A Brighter Summer Day (Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian) (1991)

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Directed by

Edward Yang

Starring (View all)

Chen Chang
Xiao Si'r

Lisa Yang
Ming (Liu Zhiming)

Kuo-Chu Chang
Father

Elaine Jin
Mother

Hsiu-Chiung Chiang
Middle Sister

Lawrence Ko
Airplane (Ji Fei)

Shu-Chun Ni
Crazy (Shenjing)

Liang-tso Liu
Mouth

Written by

Hung Hung

Edward Yang

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1991 Taiwanese drama film directed by Edward Yang. The film is an extraordinarily large project for a Chinese-language film, not only for its duration of almost four hours, but also for its involvement of more than 100 amateur actors in different roles. The title is derived from the lyrics of Elvis Presley's "Are You Lonesome Tonight?".

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