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Title: Goodbye, South, Goodbye (1996)
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| Jieh-Wen King | ... | Hsi (as Hsiang Hsi) | |
| Kuei-Ying Hsu | ... | Ying | |
| Annie Shizuka Inoh | ... | Pretzel | |
| Jack Kao | ... | Kao | |
| Ming Kao | ... | Ming | |
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Wu Lei | ... | Kao's Father |
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Pi-tung Lien | ... | Tung |
| Giong Lim | ... | Flatty | |
| Vicky Wei | ... | Hui | |
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Shih-huang Chen | ... | Flatty's uncle |
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Kuei Li | ||
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A glimpse at the lives of two petty criminals in Taipei.
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Fast times, easy money, big trouble.Certificate:
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Release Date:
12 April 1997 (Japan) See more »Also Known As:
Adeus, ao Sul See more »Company Credits
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Goodbye South Goodbye provides a raw, harsh look on the aimless and moral-less underclass of Taiwan. The way the director Hsiao-hsien Hou made the film out to be, including his style of off-screen dialog, long continuous shots and scenes of motion creates a view that mirrors what the characters perceive and feels, whether it is helplessness, freedom and joy, calm before the storm or calm before no storm. The lost underclass that seems to be disconnected from the old and modern world, having nothing much more too look forward to except the reward of riches through whatever schemes available. But the reality is that they will only move from scheme to scheme, never achieving what they truly desires. And throughout the whole time, they will just carry on and waste away in the world that has trapped them there.