A Brighter Summer Day
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A Brighter Summer Day is a critically acclaimed 1991 Taiwanese coming-of-age crime drama film directed by Edward Yang, renowned for its epic scope and nuanced portrayal of youth and political turmoil in 1960s Taipei.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Taiwanese film
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film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Gu ling jie shao nian sha ren shi jian
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The Youth Killing Incident on Guling Street NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | real-life murder case in Taiwan in the early 1960s ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Chang Hui-kung
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Longyu Zhang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Taiwan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticalReception | critically acclaimed ⓘ |
| director | Edward Yang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | The Criterion Collection (home video, North America) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editedBy | Chen Po-wen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
coming-of-age
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crime drama ⓘ historical drama ⓘ |
| hasRestoration | 4K digital restoration ⓘ |
| includedInList | Sight & Sound greatest films polls NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Xiao Si’r NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Hongda Zhang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
political turmoil in post–Chinese Civil War Taiwan
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youth gangs in 1960s Taipei ⓘ |
| originalLanguage |
Mandarin
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Shanghainese ⓘ Taiwanese Hokkien NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| premieredAt | Tokyo International Film Festival NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Yu Weiyan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
one of the greatest Asian films of all time
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one of the greatest films of the 1990s ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1991 ⓘ |
| releaseYearInJapan | 1991 ⓘ |
| releaseYearInTaiwan | 1991 ⓘ |
| restoredBy |
The Criterion Collection
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World Cinema Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| runningTime | approximately 237 minutes ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Alex Yang
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Edward Yang NERFINISHED ⓘ Yan Hongya NERFINISHED ⓘ Yang Shunqing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInLocation | Taipei NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
| stars |
Chang Chen
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Chang Kuo-chu NERFINISHED ⓘ Elaine Jin NERFINISHED ⓘ Lisa Yang NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| theme |
adolescence
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authoritarian politics ⓘ family dislocation ⓘ violence ⓘ |
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