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Edward Yang (Chinese: 楊德昌; pinyin: Yáng Déchāng; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese filmmaker. Yang, along with fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, was one of the leading film-makers of the Taiwanese New Wave and Taiwanese Cinema. Yang's singular visual style has been defined by deliberate pacing, long takes, fixed camera, few closeups, empty spaces, and cityscapes. His films prominently feature themes of struggle between tradition and modernity, and between business and art, set against the backdrop of an evolving Taiwanese society.

Known For

7.9

Pianist (uncredited)

Yi Yi

2000

5.0

Jam

1998

4.9

Self

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

1998

6.0

Tap's step-father

First Love Unlimited

1997

6.7

Self

When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

1993

7.5

Bartender (uncredited)

Taipei Story

1985

7.4

Guanglin

A Summer at Grandpa's

1984

0.0

The Winter of 1905

1982

🎬

0.0

Happy Single Lady

1981

Credits

Yi Yi

as Pianist (uncredited)

2000

7.9

Jam

1998

5.0

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

as Self

1998

4.9

First Love Unlimited

as Tap's step-father

1997

6.0

When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

as Self

1993

6.7

Taipei Story

as Bartender (uncredited)

1985

7.5

A Summer at Grandpa's

as Guanglin

1984

7.4

The Winter of 1905

1982

0.0

🎬

Happy Single Lady

1981

0.0