
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother-in-law is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.
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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 | Special Edition |
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Packaging | Keep Case |
Nr Discs | 1 |
Screen Ratios | Widescreen (1.85:1) |
Audio Tracks | DTS [Mandarin] SUB [English] |
Distributor | Criterion |
Edition Release Date | Mar 15, 2011 |
Regions | Region A |
Watched | |
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Quantity | 1 |
Index | 1939 |
Added Date | Jul 18, 2017 17:49:17 |
Modified Date | Jun 12, 2022 00:34:30 |
Bought at July 2017 B&N sale
Disc Features
DIRECTOR-APPROVED SPECIAL EDITION
Newly restored digital transfer, with DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
Audio commentary featuring writer-director Edward Yang and Asian-cinema critic Tony Rayns
Video interview with Rayns about Yang and the New Taiwan Cinema movement
U.S. theatrical trailer
Original English subtitle translation by Yang and Rayns
PLUS: A new essay by Kent Jones and notes from the director
New cover design by Eric Skillman, photograph by Andre Constantini