Woman Sesame Oil Maker (1993)
Woman Sesame Oil Maker is a 1993 Chinese film. In the English speaking world it has been released in the United Kingdom under the title Women from the Lake of Scented Souls (the more literal translation) and more recently on DVD as Woman Sesame Oil Maker. It is adapted from a novel by Zhou Daxin (周大新), "The Fragrant Oil Mill by the Lake of Scented Souls" (香魂塘畔的香油坊).
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