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Yangko Dance (2015)
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Original name: 大秧歌
Genre: Drama
Country: China
TV show
Story:
Starts in1936 ShanDong China, during the WW2, a street folk dance. namely Grand Yangge was popular and became a cause of love, hate, conflict among a few families involved in a war backdrop.
Style:
historical drama, emotional, lyrical, period drama
Plot:
family conflict, world war two, love triangle, spectacle, betrayal, ritual, patriotism, celebration, daily life, revenge, nationalism, occupation, resistance, folk dance, folk music, costume, procession
Place:
china
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Adaptation of Thomas Hardy's novel.
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