Yi Yi

Sep 20, 2000

2h 54m

★ 7.9

We never live the same day twice.

Overview

Each member of a Taipei family asks hard questions about life's meaning as they experience 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

Suzanne Shu-shen Hsiao

Lili

Adriene Lin

Fatty

Pang Chang Yu

Grandma

Tang Ru-Yun

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