Edward Yang

Mahjong

Mahjong

Edward Yang’s follow-up to A Confucian Confusion is another dizzying comedy set in a globalized Taipei, but with a darker, more caustic edge. Amid a rapidly changing cityscape, the lives of a disparate group of swindlers, hustlers, gangsters, and expats collide, with a naive French teenager (Virginie Ledoyen) and a sensitive young local (Lawrence Ko) who tries to protect her caught dangerously in the middle. By turns brutal, shocking, tender, and bitingly funny, Mahjong is a dazzling vision of a multicultural Taipei where nearly every relationship has a price and newfound prosperity comes at the expense of the human soul.

Film Info

  • Taiwan
  • 1996
  • 120 minutes
  • Color
  • 1.85:1
  • Mandarin, Taiwanese, English

Available In

Collector's Set

A Confucian Confusion / Mahjong: Two Films by Edward Yang

A Confucian Confusion / Mahjong

Blu-ray Box Set

2 Discs

$47.96

Mahjong
Cast
Tang Tsung-sheng
Red Fish
Chang Chen
Hong Kong
Virginie Ledoyen
Marthe
Lawrence Ko
Luen-Luen
Wang Chi-tsan
Little Buddha
Nick Erickson
Markus
Chen Shin-hui
Alison
Diana Dupuis
Ginger
Carrie Ng
Angela
Chang Kuo-chu
Red Fish’s father
Wang Bosen
Gangster in red suit
Wu Nien-jen
Gangser in black suit
Elaine Jin
Mother of Red Fish
Credits
Director
Edward Yang
Written by
Edward Yang
Executive producer
Edward Yang
Producer
Yu Wei-yen
Production company
Atom Films
Cinematographer
Lee Lung-yue
Cinematographer
Li Yi-hsu
Editor
Chen Po-wen
Sound by
Tu Duu-chih