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Release Year1989
Runtime1h 14m
LanguageMandarin
CertificationNR
GenresDrama, TV Movie
Votes6
DirectorTsai Ming-liang
WritersTsai Ming-liang
TypeFeature Film
Rating5.5 out of 10
Cast5 credited
Also Known AsAll the Corners of the World
About All the Corners of the World
Mr and Mrs Chang live in Taipei's Hsi-Men-Ding (the city's entertainment/red light/nightlife district) with their teenaged kids. The parents work as cleaners in a "love hotel" and send the kids out to work as ticket scalpers, block-buying seats for hit movies like A City of Sadness and reselling them at a profit. Tragedy strikes when the daughter Mei-Hsueh flirts with the idea of prostituting herself and changes her mind at the last moment, leaving her first client with injuries that put him on the critical list. The focus throughout is on the son Ah Tong, who has a latent talent as a writer that is never going to flower.
Directed by Tsai Ming-liang, All the Corners of the World leans on a strong ensemble — Po-Chou Chang, Pei-lan Hua, Ji-xin Liu — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about drama titles of 1989.
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