Edward Yang

Edward Yang

Edward Yang (Chinese: 楊德昌; pinyin: Yáng Déchāng; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese filmmaker. Yang, along with fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, was one of the leading film-makers of the Taiwanese New Wave and Taiwanese Cinema. Yang's singular visual style has been defined by deliberate pacing, long takes, fixed camera, few closeups, empty spaces, and cityscapes. His films prominently feature themes of struggle between tradition and modernity, and between business and art, set against the backdrop of an evolving Taiwanese society.

  • Title: Edward Yang
  • Popularity: 4.3427
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1947-11-06
  • Place of Birth: Thượng Hải, Trung Quốc
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  • Also Known As: Yang Dechang, Te-Chang Yang, 楊德昌, 에드워드 양, 양더창, 杨德昌
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Edward Yang Movies

  • 1981
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    Happy Single Lady

    Happy Single Lady

    1 1981 HD

    A TV movie and part of groundbreaking Taiwan TV series “Eleven Women”.

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  • 2000
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    Yi Yi

    Yi Yi

    7.928 2000 HD

    A Taipei family faces personal and moral uncertainty as everyday events test their relationships and sense of purpose.

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  • 1998
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    Jam

    Jam

    5 1998 HD

    The lives of two young thieves, a mob hitman and a film producer are entangled when the two thieves steal a car that had already been previously stolen to been used as a getaway car.

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  • 1984
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    A Summer at Grandpa's

    A Summer at Grandpa's

    7.42 1984 HD

    A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.

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  • 1997
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    First Love Unlimited

    First Love Unlimited

    5.667 1997 HD

    Only the lack of roses in every frame prevent this teen romance from being a live action Shojo Manga.

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  • 1982
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    The Winter of 1905

    The Winter of 1905

    1 1982 HD

    Tsui Hark stars as Chinese artist and Buddhist monk Li Shutong, a.k.a. Master Hong Yi. Li travels to Japan to study Western artistic practices, and revolutionizes the teaching of art in China upon his return. Set during the turbulent era of the Russo-Japanese War circa 1905.

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  • 1998
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    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    4.875 1998 HD

    An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively explored than in any other national cinema. Utilizing both film excerpts and interviews with many leading directors and academics, the film examines topics such as male bonding in kung fu movies, depictions of same-sex bonding and physical intimacy, the emphasis on women's grievances in melodramas, and the career of Yam Kim-Fai, a Hong Kong actress who spent her life portraying men on and off the screen.

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  • 1993
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    When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

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

    6.7 1993 HD

    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.

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  • 1985
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    Taipei Story

    Taipei Story

    7.5 1985 HD

    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.

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  • 1981
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    Duckweed

    Duckweed

    7 1981 HD

    The tale of a country girl who comes to Taipei with dreams of entering the entertainment industry. A 2-part TV movie and part of groundbreaking series "Eleven Women," this is Edward Yang's directorial debut.

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  • 1981
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    Duckweed

    Duckweed

    7 1981 HD

    The tale of a country girl who comes to Taipei with dreams of entering the entertainment industry. A 2-part TV movie and part of groundbreaking series "Eleven Women," this is Edward Yang's directorial debut.

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  • 2000
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    Yi Yi

    Yi Yi

    7.928 2000 HD

    A Taipei family faces personal and moral uncertainty as everyday events test their relationships and sense of purpose.

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  • 2000
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    Yi Yi

    Yi Yi

    7.928 2000 HD

    A Taipei family faces personal and moral uncertainty as everyday events test their relationships and sense of purpose.

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  • 1991
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    A Brighter Summer Day

    A Brighter Summer Day

    8.296 1991 HD

    A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

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  • 1991
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    A Brighter Summer Day

    A Brighter Summer Day

    8.296 1991 HD

    A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

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  • 1994
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    A Confucian Confusion

    A Confucian Confusion

    7.543 1994 HD

    Over the course of a few days, the paths of a group of young friends, lovers, and acquaintances in Taipei intersect, prompting them to arrive at realizations about their lives.

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  • 1994
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    A Confucian Confusion

    A Confucian Confusion

    7.543 1994 HD

    Over the course of a few days, the paths of a group of young friends, lovers, and acquaintances in Taipei intersect, prompting them to arrive at realizations about their lives.

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  • 1996
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    Mahjong

    Mahjong

    7.5 1996 HD

    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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  • 1996
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    Mahjong

    Mahjong

    7.5 1996 HD

    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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  • 1986
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    Terrorizers

    Terrorizers

    7.386 1986 HD

    An uncompromising look into urban life from the eyes of a voyeuristic photographer, a rebellious teenager, and a married couple teetering on the edge of adultery.

