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Rebels of the Neon God

Original title: Qing shao nian nuo zha
  • 19921992
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 46m
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Within the urban gloom of Taipei, four youths face alienation, loneliness, and moments of existential crisis amidst a series of minor crimes.Within the urban gloom of Taipei, four youths face alienation, loneliness, and moments of existential crisis amidst a series of minor crimes.Within the urban gloom of Taipei, four youths face alienation, loneliness, and moments of existential crisis amidst a series of minor crimes.
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    • Ming-liang Tsai
    • Ming-liang Tsai
  • Stars
    • Chao-jung Chen
    • Chang-Bin Jen
    • Kang-sheng Lee
    • Ming-liang Tsai
    • Ming-liang Tsai
  • Stars
    • Chao-jung Chen
    • Chang-Bin Jen
    • Kang-sheng Lee
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    • 10User reviews
    • 31Critic reviews
    • 82Metascore
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    Chao-jung Chen, Chang-Bin Jen, and Yu-Wen Wang in Rebels of the Neon God (1992)
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    Chao-jung Chen
    Chao-jung Chen
    • Ah Tze
    Chang-Bin Jen
    • Ah Bing
    Kang-sheng Lee
    Kang-sheng Lee
    • Hsiao-Kang
    Yi-Ching Lu
    Yi-Ching Lu
    • Mother
    • (as Hsiao-Ling Lu)
    Tien Miao
    Tien Miao
    • Father
    Yu-Wen Wang
    Yu-Wen Wang
    • Ah Kuei
      • Ming-liang Tsai
      • Ming-liang Tsai
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    • Trivia
      Rebels of the Neon God is director Tsai Ming-Liang's first feature film.
    • Goofs
      When picking up his son from school, Hsiao Kang's father says that his son's name is "Lee Kang-Sheng". This is the name of the actor, not the character, Hsiao Kang.
    • Quotes

      Ah Kuei: Ah Tze, let's leave this place!

    • Connections
      Featured in Century of Cinema: Naamsaang-neuiseung (1998)

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    7/10
    Rebel with a cause
    On a more obvious level of multiple layers, a crucial, cultural point of significance seems lost in translation. As Rebels of the neon god comprise the sense of urban alienation, tradition and cultural adaptation, secularization, the decaying city and loss of identity, the original title translates literally Teenage Nezha. And as implied by his frustrated mother, the main character of Hsiao Kang bares resembling "qualities" to that of the rebel god, born into a human family and in constant opposition. While most reincarnations of Nezha grow additional limbs for the purpose of eradicating their father, Hsiao's idle hands become the playground for the prankster god. Sparked by an act of force, the two main plots of the film intertwine, and are further fueled by the returning violence. After their encounter in the arcade, Hsiao can be seen playing the same shoot-em-up as the one Ah Tze played while sitting next to him, symbolizing a change in character and the unraveling of the revenge. The directors returning use of water as ever-present, controlling element of nature, suppressing spaces of confined and human, primal behavior sets up a hierarchy of command in the metropolitan chaos of Taipei.
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      • August 4, 1994 (Netherlands)
      • Taiwan
      • Mandarin
      • Min Nan
    • Also known as
      • Taipei, Taiwan
    • Production company
      • Central Motion Pictures
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    • 1 hour 46 minutes
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