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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Grave, earnest, prestige and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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Cast
- Tsai ChinChin
- Hou Hsiao-hsienLung
- Wu Nien-jenChen
- Lin Hsiu-LingA-Ling
- Ko Su-yunGwan
- Ko I-chenMr. Ke
- Mei FangChin's Mother
- Wu Ping-nanChin's Father
- Yang Li-yinQin
- Grace Chen Shu-FangMrs. Mei
Crew
- Edward YangDirector
- Hou Hsiao-hsienScreenplay
- Chu Tien-WenScreenplay
- Edward YangScreenplay
- Yang Wei-hanDirector of Photography
- Edward YangOriginal Music Composer
- Tu Duu-chihOriginal Music Composer
- Song FanchenEditor
- Wang Chi-yangEditor
- Huang YungProducer
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