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Edward Yang

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Edward Yang

Born November 6, 1947 in 中国上海, Shanghai, CinaDied June 29, 200714 films

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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A Brighter Summer Day posterFirst watchA Brighter Summer Day19918.2A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Yi Yi poster8.0Yi Yi2000Terrorizers poster7.4Terrorizers1986Taipei Story poster7.5Taipei Story1985That Day, on the Beach poster7.6That Day, on the Beach1983Mahjong poster7.6Mahjong1996

Filmography

14 films as director
  1. 2007The WindDirector
  2. 2000Yi YiDirector
  3. 1997New Middle Class RV - Fatty Doctor EditionDirector
  4. 1996MahjongDirector
  5. 1994A Confucian ConfusionDirector
  6. 1993Growth PeriodDirector
  7. 1992Likely ConsequenceDirector
  8. 1991A Brighter Summer DayDirector
  9. 1986TerrorizersDirector
  10. 1986Adult GameDirector
  11. 1985Taipei StoryDirector
  12. 1983That Day, on the BeachDirector
  13. 1982In Our TimeDirector
  14. 1981DuckweedDirector