It's been almost a year since I finished this drama and yet, reading your review, I just felt I was re-watching on FFW the whole thing once again.
You reminded me of all the feels R88 gave me and I can only recommend you the same therapy I used to get over the emptiness I felt when I finished it: you should watch the variety show Youth Over Flowers starring the 4 boys from the drama. It really feels more like an extension (like a drama special with 7 episodes)than a completely separate programme.. and you will get to see how deeply the cast bonded during the filming, how beautiful friendships they formed IRL as well...
A Taiwan-China-Hong Kong co-production, it was an official selection in the main competition section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, director Hou won the award for Best Director.
It was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
The film was made for the 2000, Seen By... project, initiated by the French company Hout et Court to produce films depicting the approaching turn of the millennium seen from the perspectives of 10 different countries.
The film won three Golden Horse Awards, for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Sound Effects. It also won the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpTwXLeXn1E
The film won Golden Horse Awards for Best Original Score, Prize of the City of Torino for Best Film at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema, and the Bronze Award at Tokyo International Film Festival.
The Taiwanese title refers to Nezha, a powerful child god in Chinese classical mythology who was born into a human family. Nezha is impulsive and disobedient. He tries to kill his father, but is brought under control when a Taoist immortal (Nezha's spiritual mentor) gives the father a miniature pagoda that enables him to control his rebellious son. This resonates in the film a number of ways: Hsiao Kang's mother believes that he is Nezha reincarnated, and Tze and Bing try to pawn off some stolen goods to an arcade proprietor named Nezha. Before the pawning of the stolen goods, Hsiao Kang vandalizes Tze's motorcycle, including graffiti stating "Here is Nezha."
Cast:
Lee Kang-sheng - Hsiao Kang
Chen Chao-jung - Ah Tze
Jen Chang-bin - Ah Ping
Wang Yu-wen - Ah Kuei
Lu Yi-ching - Hsiao Kang's mother
Tien Miao - Hsiao Kang's father
The theme song, Infernal Affairs (無間道), was composed by Ronald Ng, lyrics provided by Albert Leung, and performed in Cantonese and Mandarin by Andy Lau and Tony Leung. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIQNiFZf_yw
**Cannes Film Festival (1995) - Technical Grand Prize
**Camerimage Awards (1995) - Golden Frog — Lü Yue (nominated)
**Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1995) - LAFCA Award, Best Cinematography — Lü Yue
**New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1995) - NYFCC Award, Best Cinematography — Lü Yue
**National Board of Review (1995) - NBR Award, Best Foreign Language Film
**53rd Golden Globe Awards (1996) - Golden Globe, Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
**68th Academy Awards (1996) - Best Cinematography — Lü Yue (nominated)
http://www.all-in-ent.com/omotetoura/
http://eiga.com/movie/81528/
http://www.cinematoday.jp/movie/T0019763
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anupam_Kher
http://www.moviemagik.in/cast/420/anupam-kher.html
http://www.dramabeans.com/2016/02/kissing-camping-and-going-commando-for-youths-over-flowers-1988/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeK55wNQFqE
You reminded me of all the feels R88 gave me and I can only recommend you the same therapy I used to get over the emptiness I felt when I finished it: you should watch the variety show Youth Over Flowers starring the 4 boys from the drama. It really feels more like an extension (like a drama special with 7 episodes)than a completely separate programme.. and you will get to see how deeply the cast bonded during the filming, how beautiful friendships they formed IRL as well...
http://kshowonline.com/kshow/4561-[engsub]-youth-over-flowers-africa-ep.1
or here:
http://www1.dramacool.to/drama-detail/youth-over-flowers-in-africa
http://movie.mtime.com/239825/
http://chinesemov.com/2017/Revengre-for-Love.html
https://movie.douban.com/subject/1848198/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1033618/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0185686/
https://movie.douban.com/subject/3420688/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060873/
https://movie.douban.com/subject/1966045/
https://movie.douban.com/subject/2303845/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3508840/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Assassin_(2015_film)
A Taiwan-China-Hong Kong co-production, it was an official selection in the main competition section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival. At Cannes, director Hou won the award for Best Director.
It was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 88th Academy Awards but it was not nominated.
Writers: Norio Nanjo (story), Naoyuki Suzuki
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gj2QqwqwdTs
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055816/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido,_Samurai_Saga
TRAILERS:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3_-1St47U0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PODN3H5f7Bk
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpTwXLeXn1E
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109066/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vive_L%27Amour
https://movie.douban.com/subject/1296370/
The Taiwanese title refers to Nezha, a powerful child god in Chinese classical mythology who was born into a human family. Nezha is impulsive and disobedient. He tries to kill his father, but is brought under control when a Taoist immortal (Nezha's spiritual mentor) gives the father a miniature pagoda that enables him to control his rebellious son. This resonates in the film a number of ways: Hsiao Kang's mother believes that he is Nezha reincarnated, and Tze and Bing try to pawn off some stolen goods to an arcade proprietor named Nezha. Before the pawning of the stolen goods, Hsiao Kang vandalizes Tze's motorcycle, including graffiti stating "Here is Nezha."
Cast:
Lee Kang-sheng - Hsiao Kang
Chen Chao-jung - Ah Tze
Jen Chang-bin - Ah Ping
Wang Yu-wen - Ah Kuei
Lu Yi-ching - Hsiao Kang's mother
Tien Miao - Hsiao Kang's father
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agl2-VN5BDw
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebels_of_the_Neon_God
https://movie.douban.com/subject/1307561/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103935/
TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JI1nZoouoFg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4DWTb3ABgA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6haYDXiOuXU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_kwMr_NEcY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qi-0xkELlU0
FULL SUBBED: http://kissasian.com/Drama/A-Battle-of-Wits/Movie?id=27031
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIQNiFZf_yw
**Camerimage Awards (1995) - Golden Frog — Lü Yue (nominated)
**Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (1995) - LAFCA Award, Best Cinematography — Lü Yue
**New York Film Critics Circle Awards (1995) - NYFCC Award, Best Cinematography — Lü Yue
**National Board of Review (1995) - NBR Award, Best Foreign Language Film
**53rd Golden Globe Awards (1996) - Golden Globe, Best Foreign Language Film (nominated)
**68th Academy Awards (1996) - Best Cinematography — Lü Yue (nominated)