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Hou Hsiao-hsien (Chinese: 侯孝賢; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hâu Hàu-hiân; born 8 April 1947) is a retired Mainland Chinese-born Taiwanese film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a leading figure in world cinema and in Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement.
Dec 12, 2019 · Conversely, in the final section, “A Time for Youth,” Shu Qi’s 2005 incarnation, a singer in Taipei, holds the power of choice and decides to leave her girlfriend after an affair with Zhen, a photographer played by Chang Chen.
Three Times (Chinese: 最好的時光) is a 2005 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It consists of three separate stories of romance, set in different eras, using the same lead actors, Shu Qi and Chang Chen. In "A Time for Love," set in 1966, a soldier (Chang) meets an alluring pool-hall hostess (Shu).
Hou Hsiao-hsien (Chinese: 侯孝賢; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hâu Hàu-hiân; born 8 April 1947) is a Mainland Chinese-born Taiwanese film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a leading figure in world cinema and in Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement.
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May 5, 2006 · Tracing a line from the strictly contemporary, highly urbanized Daughter of the Nile to Millennium Mambo one can find a connection between these two films and Haonan haonu ( Good Men, Good Women, 1995), a film mixing a youthful female heroine with a complicated urban scenario and a burdensome historical past.
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Oct 20, 2015 · Tackling a historical swordplay film may have been a departure for Hou, who’s best known for his beautifully observant portraits of everyday life, but that didn’t stop him from taking on the tradition and making it his own.
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The main prostitutes in the film are Crimson, Jasmin, Jade, Pearl and Emerald. Crimson belongs to the Huifang Enclave ( 薈芳里 ), while Jasmin works at the East Hexing Enclave ( 東合興里 ). Jade and her friend Pearl work in the Gongyang Enclave ( 公陽里 ), and Emerald resides in the Shangren Enclave ( 尚仁里 ).