125 minutes
2/7/2013
A true story of the unrelenting endurance and perseverance of a group of passionate teenage girls, in a film that firmly grasps audiences and tugs at the heartstrings with an emotionally charged story of tug-of-war, “Step Back to Glory”, stands out from all of the other Cinderella-story movies in its faithful portrayal of a real-life event. The film, directed by Zhang Bo-rui, tells the story of a group of young teenage girls from the Jingmei Girls High School tug-of-war team and their arduous journey from failure to success.
Shu-yao Kuo
as Li Chun-ying
Kaiser Chuang
as Trainer Guo
Pink Yang
as Teacher Wu
Pai Ming-Hua
as Chun-ying's grandmother
Hsiao Hou Tao
as Old Tien
Kao Yu-Shan
as Canteen cook
Beng Beng-Ge
as Canteen cook's son
Hui Chui-Shut
as Wang Li Min
Hannah Quinlivan
as Chang Jo-hsi
Meng Ting-Li
as Kuan-ping's mother
Akio Chen
as Kuan-ping's father
Chen Yu-Fang
as School Director Tsai
Yu Mei-Ren
as Principal Lin
Kao Meng-Chieh
as Chen, the Yilan trainer