With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through cinema and to share it with the world. This engaging documentary looks at the movement's legacy.
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Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema Cast
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Character |
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
He was 67, now 77 years old
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Tsai Ming-liang
He was 56, now 67 years old
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Tadanobu Asano
He was 40, now 50 years old
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Hirokazu Kore-eda
He was 52, now 62 years old
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Jia Zhangke
He was 44, now 54 years old
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Olivier Assayas
He was 59, now 69 years old
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Apichatpong Weerasethakul
He was 44, now 54 years old
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Ai Weiwei
He was 57, now 67 years old
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Tian Zhuangzhuang
He was 62, now 72 years old
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Kiyoshi Kurosawa
He was 59, now 69 years old
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Jing-jing Bao
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Jazmín López
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Tadao Sato
was 84, now 94 years old
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Tony Rayns
He was 66, now 76 years old
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Pierre Rissient
He was 78, 81 years old when he died
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Ying Liang
He was 37, now 47 years old
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Jean-Michel Frodon
He was 61, now 71 years old
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Wang Bing
He was 46, now 57 years old
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Shozo Ichiyama
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Xiaodong Liu
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Martín Rejtman
He was 53, now 63 years old
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Shu Kei
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Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema Crew