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A Brighter Summer Day
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1991 film directed by Edward Yang
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8.3A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.
Released: 1991-07-27237 minDir: Edward YangCrime, Drama, Romance
▶ Watch trailerStream on: Criterion Channel
Cast
- Chang Chen as Xiao Si'r
- Lisa Yang as Ming
- Chang Kuo-Chu as Father
- Elaine Jin Yan-Ling as Mother
- Wang Chuan as Eldest Sister
- Chang Han as Elder Brother
Themes
- high school
- baseball bat
- based on true story
- coming of age
- taiwan
- tragedy
- murder
- youth gang
- gang
- juvenile delinquent
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- Taiwan
- Original language
- Standard Taiwanese Mandarin
- Director
- Edward Yang
- Screenwriter
- Edward Yang
- Narrative location
- Taiwan
- Duration
- 237
- FilmAffinity ID
- 138210
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1991-07-27
- title
- 牯嶺街少年殺人事件
- review score
- 8.2/10
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Categories
1990s coming-of-age drama films1990s epic films1990s political drama films1990s Taiwanese films1991 drama films1991 films1991 Mandarin-language filmsCentral Motion Picture Corporation filmsDrama films based on actual eventsFilms about adolescenceFilms about pubertyFilms about the White Terror (Taiwan)Films directed by Edward YangFilms set in 1960Films set in 1961Rotten Tomatoes ID same as WikidataShanghainese-language filmsTaiwanese coming-of-age filmsTaiwanese drama filmsTaiwanese epic filmsTaiwanese gangster filmsTaiwanese-language filmsTeen crime filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date