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Dong dong de jiàqi

  • 19841984
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
1.5K
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Dong dong de jiàqi (1984)
  • Drama
A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister who spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister who spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister who spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.
IMDb RATING
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1.5K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
  • Writers
    • T'ien-wen Chu(screenplay)
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Chi-Kuang Wang
    • Shu-Chen Li
    • Hsiu-Ling Lin
Top credits
  • Director
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
  • Writers
    • T'ien-wen Chu(screenplay)
    • Hsiao-Hsien Hou(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Chi-Kuang Wang
    • Shu-Chen Li
    • Hsiu-Ling Lin
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    • 7User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations

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    Chi-Kuang Wang
    • Tung-Tungas Tung-Tung
    Shu-Chen Li
    Shu-Chen Li
    • Ting-Tingas Ting-Ting
    Hsiu-Ling Lin
    Mei-Feng
    Nai-Chu Ting
    • Tung-Tung's motheras Tung-Tung's mother
    Edward Yang
    Edward Yang
    Li-Yin Yang
    Li-Yin Yang
    Cheng-Kuo Yen
    Cheng-Kuo Yen
    • A kidas A kid
    • Director
      • Hsiao-Hsien Hou
    • Writers
      • T'ien-wen Chu(screenplay) (story)
      • Hsiao-Hsien Hou(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      This film inspired Hayao Miyazaki's 'My Neighbour Totoro'.
    • Connections
      Followed by A Time to Live, a Time to Die (1985)

    User reviews7

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    Top review
    9/10
    Beguiling early work by Hou
    I'm not a fan of Hou's later work, which can be obscure, pretentious and painfully slow, but this early movie of him from 1984 is gripping in its simplicity. One summer in Taiwan, a young boy and his sister are sent to the country home of their grandparents, as their mother has been hospitalized. The movie is told from the children's point of view, and nothing terribly important happens in much of it, just life passing by during one summer in a rural village in Taiwan. The boy interact with the other children in the picturesque mountain village, while her younger sister, who is unable to understand what has happened to her mother, mostly stays at home of their grandparents. What is best about the movie is the warm portrayal of the characters, especially the grandfather, a stern doctor.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • 1984 (Taiwan)
    • Country of origin
      • Taiwan
    • Languages
      • Hakka
      • Mandarin
      • Shanghainese
    • Also known as
      • A Summer at Grandpa's
    • Filming locations
      • Taiwan
    • Production company
      • Central Motion Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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