Directed by:
Ming-liang TsaiScreenplay:
Ming-liang TsaiCinematography:
Pen-jung LiaoVOD (1)
Plots(1)
The action takes place Inside a Taipei movie theater operated by a lonely clubfooted woman (Shiyang Chi-Chen) whose slow steps echo through the empty corridors and aisles, as if measuring out the feet of celluloid that make up the film itself. When a character actually speaks, the film is half over, and his exclamation that the theater is "haunted" echoes uneasily through the rest of the film, causing one to wonder just who is a ghost and who isn't. A lonely visitor to the theater (Kiyonobu Mitamura) acts pretty real. But then there are characters who seem to come out of nowhere to sit next to him and bother him with their loud eating. The film on the theater screen is the 1966 King Hu martial arts classic, DRAGON INN, and one of that film's original actors is even in the theater, with his grandson. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Kang-Sheng Lee
Taiwan
Best movies:
Vive L'Amour (1994)
The Hole (1998)
Rebels of the Neon God (1992)
Shiang-Chyi Chen
Taiwan
Best movies:
The River (1997)
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
What Time Is It There? (2001)
Tien Miao
China
Best movies:
Dragon Inn (1967)
The Hole (1998)
Rebels of the Neon God (1992)
Kuei-Mei Yang
Taiwan
Best movies:
Vive L'Amour (1994)
The Hole (1998)
The River (1997)
Kiyonobu Mitamura
Best movies:
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
Chun Shih
China
Best movies:
Legend of the Mountain (1979)
Dragon Inn (1967)
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)