Lung, an operator of a fabric business and former member of the national Little League team, lives with his old childhood sweetheart Ah-chin, a westernized professional woman who grew up in a traditional family. Although they live together, Ah-chin is weary of Lung’s past liaison with another girl.

The second feature from master Edward Yang is a tour de force of social portraiture, establishing the themes of Taiwanese life that he would expound during his career. Starring Hou Hsiao-hsien, Taipei Story brilliantly intertwines characters and storylines while evoking the modernism of Antonioni.