
Lost in Beijing(2007)
A look at modern-day life in China's capital centered on a ménage-a-quatre involving a young woman, her boss, her husband and her boss's wife.


In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three different periods of Taiwanese history and governance.

Shu Qi
May / Courtesan / Jing

Chang Chen
Chen / Mr. Chang / Zhen
Su-jen Liao
Hostess / Madam / Jing's Mother
Mei Di
May's Mother / Madam / Aunt
Chen Shi-Zheng
Haruko / Ah Mei / Blue
Lee Pei-Hsuan
Yue / Mickey

Mei Fang
Old Woman

Lawrence Ko Yu-Luen

Wang Chih-Cheng
Three Times is a romance, drama film released in 2005 exploring themes of pool billiards, brothel, anthology, motorcycle, illegal prostitution, 1960s. Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, it stars Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Su-jen Liao. In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three different periods of Taiwanese history and governance.
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