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  • 1986
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    Terrorizers

    Terrorizers

    7.386 1986 HD

    An uncompromising look into urban life from the eyes of a voyeuristic photographer, a rebellious teenager, and a married couple teetering on the edge of adultery.

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  • 1983
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    That Day, on the Beach

    That Day, on the Beach

    7.5 1983 HD

    Two friends who haven't seen each other for thirteen years reunite. One is a successful concert pianist just back from a European tour and the other has just started a new business.

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  • 1985
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    Taipei Story

    Taipei Story

    7.5 1985 HD

    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.

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  • 1985
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    Taipei Story

    Taipei Story

    7.5 1985 HD

    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.

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  • 1983
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    That Day, on the Beach

    That Day, on the Beach

    7.5 1983 HD

    Two friends who haven't seen each other for thirteen years reunite. One is a successful concert pianist just back from a European tour and the other has just started a new business.

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  • 1982
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    In Our Time

    In Our Time

    7.1 1982 HD

    Four vignettes, each set in different decades from the 1950s through the 1980s, deal with protagonists at different stages of life between childhood and young adulthood.

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  • 1981
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    Duckweed

    Duckweed

    7 1981 HD

    The tale of a country girl who comes to Taipei with dreams of entering the entertainment industry. A 2-part TV movie and part of groundbreaking series "Eleven Women," this is Edward Yang's directorial debut.

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  • 1993
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    Growth Period

    Growth Period

    1 1993 HD

    It portrays the tumultuous life of a middle-class couple and the reshuffling of relationship dynamics when the woman's young assistant and their landlord become involved, presenting urban life as observed by Yang through a multitude of rapid dialogue.

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  • 1993
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    Growth Period

    Growth Period

    1 1993 HD

    It portrays the tumultuous life of a middle-class couple and the reshuffling of relationship dynamics when the woman's young assistant and their landlord become involved, presenting urban life as observed by Yang through a multitude of rapid dialogue.

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  • 2007
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    The Wind

    The Wind

    8 2007 HD

    Of the many unrealized projects Yang developed in the wake of Yi Yi, the one that came the closest to fruition was an ambitious animated martial arts movie inspired by his lifelong love of graphic novels and his friendship with Jackie Chan. Though production on The Wind was halted after Yang’s death, this brief assembly of completed scenes offers a glimpse of what might have been. Courtesy of the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute. – Film at Lincoln Center

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  • 1982
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    In Our Time

    In Our Time

    7.1 1982 HD

    Four vignettes, each set in different decades from the 1950s through the 1980s, deal with protagonists at different stages of life between childhood and young adulthood.

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  • 1984
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    A Summer at Grandpa's

    A Summer at Grandpa's

    7.42 1984 HD

    A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.

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  • 1992
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    Likely Consequence

    Likely Consequence

    6.9 1992 HD

    Filmed performance of Yang's one-act two-character play which shifts back and forth from comedy to much darker tones as a married couple try to figure out what to do with the body of a man the wife has killed in their kitchen.

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  • 1992
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    Likely Consequence

    Likely Consequence

    6.9 1992 HD

    Filmed performance of Yang's one-act two-character play which shifts back and forth from comedy to much darker tones as a married couple try to figure out what to do with the body of a man the wife has killed in their kitchen.

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  • 2002
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    The Trigger

    The Trigger

    1 2002 HD

    A professional hit-man is hired to take out a target -- however, his girlfriend’s pregnancy gives him second thoughts. He decides that after this job, he will renounce his profession and turn himself in. This is the first feature film from Taiwanese director Alex Yang, who participated in script-writing and production on Edward Yang's early films. "The Trigger" has echoes of Yang's "Mahjong." The actors in the film, except for veteran Ngai Man-Yin, are all new faces -- unfortunately, Ngai's death in 2005 also made "The Trigger" his last appearance on screen.

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  • 1982
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    The Winter of 1905

    The Winter of 1905

    1 1982 HD

    Tsui Hark stars as Chinese artist and Buddhist monk Li Shutong, a.k.a. Master Hong Yi. Li travels to Japan to study Western artistic practices, and revolutionizes the teaching of art in China upon his return. Set during the turbulent era of the Russo-Japanese War circa 1905.

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  • 1985
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    Taipei Story

    Taipei Story

    7.5 1985 HD

    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.

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  • 1986
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    Adult Game

    Adult Game

    1 1986 HD

    Direct-to-video music film co-directed by three major figures of the Taiwanese New Cinema featuring song by Edward Yang’s then wife Tsai Chin.

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  • 1997
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    New Middle Class RV - Fatty Doctor Edition

    New Middle Class RV - Fatty Doctor Edition

    1 1997 HD

    A 1997 Mitsubishi commercial directed by Edward Yang, featuring music composed by his widow Kaili Peng.

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