Mahjong (1996)
"Ma jiang" (original title)

Director:

Edward Yang

Writer:

Edward Yang

Stars:

Chen Chang, Nick Erickson, Kaizô Hayashi

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Chen Chang	...	Hong Kong
Nick Erickson	...	Marcus
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kaizô Hayashi
Elaine Jin	...	Mother of Red Fish
Lawrence Ko	...	Luen-Luen (as Yulun Ke)
Virginie Ledoyen	...	Marthe
T.C. Lin	...	The Housemate
Carrie Ng
Tsung Sheng Tang	...	Red Fish
Andrew Tsao	...	David
Bosen Wang	...	Gangster in Red-Suit
Chi-tsan Wang
Nien-Jen Wu	...	Gangster in Black Suit
Wong Chi Zan	...	Toothpaste / Little Buddha

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

chinese | urban

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

Taiwan

Language:

Mandarin Min Nan English

Release Date:

7 December 1996 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Kappuruzu

Filming Locations:

Taipei City, Taiwan

Company Credits

Production Co:

AtomFilms

Technical Specs

Runtime:

121 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

User Reviews

Easily Yang's worst film

Edward Yang made his only bad movie (and I've seen them all) with this flick about young gangsters in Taipei and the scams they run. All the foreign actors are god-awful and that includes poor Virginie Ledoyen when she has to speak English. Most of the humor and purposefully over-the-top acting falls flat. Among the cast, only the very talky Tang Tsung Sheng and the subdued Lawrence Ko stand out. None of the relationships among the characters ever really gets fleshed out, and the movie has an extremely conventional ending. Ledoyen is of course extremely gorgeous so maybe Yang was distracted because he never gets a handle on the tone of this thing.