Mei Fang’s Typical Vibe
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Mei Fang has 4 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1980s through the 2000s.
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A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school, and A-yun works as a helper at a tailors. Everyone thinks they are meant for each other, and so do they. They fail to see time and fate are beyond their control.
Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien · With Chien-wen Wang, Hsin Shu-Fen, Li Tian-Lu

A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the future, but Lung is stuck in a past that combines baseball and traditional loyalty that leads him to squander his nest egg bailing her father out of financial trouble.
Dir. Edward Yang · With Tsai Chin, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wu Nien-jen

An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China.
Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien · With Yu An-shun, Tien Feng, Mei Fang

In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three different periods of Taiwanese history and governance.
Dir. Hou Hsiao-hsien · With Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Liao Su-jen
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