Taipei Story

1985 · directed by Edward Yang

Rating

85/100

Hit

yes

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 (1985), directed by Edward Yang, rates 85/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

More from Edward Yang

1. A Brighter Summer Day (1991) — 96/100 · hit
2. Yi Yi (2000) — 90/100 · hit
3. Terrorizers (1986) — 76/100
4. That Day, on the Beach (1983) — 76/100
5. Mahjong (1996) — 75/100

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