With the runaway international acclaim of this film, Taiwanese director Edward Yang could no longer be called Asian cinema’s best-kept secret. Yi Yi swiftly follows a middle-class family in Taipei over the course of one year, beginning with a wedding and ending with a funeral. Whether chronicling middle-aged father NJ’s tenuous flirtations with an old flame or precocious young son Yang-Yang’s attempts at capturing reality with his beloved camera, Yang imbues every gorgeous frame with a deft, humane clarity. Warm, sprawling, and dazzling, this intimate epic is one of the undisputed masterworks of the new century.
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Nien-Jen Wu | N.J. |
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Issei Ogata | Mr. Ota |
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Elaine Jin | Min-Min |
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Kelly Lee | Ting-Ting |
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Jonathan Chang | Yang-Yang |
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Hsi-Sheng Chen | A-Di |
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Su-Yun Ko | Sherry Chang-Breitner |
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Chuan-cheng Tao | Dada |
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Shu-shen Hsiao | Xiao-Yan |
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Meng-chin 'Adriene' Lin | Lili |
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Pang Chang Yu | Pangzi |
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Ru-Yun Tang | Grandma |
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Shu-Yuan Hsu | Mrs. Jiang |
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Hsin-Yi Tseng | Yunyun |
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Yung-Feng Lee | Migo |
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Shi-hui Chin | Nancy |
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Jie Wu | Wu Jie |
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Kuo-Chih Shu | Shu Ge |
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Leon Dai | Liren |
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Mei-Yun Yu | N.J.'s Neighbor |
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Chi-Tung Yu | Xiao-Yan's Uncle |
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Lawrence Ko | The Soldier |
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Liang-tso Liu | Dean |
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Li-Hua Chen | Lili's English Teacher |
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Yi-wen Chen | Police Officer |
| Director | Edward Yang |
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| Writer | Edward Yang | |
| Producer | Shin'ya Kawai, Miyoshi Kikuchi, Osamu Kunota, Yoshiko Okura, Michiyo Satô, Naoko Tsukeda, Wei-yen Yu | |
| Musician | Kai-Li Peng | |
| Photography | Wei-han Yang | |
| Edition | Criterion |
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| Packaging | Keep Case |
| Nr Discs | 1 |
| Screen Ratios | Anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) |
| Audio Tracks | SUB [English] DTS [Mandarin] |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Mar 15, 2011 |
| Regions | A |