“Like most of Hou's work, Sandwich Man takes a subject that might easily lurch into bathos…and treats it with exquisite subtlety, convincing detail and luminous human perception.” —Los Angeles Times
Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, Wan Jen, Jong Cheung-Tsang
Based on short stories by the nativist writer Huang Chunming, the three episodes in this film explore the local and everyday effects of distant modernizing forces in Taiwan during the 1960s. One of the seminal films of the Taiwan New Cinema, The Sandwich Man launched the careers of its three young directors and shaped Taiwan’s onscreen image for years.
Producer: Ming Ji. Screenwriter: Wu Nien-chen. Cinematographer: Chen Kun Hao. Editor: Liao Ching-song. Cast: Chen Bo Jeng, Cho Sheng-li, Chiang Hsia, Jing Ding, Yang Li-Yin.
Digital video, color, in Mandarin and Taiwanese with English subtitles, 102 min.
