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Thousand pieces of gold

The incredible and true story of a young Chinese woman torn from her homeland and forced to survive in the frontier land of America.

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  • "[One] thousand pieces of gold"
  • "1000 Pieces of gold"
  • "Gold mountain"
  • "1000 pieces of gold"

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  • "Based on the true story of a young Chinese woman torn from her homeland and forced to survive in frontier America. Wagered as a piece of property, Lalu is handed over to her new owner, Charlie, who opens the door to a whole new life for Lalu and for himself."
  • "The incredible and true story of a young Chinese woman torn from her homeland and forced to survive in the frontier land of America."@en
  • "True story of Lalu Nathoy, a young Chinese woman sold to bandits for two sacks of seed. She's later smuggled to San Francisco and sold to a saloon owner who renames her 'China Polly' and puts her to work in his saloon/brothel in Warren, Idaho. She works hard and is eventually able to buy her freedom after meeting Charlie Bemis. Charlie changes her life for the better and together they help settle the Idaho Territory along the Salmon River."@en
  • "In 1880's China a young woman is sold into marriage by her father to save her starving family. Rather than becoming a bride, she ends up in an Idaho gold mining town, the property of a saloon owner who renames her China Polly. He plans to sell her as entertainment for the locals. Refusing to become a whore, Lalu ultimately finds her own way in San Francisco, where her struggle to emancipate herself begins in this strange country filled with white demons."
  • "The true story of a young Chinese woman torn from her homeland and forced to survive in frontier America. An innocent woman in an Idaho mining town's thriving bordello, Lalu rebels and pays a terrible price for her fight against racism and sexism. Wagered as a piece of property, Lalu is handed over to her new owner, Charlie, who opens the door to a whole new life for Lalu--and for himself."
  • "The true story of a young Chinese woman torn from her homeland and forced to survive in frontier America. An innocent woman in an Idaho mining town's thriving bordello, Lalu rebels and pays a terrible price for her fight against racism and sexism. Wagered as a piece of property, Lalu is handed over to her new owner, Charlie, who opens the door to a whole new life for Lalu--and for himself."@en
  • "In 1880's China, young Lalu is sold into marriage by her impoverished father. Rather than becoming a bride, Lalu ends up in an Idaho gold-mining town, the property of a saloon owner who renames her China Polly and plans to sell her as entertainment for the locals. Refusing to become a whore, Lalu ultimately finds her own way in this strange country filled with white demons."@en
  • ""True story of a young Chinese woman torn from her homeland and forced to survive in the frontier land of America. An innocent woman in an Idaho mining town's thriving bordello, Lalu rebels and pays a terrible price for her fight against racism and sexism. Wagered as a piece of property, Lalu is handed over to her new owner, Charlie, who opens the door to a whole new life for Lalu--and for himself"."
  • "A Chinese man sells his young daughter to a marriage broker and she is sent to America where she is supposed to work as a prostitute."
  • "The tale of Lalu, a beautiful young woman from Northern China who, in the late 19th Century, is sold by her destitute father to a procurer of women. She is taken to America, to San Francisco's Chinatown, where she is auctioned to a mule skinner who is acting as agent for a powerful saloon keeper in the Idaho Territory, where she discovers he is going to take her. The Rocky Mountains provide a spectacular setting for Lalu's struggle and evolution into one of the great legends of the American Northwest."@en

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  • "Anthology television programs"
  • "Feature films"
  • "Feature films"@en
  • "Biographical (Nonfiction)"
  • "Drama"
  • "Drama"@en
  • "Western films"@en
  • "Film adaptations"@en
  • "History"@en
  • "History"
  • "Independent films"@en
  • "Television adaptations"
  • "Fiction films"@en
  • "Biographical films"@en

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  • "Thousand pieces of gold"
  • "Thousand pieces of gold"@en

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