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Taipei Story

Original title: 青梅竹馬

1985 · 2h

Directed by Edward Yang

7.4

TMDB audience score
145 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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.

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Cast

  • Tsai Chin
    Chin

  • Hou Hsiao-hsien
    Lung

  • Wu Nien-jen
    Chen

  • Lin Hsiu-Ling
    A-Ling

  • Ko Su-yun
    Gwan

  • Ko I-chen
    Mr. Ke

  • Mei Fang
    Chin's Mother

  • Wu Ping-nan
    Chin's Father

  • Yang Li-yin
    Qin

  • Grace Chen Shu-Fang
    Mrs. Mei

  • Lai Te-Nan
    Coach

  • Sun Peng

  • De-ming Lyu

  • Nai-Chu Ting

  • Shu-yao Yang

  • Cynthia Khan

  • Edward Yang
    Bartender (uncredited)

  • Chang Shih