Kong bu fen zi (1986)

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Edward Yang

Writers:

Edward Yang (writer)
Hsiao Yeh (writer)

Genre:

Drama

Awards:

3 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Cora Miao	...	Zhou Yufang
Bao-ming Gu	...	The cop (as Paoming Ku)
Wang An
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shi-Jye Jin	...	Zhou's lover
Lichun Lee	...	Li Lizhong

Also Known As:

Kong bu fen zih (Taiwan)
The Terroriser
The Terrorisor
The Terrorist
The Terrorizer
The Terrorizers

Runtime:

Germany:109 min (16 mm version)

Country:

Taiwan | Hong Kong

Language:

Mandarin

Color:

Color

Filming Locations:

Taipeh, Taiwan

Company:

Central Motion Pictures Corporation

Movie Connections:

Features Nine 1/2 Weeks (1986)

The other side of Edward Yang.

Edward Yang is one of the few filmmakers who can made the present-day seem like a dystopia. He is often compared to Antonioni: this is his 'Blow-up' - an ascetically formal, fragmented murder mystery stumbled on by a photographer. In his use of dream narrative and a character who writes a mystery novel, Yang goes beyond the Italian in narrative obscurity. 'The Terroriser' shares many themes with his more accessible masterpieces 'A Brighter Summer Day' and 'Yi-Yi' - the alienation of capitalist, urban life; the alienation of relationships and aimlessness of youth; the mind-numbing compromises and betrayals in the workplace - but in a framework that coldly precludes identification.