Restored Asian Films
青梅竹馬 (Taipei Story)
Film Synopsis
In booming Taipei, the seemingly bright future of a pair of childhood lovers is steadily weighed down by the past. Former baseball player Lung and yuppie career woman Chin face familial obligations, furtive lovers, and a growing sense of modern malaise to chase their elusive dreams of marriage and migration. The couple portray an affecting portrait of a generation and of a city caught in the throes of change.
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Taipei Story is a 1985 Taiwanese film directed, scored, and co-written by filmmaker Edward Yang — his second full-length feature film and third overall. The film stars Yang’s fellow filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien, and singer Tsai Chin, whom Yang subsequently married. It is one of the earliest films of the New Taiwanese Cinema.
In the United States, Janus Films gave a limited release of the film’s 4K restoration, done by the World Cinema Project, on March 17, 2017.
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Film Details
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Language: Mandarin, Hokkien
Original Production Country: Taiwan
Original Release Year: 1985
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Producer: Huang Yung, Lin Jung-feng Liu & Sheng-chung
Director: Edward Yang
Writer: Chu T’ien-wen, Hou Hsiao-hsien & Edward Yang
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Music/Score: Edward Yang
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Other Credits: Cast: Hou Hsiao-hsien & Tsai Chin
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Colour System: Colour
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Duration: 110 mins
Restoration Details
Status: Released
Country Where Restored: Italy
Restoration Release Date: 17 March 2017
Country Restoration First Screened:
Lab Image Restored By: L’immagine Ritrovata
Lab Audio Restored By: L’immagine Ritrovata
Archive Partner(s) in Restoration: Taiwan Film Institute & Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique
Restored Elements Held By:
Restoration Funded By: Film Foundation’s World Cinema Project
Restoration Premiere: Bologna, 1 July 2016
Screening Rights Held By: Janus Films (US?)
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