Edward Yang

Born: 1947-11-06

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.


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Yi Yi

as Pianist (uncredited)
Released: 2000-09-20

Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through...

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A Summer at Grandpa's

as Guanglin
Released: 1984-11-24

A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the...

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First Love Unlimited

as Tap's step-father
Released: 1997-03-26

Only the lack of roses in every frame prevent this teen romance from being a live action Shojo...

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Jam

as uncredited
Released: 1998-07-04

The lives of two young thieves, a mob hitman and a film producer are entangled when the two...

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Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

as Self
Released: 1998-06-04

An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film...

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

as himself
Released: 1993-09-01

From the 1980s to the 1990s, New Taiwanese Cinema gained international attention for adopting a...

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The Winter of 1905

as uncredited
Released: 1982-11-01

Tsui Hark stars as Chinese artist and Buddhist monk Li Shutong, a.k.a. Master Hong Yi. Li...

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The Wind

as Self
Released: 2007-01-01

Of the many unrealized projects Yang developed in the wake of Yi Yi, the one that came the...

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