Eat Drink Man Woman

Aug 3, 1994

2h 3m

★ 7.6

A comedy to arouse your appetite.

Overview

Retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu lives in modern day Taipei, with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. Soon, each daughter encounters a new man in their lives. When these new relationships blossom, stereotypes are broken and the living situation within the family changes.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Good Machine

Ang Lee Productions

Central Motion Picture Corporation

Xiongfa Film Company

Eat Drink Man Woman Trailers

Cast

Chu

Lung Sihung

Jia-Jen

Yang Kuei-mei

Jia-Chien

Jacklyn Wu Chien-Lien

Jia-Ning

Wang Yu-wen

Jin-Rong

Sylvia Chang

Li Kai

Winston Chao

Guo Lun

Chen Chao-jung

Raymond

Lester Chit-Man Chan

Rachel

Chen Yu

Madame Liang

Gua Ah-leh

Class Leader

Chi-Der Hong

Coach Chai

Gin-Ming Hsu

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