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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
MoodPlayr · trivia#01
Treasure Island
1993 1h 45m ZH
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6.2
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★6.2TMDB · 6
Synopsis
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A group of young Taipei residents is drawn into the city’s underworld through the growing obsession of one, the boyish Ah-feng, for the sexy Cantonese mistress of a gang boss.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Lim Giong
Chen Chih-Fong
Tarcy Su
Ping
Jack Kao
Mr. Chiu
Lee Ming-Yi
Maggie
David Wu
Polo
Veronica Yip Yuk-hing
Miss Tan
Yin Chao-te
Kuang
Liu Liang-tso
Pi
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Chen Kuofu
- Writers
- Chen Kuofu, Chen Shih-Chieh
- Languages
- Cantonese, Mandarin
- Countries
- Taiwan
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The take
Chen Kuofu directs. Chen Po-Wen cuts. Produced in Taiwan. Dialogue in Cantonese, Mandarin.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 133 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
- 2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Cantonese, Mandarin.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Editor Chen Po-Wen shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Lim Giong and Tarcy Su and Jack Kao carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0111833 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Editing
- Chen Po-Wen
- Runtime
- 105 min · 1h 45m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- ZH
Also by
Chen Kuofu
Production companies
Who made it
- CI
City Films
US
Key crew
- EditorChen Po-Wen
- Supervising ProducerHou Hsiao-hsien
- CompositorWu Bai
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1993-04-01
