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Woman Sesame Oil Maker ( Chinese: 香魂女; pinyin: Xiāng hún nǚ) 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.
Nov 4, 1993 · Woman Sesame Oil Maker: Directed by Fei Xie. With Siqin Gaowa, Yujuan Wu, Kesheng Lei, Baoguo Chen. The tragedies of two Chinese country women: a wealthy sesame oil seller and her daughter-in-law, married to her son.
Xiang makes the best sesame oil in the neighbourhood while taking care of her drunken husband and their mentally handicapped son. Later she buys her son a wife and expends the business with an investment.
Xiang is hard-working, running a small sesame oil business. When Japanese investors provide capital to expand Xiang’s business, she has the wealth to raise her social standing and buy a wife for her son.
Xiang Er Sao (Siqin Gaowa), who was sold into an arranged marriage at a young age, has had an unhappy life; yet, she takes comfort in knowing that she has built up a successful sesame oil...
- Drama
A successful career woman, the manager of a Chinese-Japanese joint venture sesame oil factory, seeks comfort from the stress of her business, a violent, alcoholic husband, and a mentally retarded son in the arms of a married man.
Xiang is hard-working, running a small sesame oil business. Her husband is lazy and drinks; her son is blood simple. When Japanese investors provide capital to expand Xiang's business, she has the wealth to raise her social standing and buy a wife for her son, Dunzi.
