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A Brighter Summer Day

牯嶺街少年殺人事件

1991

Director:
Edward Yang
Studio:
Yang & His Gang Filmmakers, Jane Balfour Films
Starring:
Chang Chen, Lisa Yang, Chang Kuo-chu, Elaine Jin, Wang Chuan

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In early-1960s Taipei, teenager Xiao Si'r, the son of mainland Chinese immigrants, drifts into the orbit of the city's youth gangs. He falls for Ming, a girlfriend of an exiled gang leader, while his father is persecuted by the authorities, and the story ends in a killing based on a real case.