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.

Top Cast

Chin Tsai

Chin

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Lung

Wu Nien-jen

Chen

Lin Hsiu-Ling

A-Ling

Su-Yun Ko

Gwan

Ko I-chen

Mr. Ke

Fan Mei

Chin's Mother

Wu Ping-nan

Chin's Father

Yang Li-Yin

Qin

Grace Chen Shu-Fang

Mrs. Mei

Lai Te-Nan

Coach

Peng Sun

De-ming Lyu

Nai-Chu Ting

Shu-yao Yang

Cynthia Khan

Edward Yang

Bartender (uncredited)