Yi Yi

2000 · directed by Edward Yang

Rating
90/100
Hit
yes
Prestige lists
Criterion

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

Yi Yi (2000), directed by Edward Yang, rates 90/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

  • Wu Nien-jen
  • Issey Ogata
  • Elaine Jin Yan-Ling
  • Kelly Lee
  • Jonathan Chang
  • Chen Hsi-sheng
  • Ko Su-yun
  • Michael Tao
  • Suzanne Shu-shen Hsiao
  • Adriene Lin

Crew

  • Yang Wei-han — Director of Photography
  • Chen Po-Wen — Editor
  • Kai-Li Peng — Original Music Composer
  • Edward Yang — Writer

More from Edward Yang

  1. A Brighter Summer Day (1991) — 96/100 · hit
  2. Taipei Story (1985) — 85/100 · hit
  3. Terrorizers (1986) — 76/100
  4. That Day, on the Beach (1983) — 76/100
  5. Mahjong (1996) — 75/100

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