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

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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.

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

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Hou Hsiao-hsien
Hou Hsiao-hsien as Self Age 79 · Mei County, Guangdong, China Hou Hsiao-hsien (Chinese: 侯孝賢; pinyin: Hóu Xiàoxián) (born April 8, 1947) is a retired award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement..
Edward Yang
Edward Yang as Self Died 2007 · 中国上海, Shanghai, Cina 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 leadin...
Akira Emoto
Akira Emoto as Narrator (voice) Age 77 · Chuo, Tokyo, Japan Old good "Emo-chan" of modern Japanese cinema. Emo's father was a close friend of legendary episode player Taji Tonoyama in elementary school days. His mother's grandfather ran a shamisen store in Gin...
Director Hirokazu Kore-eda
Cast Hou Hsiao-hsien, Edward Yang, Akira Emoto

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