Eat Drink Man Woman (1994) Yin shi nan nu (original title)

Director:

Ang Lee

Writers:

Ang Lee
James Schamus
(more)

Release Date:

3 August 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance | Drama

Tagline:

The Ingredients of Life

Plot:

A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members.

Plot Keywords:

Chef | Christianity | Restaurant | Food | Human Relationship

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 6 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

Sihung Lung	...	Chu
Yu-Wen Wang	...	Jia-Ning
Chien-lien Wu	...	Jia-Chien
Kuei-Mei Yang	...	Jia-Jen
Sylvia Chang	...	Jin-Rong
Winston Chao	...	Li Kai
Chao-jung Chen	...	Guo Lun
Chit-Man Chan	...	Raymond
Yu Chen	...	Rachel
Ya-lei Kuei	...	Madame Liang
Chi-Der Hong	...	Class Leader
Gin-Ming Hsu	...	Coach Chai
Huel-Yi Lin	...	Sister Chang
Shih-Jay Lin	...	Chief's Son
Chin-Cheng Lu	...	Ming-Dao
Cho-Gin Nei	...	Airline Secretary
Yu-Chien Tang	...	Shan-Shan
Chung Ting	...	Priest
Cheng-Fen Tso	...	Fast Food Manager
Man-Sheng Tu	...	Restaurant Manager
Chuen Wang	...	Chief
Shui Wang	...	Old Wen (as Jui Wang)
Hwa Wu	...	Old Man
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Po-hsiung Wu	...	Commander in feast
Michael Taylor	...	Wendy's Customer (uncredited)

Directed by
Ang Lee

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ang Lee
James Schamus
Hui-Ling Wang

Produced by
Ted Hope	....	associate producer
Kong Hsu	....	producer
Li-Kong Hsu	....	producer
Feng-Chyt Jiang	....	executive producer
James Schamus	....	associate producer

Original Music by
Mader

Cinematography by
Lin Jong

Film Editing by
Tim Squyres

Production Design by
Fu-Hsiung Lee

Costume Design by
Wen-Chi Chen

Makeup Department
Wai-Ming Lee	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yang-Sheng Ou	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Alex Albanese	....	sound editor
Steve Hamilton	....	supervising sound editor
Tom Paul	....	production sound mixer
Steve Silkensen	....	sound editor
Reilly Steele	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Chun-hua Hsia	....	gaffer

Editorial Department
Alex Albanese	....	first assistant editor
Patricia Sztaba	....	negative matcher
Stan Sztaba	....	negative matcher

Music Department
Eric Liljestrand	....	score recordist
Sarah Plant	....	associate musical director
Sarah Plant	....	music arranger
Sarah Plant	....	musician: flute

Other crew
Joyce Hsieh	....	post-production accountant
Alex Kuciw	....	post production assistant
Michael Taylor	....	script supervisor

Thanks
Steven Starr	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Ang Lee Productions
• Central Motion Pictures Corporation
• Good Machine

Distributors

• Mundial Films (1995) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Samuel Goldwyn Company, The (1994) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• UGC PH (1994) (France) (theatrical)
• Cinemex Films S.A. de C.V. (Mexico)
• Flashstar Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Gativideo (1996) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Golem Distribución (Spain)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2002) (Canada) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2006) (Finland) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Yin shi nan nu" - Taiwan (original title)

Runtime:

124 min

Country:

Taiwan | USA

Language:

Mandarin | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | Dolby SR

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Finland:S | Peru:14 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:T | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:Unrated | South Korea:15 | Germany:12 | Iceland:L | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | USA:TV-PG | Australia:PG | Singapore:PG

Filming Locations:

Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall Park, Taipei City, Taiwan

Company:

Ang Lee Productions

Trivia:

The opening sequence - in which a Sunday lunch is lovingly prepared - took over a week to film.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Madame Liang arrives by cab at her house together with her daughter and her grandchild, it is heavily raining, however, right in front of the taxi the road is wet, but there are no rain drops visible, in particular not in the puddle right in font of the cab.

Quotes:

Chu:These past two days, I... something wrong?
Jia-Chien:No, it's fine. Nothing.
[Jia-Chien makes a face from the soup]
Chu:Say it!
Jia-Chien:The ham was oversmoked.
Jia-Ning:It's fine.
Jia-Jen:Father probably forgot to taste it.
Jia-Chien:Or his taste is getting worse.
Chu:My taste is fine!

Movie Connections:

References My Neighbor Totoro (1988)

Soundtrack:

I DO LOVE YOU

My Favorite Movie

Being a female Asian American (1st generation), I definitely relate to the movie, especially the three daughters' devotion to their father and of maintaining and continuing family tradition. I loved the differences amongst the daughters: The older religious teacher daughter, the power executive daughter, and the teen aged daughter. However, no matter how their lives diverged, they were always brought back to the table by their ever-patient father. The little neighbor girl was absolutely adorable and the relationship between her and the father is endearing. The best scene is when she brings her lunch to school and the food is so lovely, tall of the children crowd around her and she's the hit of lunch period. Besides this movie, other Ang Lee films that are great are The Wedding Banquet and The Ice Storm and Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon - need to see Sense and Sensibility and Brokeback Mountain (maybe even the Hulk), but this movie is my all time favorite - it makes me sad and wistful at times, but in the end, it always brings a smile to my face and touches my heart.