Yi Yi

AKA:

A One and a Two...

Release Date:

May 14, 2000

Running Time:

2:53

Genre:

Drama

Director:

Edward Yang

Cast:

Nien-Jen Wu
Kelly Lee
Jonathan Chang
Issey Ogata
Elaine Jin
Ke Suyun

Writers:

Edward Yang

Language:

Japanese

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Set in Taiwan, the film follows the lives of the Jian family from the alternating perspectives of the three main family members: father N.J., teenage daughter Ting-Ting and young son Yang-Yang . N.J., disgruntled with his current job, attempts to court the favor of a prominent video game company while Ting-Ting and Yang-Yang contend with the various trials of youth, all while caring for N.J.'s mother-in-law, who lies in a coma.

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