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Taipei Story

Taipei Story

1985•2h 0m•7.4/10
Drama

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7.4/10(131)

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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Production

Evergreen Film Company

Language

ZH

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Tsai Chin

Tsai Chin

Chin

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Lung

Wu Nien-jen

Wu Nien-jen

Chen

Lin Hsiu-Ling

Lin Hsiu-Ling

A-Ling

Su-Yun Ko

Su-Yun Ko

Gwan

Ko I-chen

Ko I-chen

Mr. Ke

Mei Fang

Mei Fang

Chin's Mother

Wu Ping-nan

Wu Ping-nan

Chin's Father

Yang Li-yin

Yang Li-yin

Qin

Grace Chen

Grace Chen

Mrs. Mei

Lai Te-Nan

Coach

Sun Peng

Sun Peng

De-ming Lyu

Nai-Chu Ting

Nai-Chu Ting

Shu-yao Yang

Cynthia Khan

Edward Yang

Edward Yang

Bartender (uncredited)

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