Mahjong
Directed by Edward Yang • 1996 • Taiwan
Starring Tang Tsung-sheng, Chang Chen, Virginie Ledoyen
Edward 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 disparate group of swindlers, hustlers, gangsters, and expats collide, with a naive French teenager (Virginie Ledoyen) and a sensitive young local (Lawrence Ko) who tries to protect her caught dangerously in the middle. By turns brutal, shocking, tender, and bitingly funny, MAHJONG is a dazzling vision of a multicultural Taipei where nearly every relationship has a price and newfound prosperity comes at the expense of the human soul.
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Mahjong
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...
Extras
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Michael Berry and Justin Chang on Edward Yang
In this 2025 conversation, film scholar Michael Berry and film critic Justin Chang explore Edward Yang’s A CONFUCIAN CONFUSION and MAHJONG, examining how these genre-defying features mark a turning point in the director’s career and provide insight into the evolving cultural and political landsca...
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Chen Po-wen on Edward Yang
In this 2025 interview, editor Chen Po-wen—who worked with Edward Yang in the second half of the director’s career, including on A CONFUCIAN CONFUSION and MAHJONG—discusses their collaboration.
