Name
Edward Yang
Known For
Directing
Birthday
1947-11-06
Deathday
2007-06-29 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
中国上海, Shanghai, Cina
Biography
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.
Known For
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A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan....
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A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the ...
5.5
An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which th...
7.5
A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future...
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Over the course of a few days, the paths of a group of young friends, lovers, and acquaint...
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Four vignettes, each set in different decades from the 1950s through the 1980s, deal with ...
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Two friends who haven't seen each other for thirteen years reunite. One is a successful co...
- 1981 Happy Single Lady
- 2000 Yi Yi as Pianist (uncredited)
- 1998 Jam
- 1984 A Summer at Grandpa's as Guanglin
- 1997 First Love Unlimited as Tap's step-father
- 1982 The Winter of 1905
- 1998 Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema as Self
- 1993 When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang as Self
- 1985 Taipei Story as Bartender (uncredited)
