When she becomes famous she shuns her father and friends.
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- Directors
- Yu Kan-Ping
- Production companies
- Cinema City Company Limited
- Countries
- Taiwan, Hong Kong
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Vickey LiuMei
Sun YuehUncle Ya
Ng Siu-GongShih Chun Mai
Lee Li-chunAh Man
Hsiao Hou TaoAh Kun
Chin PinChih Lan
Su ChuYa's neighbor
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