
A Brighter Summer Day(1991)
A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.


Amid a rapidly changing cityscape, the lives of a disparate group of swindlers, hustlers, gangsters, and expats collide, with a naive French teenager and a sensitive young local who tries to protect her caught dangerously in the middle.

Lawrence Ko Yu-Luen
Luen-Luen

Chang Chen
Hong Kong

Tang Tsung Sheng
Red Fish

Virginie Ledoyen
Marthe

Kaizo Hayashi
Policeman

Elaine Jin Yan-Ling
Mother of Red Fish

Wang Chi-tsan
Little Buddha
Nick Erickson
Marcus

Ko I-chen
Luen-Luen's Father

Wang Bosen
Gangster in Red Suit
Mahjong is a comedy, drama, crime film released in 1996 exploring themes of gangster, dark comedy, taiwan, taipei. Directed by Edward Yang, it stars Lawrence Ko Yu-Luen, Chang Chen, Tang Tsung Sheng. Amid a rapidly changing cityscape, the lives of a disparate group of swindlers, hustlers, gangsters, and expats collide, with a naive French teenager and a sensitive young local who tries to protect her caught dangerously in the middle.
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