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Cast
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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 | |
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Yu Chen | ... | Rachel |
| Ah-Lei Gua | ... | Madame Liang (as Ya-Lei Kuei) | |
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Chi-Der Hong | ... | Class Leader |
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Gin-Ming Hsu | ... | Coach Chai |
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Huel-Yi Lin | ... | Sister Chang |
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Shih-Jay Lin | ... | Chief's Son |
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Chin-Cheng Lu | ... | Ming-Dao |
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Senior Master Chef Chu lives in a large house in Taipei with his three unmarried daughters, Jia-Jen, a chemistry teacher converted to Christianity, Jia-Chien, an airline executive, and Jia-Ning, a student who also works in a fast food restaurant. Life in the house revolves around the ritual of an elaborate dinner each Sunday, and the love lives of all the family members. Written by Will Gilbert
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chef | chinese food | cooking | father daughter relationship | daughter |Taglines:
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Release Date:
3 August 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$7,294,403Company Credits
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Chu: I'm not upset. I hope they all move out, so I can have a quiet life.
Old Wen: Quiet life? I know you. What you want, you can't get. What you don't want, you can't get rid of. You're as repressed as a turtle. That old maid of yours, Jia-Jen, will stick to you for life unless you marry her off!
Chu: Marry who? Since she lost her asshole college boyfriend she's never looked at another man. You know that.
Old Wen: And now she has the perfect ...
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Vocal by Chih Chin Lee
Lyrics by Hung-Ren Zhi
Music by Hung-Ren Zhi
Arrangement by Hung-Ren Zhi
Courtesy of Rock Records and Tapes
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The opening sequence - in which a Sunday lunch is lovingly prepared - took over a week to film. See more »Goofs
As Chu is downing shots at the last Sunday dinner, he spills some on the collar of his jacket. When he stands up to makes his announcement, the stain is gone. See more »Quotes
Old Wen: Old Chu, do'nt get upset. Girls eventually leave home. It was bound to happen.Chu: I'm not upset. I hope they all move out, so I can have a quiet life.
Old Wen: Quiet life? I know you. What you want, you can't get. What you don't want, you can't get rid of. You're as repressed as a turtle. That old maid of yours, Jia-Jen, will stick to you for life unless you marry her off!
Chu: Marry who? Since she lost her asshole college boyfriend she's never looked at another man. You know that.
Old Wen: And now she has the perfect ...
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MY BABYVocal by Chih Chin Lee
Lyrics by Hung-Ren Zhi
Music by Hung-Ren Zhi
Arrangement by Hung-Ren Zhi
Courtesy of Rock Records and Tapes
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There is usually nothing that gets me away from my newspapers on a Sunday Morning. I usually spend several hours on my back porch immersed in news and entertainment. I flipped on the TV to see what was happening in the third round of the Masters and I noticed a movie on the Indie channel that I hadn't seen and it looked interesting. Big mistake! It Was And Lee's Yin shi nan nu (Eat Drink Man Woman). The paper got put aside as I couldn't tear my eyes away from the story. It was captivating, to say the least. How a widowed father deals with three daughters was the classic relationship film.In addition, the subplot, how everyone was doing something that they thought was "what was expected," instead of what they really wanted to do was a simple definition of life out of balance. Only when life is in balance can you taste the spice. You'll have to invest some time in watching this great film to understand that fully, and it will be time well spent.