Taipei Story

May 1, 1985

2h 0m

★ 7.4

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Evergreen Film Company

Taipei Story Trailers

Cast

Chin

Tsai Chin

Lung

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Chen

Wu Nien-jen

A-Ling

Lin Hsiu-Ling

Gwan

Su-Yun Ko

Mr. Ke

Ko I-chen

Chin's Mother

Mei Fang

Chin's Father

Wu Ping-nan

Qin

Yang Li-Yin

Mrs. Mei

Grace Chen Shu-Fang

Coach

Lai Te-Nan

Peng Sun

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