Edward Yang Movies

  • 1991
    A Brighter Summer Day

    A Brighter Summer Day

    A Brighter Summer Day

    8.31991HD

    A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

    A Brighter Summer Day
  • 2000
    Yi Yi

    Yi Yi

    Yi Yi

    7.92000HD

    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...

    Yi Yi
  • 1985
    Taipei Story

    Taipei Story

    Taipei Story

    7.4731985HD

    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...

    Taipei Story
  • 1986
    Terrorizers

    Terrorizers

    Terrorizers

    7.41986HD

    An uncompromising look into urban life from the eyes of a voyeuristic photographer, a rebellious teenager, and a married couple teetering on the edge...

    Terrorizers
  • 1983
    That Day, on the Beach

    That Day, on the Beach

    That Day, on the Beach

    7.71983HD

    Two friends who haven't seen each other for thirteen years reunite. One is a successful concert pianist just back from a European tour and the other...

    That Day, on the Beach
  • 1984
    A Summer at Grandpa's

    A Summer at Grandpa's

    A Summer at Grandpa's

    7.41984HD

    A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.

    A Summer at Grandpa's
  • 1996
    Mahjong

    Mahjong

    Mahjong

    7.41996HD

    Winston Chen, a prominent businessman, goes missing after racking up $100 million in debts to the Taipei underworld. Two enforcers sent to find him,...

    Mahjong
  • 1982
    In Our Time

    In Our Time

    In Our Time

    7.21982HD

    Four vignettes, each set in different decades from the 1950s through the 1980s, deal with protagonists at different stages of life between childhood...

    In Our Time
  • 1994
    A Confucian Confusion

    A Confucian Confusion

    A Confucian Confusion

    7.61994HD

    Over the course of a few days, the paths of a group of young friends, lovers, and acquaintances in Taipei crisscross, prompting them to arrive at...

    A Confucian Confusion
  • 1998
    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    5.41998HD

    An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively...

    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
  • 1997
    First Love Unlimited

    First Love Unlimited

    First Love Unlimited

    61997HD

    Only the lack of roses in every frame prevent this teen romance from being a live action Shojo Manga.

    First Love Unlimited
  • 1981
    Duckweed

    Duckweed

    Duckweed

    01981HD

    The tale of a country girl who comes to Taipei with dreams of entering the entertainment industry. A 2-part TV movie and part of groundbreaking...

    Duckweed
  • 1982
    The Winter of 1905

    The Winter of 1905

    The Winter of 1905

    01982HD

    Tsui Hark stars as Chinese artist and Buddhist monk Li Shutong, a.k.a. Master Hong Yi. Li travels to Japan to study Western artistic practices, and...

    The Winter of 1905
  • 1993
    When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

    When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

    When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

    71993HD

    From the 1980s to the 1990s, New Taiwanese Cinema gained international attention for adopting a completely different approach to that of the...

    When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
  • 1981
    Happy Single Lady

    Happy Single Lady

    Happy Single Lady

    01981HD

    A TV movie and part of groundbreaking Taiwan TV series “Eleven Women”.

    Happy Single Lady
  • 1993
    Growth Period

    Growth Period

    Growth Period

    01993HD

    It portrays the tumultuous life of a middle-class couple and the reshuffling of relationship dynamics when the woman's young assistant and their...

    Growth Period
  • 1992
    Likely Consequence

    Likely Consequence

    Likely Consequence

    6.71992HD

    Filmed performance of Yang's one-act two-character play which shifts back and forth from comedy to much darker tones as a married couple try to...

    Likely Consequence
  • 2002
    The Trigger

    The Trigger

    The Trigger

    02002HD

    A professional hit-man is hired to take out a target -- however, his girlfriend’s pregnancy gives him second thoughts. He decides that after...

    The Trigger
  • 2007
    The Wind

    The Wind

    The Wind

    82007HD

    Of the many unrealized projects Yang developed in the wake of Yi Yi, the one that came the closest to fruition was an ambitious animated martial arts...

    The Wind
  • 1998
    Jam

    Jam

    Jam

    51998HD

    The lives of two young thieves, a mob hitman and a film producer are entangled when the two thieves steal a car that had already been previously...

    Jam