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Taipei Story
Taipei Story
8.2
/10
1,224 Ratings

TAIPEI STORY

青梅竹馬 | Qing mei zhu ma

Directed by Edward Yang
Taiwan, 1985
Drama

Synopsis

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.

Synopsis

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.

Our take

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.