When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

Name: When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1993
Duration: 47 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Edward Yang, Akira Emoto

Movie 1993-09-01 47m Documentary

★ 6.7 / 10 · 3 votes

From the 1980s to the 1990s, New Taiwanese Cinema gained international attention for adopting a completely different approach to that of the commercial films which had preceded it. This piece contrasts Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang, two rivals who were the driving force behind New Taiwanese Cinema. The closing of a cinema invites us to reflect on society and the passage of history.

Status

Released

Studios

Fuji Television Network , TV Man Union

Country

Japan

Languages

Japanese, Mandarin

Director

Hirokazu Kore-eda

Cast

Hou Hsiao-hsien Self

Edward Yang Self

Akira Emoto Narrator (voice)

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