---
title: 'Taipei Story (1984)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edward Yang'
released: '1984-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 119
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Taiwan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/taipei-story-1984'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089866/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Taipei Story (1984)

1984 · 119 min · Drama, Romance · Taiwan


## Synopsis

Taipei Story is a 1985 Taiwanese drama film co-written and directed by Edward Yang. It stars Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Chin and follows the grinding relationship of Ah-lung and Ah-chen, who have known each other since childhood in Taipei. It is doomed to fail because Ah-lung cannot forget about the past while Ah-chen is eager to embrace the future as Taipei undergoes modernization and globalization. Taipei Story is one of the representative films of the New Taiwanese Cinema. It won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 38th Locarno Film Festival in 1985.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [Hou Hsiao-Hsien](https://cinepixo.com/people/hou-hsiao-hsien), [Edward Yang](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-yang)
- **Director:** [Edward Yang](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-yang)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Edward Yang](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-yang)

## Cast

- [Ko Suyun](https://cinepixo.com/people/ko-suyun)
- [Wu Nien-jen](https://cinepixo.com/people/wu-nien-jen)
- [Hou Hsiao-Hsien](https://cinepixo.com/people/hou-hsiao-hsien)
- [Tsai Chin](https://cinepixo.com/people/tsai-chin-2)

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