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Taiwan10 Essential Films from TaiwanStop 4 of 10
A Brighter Summer Day
牯嶺街少年殺人事件
In the anxious world of 1960s Taipei, a teenage boy caught among street gangs, first love, and the pressures of a displaced mainland family drifts toward tragedy. Edward Yang's sprawling, luminous epic of youth based on a true crime.
Why it’s here
A Taiwanese Mandarin epic about youth, crime, family, and social change in 1960s Taipei.