Taipei Story

Taipei Story

120 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1985

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.

Taipei Story

120 mins | Drama | Jan. 1, 1985

Taipei Story
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.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Evergreen Film Company
Original title 青梅竹馬
Directors Chen Hwai-En, Edward Yang
Writers Edward Yang, Chu Tien-wen, Hou Hsiao-hsien

Cast

Chin Tsai

as Chin

Hou Hsiao-hsien

as Lung

Wu Nien-Jen

as Chen

Lin Hsiu-Ling

as A-Ling

Su-Yun Ko

as Gwan

Ko I-Chen

as Mr. Ke

Fan Mei

as Chin's Mother

Wu Ping-nan

as Chin's Father

Yang Li-yin

as Qin

Grace Chen Shu-Fang

as Mrs. Mei

Lai Te-Nan

as Coach