Yi Yi

Sep 20, 2000

2h 54m

★ 7.9

Overview

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-in-law is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Omega Project

Nemuru Otoko Seisaku Iinkai

Atom Films

Kuzui Enterprises

Yi Yi Trailers

Cast

N.J.

Wu Nien-jen

Mr. Ota

Issey Ogata

Min-Min

Elaine Jin Yan-Ling

Ting-Ting

Kelly Lee

Yang-Yang

Jonathan Chang

A-Di

Hsi-Sheng Chen

Sherry Chang-Breitner

Su-Yun Ko

Dada

Michael Tao

Xiao-Yan

Shu-shen Hsiao

Lili

Adriene Lin

Fatty

Pang Chang Yu

Grandma

Tang Ru-Yun

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6.2

First Daughter

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6.3

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8.0

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6.5

This Christmas

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6.7

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7.5

The Power of One

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8.4

Harakiri

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6.7

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7.1

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8.0

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8.0

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6.7

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6.4

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6.1

Stonewall

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6.3

Conversations with Other Women

Jun 7, 2006

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6.1

The Perfect Man

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7.1

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5.4

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