Spring Daddy

1985 1h 35m ZH

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 1

Drama

Synopsis

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Zang Guang-xing is a veteran soldier from Mainland China who married a young Taiwanese woman. He has been working as a supervisor in a construction company for seven years. Everyday he rides the same motorbike to work. He suffers enough misery from riding that motorbike, and dreams of buying a car. So he asks around for decent second-hand cars. His son doesn't like any car he chooses. His wife, a typical Taiwanese woman who lives frugally, shaves any penny she can. She is the one who pays for the family's new car. They go out on trips happily, and become the envy of the neighborhood. Zhang thus gets the new car he's always dreamed of, but he starts to worry about it getting dirty, because it's simply too new, too nice for him. The car thus becomes his son's vehicle. He rides the old bike to work again, just like he has during all these years.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Wen Ying
Li Kun
Fanny Chang Chun-Fang
Lin Hsiu-Ling
Fu Chuen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Wang Tung
Writers: Tsai Ming-liang, Yu Kuang-chung
Countries: Taiwan

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ERA

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41 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Wang Tung, shot by Mark Lee Ping-Bing. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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CAST

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Wen Ying and Li Kun and Fanny Chang Chun-Fang carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0439888 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Wang Tung directs. Mark Lee Ping-Bing behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Taiwan.

Trivia

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141 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Wang Tung, shot by Mark Lee Ping-Bing. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Wen Ying and Li Kun and Fanny Chang Chun-Fang carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0439888 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.