Taipei Story (1985) on Netflix
NR19851h 59m
Ah-chen wants to leave Taipei for the United States, where Ah-lung's brother-in-law runs an import business. Ah-lung, her childhood sweetheart, keeps his cloth shop on Dihua Street.
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Plot summary
Ah-chen loses her job as a senior assistant when the construction company that employs her is acquired. She rents an apartment of her own and leaves Ah-lung a spare set of keys. Ah-lung, the sweetheart of her childhood, once won the Little League World Series and now sells cloth on Dihua Street. Ah-chen wants the two of them to move to the United States and work in an import business run by his brother-in-law. He is in no hurry to leave and clings to old ways, which wears down her patience. He uses the money they had put aside for the move to settle debts owed by her father.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Taipei Story (1985)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Edward Yang did not have enough money to make Taipei Story, so its lead actor Hou Hsiao-hsien invested 3 million in the production; because of its box office underperformance the film was screened in theaters for only four days.
- Leading actress Tsai Chin fell in love with director Edward Yang during the shooting of Taipei Story, and the two married in 1985.
- Edward Yang was inspired to write the script of Taipei Story by Hou Hsiao-hsien, the film's lead and a fellow Taiwanese new wave director, and the character Ah-lung drew on Hou's own experience.
- Hou Hsiao-hsien's performance in Taipei Story, his first time acting on screen, earned him a Best Leading Actor nomination at the 22nd Golden Horse Awards, and he lost by one vote to Chow Yun-fat for Hong Kong 1941.
