Taipei Story (1985)
Overview
A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the future, but Lung is stuck in a past that combines baseball and traditional loyalty that leads him to squander his nest egg bailing her father out of financial trouble.
Cast
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Lung
Wu Nien-jen
Chen
Lin Hsiu-Ling
A-Ling
Ko Su-yun
Gwan
Ko I-chen
Mr. Ke
Mei Fang
Chin's Mother
Wu Ping-nan
Chin's Father
Yang Li-yin
Qin
Grace Chen Shu-Fang
Mrs. Mei
Sun Peng
Nai-Chu Ting
Cynthia Khan
Edward Yang
Bartender (uncredited)
Chang Shih
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