Summary:
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank, his business partners make bad decisions against his advice, and he reconnects with his first love 30 years after he dumped her. His teenage daughter Ting-Ting watches emotions roil in their neighbors' flat and is experiencing the first stirrings of love. His 8-year-old son Yang-Yang is laconic like his dad and pursues truth with the help of a camera. "Why is the world so different from what we think it is?" asks Ting-Ting.
| Runtime: | 173 min |
|---|---|
| Production: | Pony Canyon |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance, Music |
| Countries: | Japan, Taiwan |
| Languages: | English, Mandarin, Japanese, Hokkien, Taiwanese |
| Home Release Date: | May 8, 2001 |
| Director | Credit |
|---|---|
| Edward Yang | Director |
| Writer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Edward Yang | Writer |
| Principal Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Nien-Jen Wu | N.J. |
| Cast | Credit |
|---|---|
| Adriene Lin | Li-Li |
| An-an Hsu | Cast |
| Elaine Jin | Min-Min |
| Hsi-Sheng Chen | Ah-Di |
| Hsin-Yi Tseng | Yun-Yun |
| Issei Ogata | Ota |
| Jonathan Chang | Yang-Yang |
| Kelly Lee | Ting-Ting |
| Pang Chang Yu | Fatty |
| Ru-Yun Tang | NJ's Mother |
| Shu-shen Hsiao | Hsiao Yen |
| Shu-Yuan Hsu | Cast |
| Su-Yun Ko | Sherry |
| Yiwen Chen | Cast |
| Producer | Credit |
|---|---|
| Michiyo Satô | Assistant Producer |
| Naoko Tsukeda | Associate Producer |
| Osamu Kunota | Associate Producer |
| Shin'ya Kawai | Associate Producer |
| Wei-yen Yu | Associate Producer |
| Yoshiko Okura | Assistant Producer |
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