The First Error Step

The First Error Step — Plot

Growing up without parents, Ma Sha has always worked as a lookout in a red-light district. When he is imprisoned for manslaughter following a customer's death, he breaks out of jail but is soon caught again and sent to a correctional institution on Orchid Island. Guided by his former elementary classmate, who is now a penal officer, Ma finally repents his wild past, writing down his stories and eventually publishing them.

• Release date
• October 1, 1980
• Runtime
• 96 min
• Genres
• Crime, Drama
• Director
• Tsai Yang-Ming

The First Error Step — Cast

Ma Sha Ma Sha Liang Hsiu-shen

L

Loretta Yang Hui-shan Su Chu Wang Mo-chou

H

Hsiao-fei Li Li Min-Lang Black Dog

W

Wang Chi

Y

Yang Hsiu Chuan