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Taipei Story
A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the future, but Lung is stuck in a past that combines baseball and traditional loyalty that leads him to squander his nest egg bailing her father out of financial trouble.
1985 · Directed by Edward Yang · 120 min · Drama · 10 frames
Crew
- Screenplay: Chu Tien-Wen, Edward Yang, Hou Hsiao-hsien
- Cinematography: Yang Wei-han
- Edited by: Song Fanchen, Wang Chi-yang
- Music: Edward Yang, Tu Duu-chih
- Production design: Tsai Cheng-pin
- Produced by: Lin Jung-feng, Lau Shing-Chung, Huang Yung
Cast
- Tsai Chin as Chin
- Hou Hsiao-hsien as Lung
- Wu Nien-jen as Chen
- Lin Hsiu-Ling as A-Ling
- Ko Su-yun as Gwan
- Ko I-chen as Mr. Ke
- Mei Fang as Chin's Mother
- Wu Ping-nan as Chin's Father
- Yang Li-yin as Qin
- Grace Chen Shu-Fang as Mrs. Mei
Production
- Country: Taiwan
- Language: Mandarin
- Studios: Evergreen Film Company
- Themes: regret, taiwan, taipei, childhood sweetheart
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