Directed by Edward Yang
6 Episodes
Edward Yang made films on a monumental scale, bringing novelistic depth to sprawling stories of human connection, alienation, and self-discovery set in a rapidly changing Taiwan. Capturing intricate webs of criss-crossing social relationships with his masterful long takes, Yang’s films—including his crowning achievements, the epics A BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY and YI YI—reflect on both the universalities of the human condition and the specific social and cultural upheavals that transformed his country across the twentieth century.
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11:26Episode 1Spotlight on Edward Yang
Episode 1
Learn why programmer Dennis Lim considers Edward Yang one of the most important filmmakers of the late twentieth century in this introduction to the Taiwanese New Wave director’s essential body of work. Across a small but potent filmography, Yang charted the complex history of his time—as Taiwan ...
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2:09:34Episode 2A Confucian Confusion
Episode 2
Directed by Edward Yang • 1994 • Taiwan
Starring Chen Shiang-chyi, Wang Wei-ming, Joyce NiEdward Yang’s first cinematic foray into comedy may have been a surprising stylistic departure, but in its richly novelistic vision of urban discontent, it is quintessential Yang. This relationship roundel...
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Mahjong
Episode 3
Directed by Edward Yang • 1996 • Taiwan
Starring Tang Tsung-sheng, Chang Chen, Virginie LedoyenEdward Yang’s follow-up to A CONFUCIAN CONFUSION is another dizzying comedy set in a globalized Taipei, but with a darker, more caustic edge. Amid a rapidly changing cityscape, the lives of a disparat...
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Yi Yi
Episode 4
Directed by Edward Yang • 2000 • Taiwan, Japan
Starring Nianzhen Wu, Elaine Jin, Issey OgataThe extraordinary, internationally embraced YI YI (A ONE AND A TWO . . .), directed by the late Taiwanese master Edward Yang, follows a middle-class family in Taipei over the course of one year, beginnin...
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3:56:35Episode 5A Brighter Summer Day
Episode 5
Directed by Edward Yang • 1991 • Taiwan
Starring Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Chang Kuo-huAmong the most praised and sought-after titles in all contemporary film, this singular masterpiece of Taiwanese cinema, directed by Edward Yang, finally comes to home video in the United States. Set in the early...
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2:00:01Episode 6Taipei Story
Episode 6
Directed by Edward Yang • 1985 • Taiwan
Starring Hou Hsiao-hsien, Tsai ChinEdward Yang’s second feature is a mournful anatomy of a city caught between the past and the present. Made in collaboration with Yang's fellow New Taiwan Cinema master Hou Hsiao-hsien, TAIPEI STORY chronicles the grow...
