Taiwan Synopsis
尼羅河女兒
Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and her father currently working out of town, it is up to Lin Hsiao-yang to take care of her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.
The 1986–1988 Taiwan Window
5 Taiwan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Daughter of the Nile sits at position #4.
#1Dust in the Wind
★ 7.7 · 1986
#2Terrorizers
★ 7.4 · 1986
#3Strawman
★ 7.3 · 1987
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#4Daughter of the Nile
★ 6.9 · 1987
#5Ninja: The Final Duel
★ 6.1 · 1986
The 1980s Taiwan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Daughter of the Nile premiered. 20 total titles in this decade from Taiwan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #68 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (61st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the Taiwan average of 6.6/10.
Among Taiwan Drama productions specifically: #56 of 118 (top 47%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Taiwan |
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| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | Scholar Films Company, Fu-Film, Chung Yi Film Production |
| Runtime | 1h 31m |
| Release Date | August 22, 1987 |
| IMDb | tt0093633 |