Directed by:
Doze NiuScreenplay:
Li-ting TsengCinematography:
Jake PollockComposer:
Sandee ChanCast:
Ethan Juan, Mark Chao, Chang-Hsien Tsai, Doze Niu, Yu-Chieh Cheng, Rhydian Vaughan, Brando Huang, Alice Ko, Han-Dian Chen, Russel Tang, Chih-Ju LinPlots(1)
Monga is the name of an old quarter of Taipei. Mosquito and his friends have no illusions about the unwritten laws that prevail in this part of town: if you want to survive here you've got to be stronger than your enemies.
Mosquito, Monk, Dragon, White Monkey and A-Lan are all members of the 'Gang of Princes'. They formed the gang when Mosquito's snack was stolen on his first day at school in Monga. The five teenagers have decided they don't want to be pushed around.
The boys soon begin to enjoy their new found gangster lifestyle and are already planning to take over as top dogs on the streets of Monga. But little do they know that there are others who are deeply jealous of Mosquito's success.
Geta, one of Monga's old triad leaders, sees it as his duty to teach these cheeky young upstarts the true laws of gangsterdom. And so Geta tells the youngsters about the legacy handed down by the city's founders and the strict laws of a brotherhood which should always fight not just for territorial reasons but also to protect their honour.
But even Geta has no inkling of the storm that is about to hit Monga – a storm that will destroy the town's traditional values and the vestiges of its glory. A new gang, bristling with an arsenal of handguns, is about to change forever the little world in which Geta and the 'Gang of Princes' have made themselves at home.
(Berlinale)
Cast
Ethan Juan
Taiwan
Mark Chao
Taiwan
Best movies:
Love (2012)
Monga (2010)
Till the End of the World (2018)
Chang-Hsien Tsai
Taiwan
Best movies:
You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011)
Monga (2010)
The Sadness (2021)
Doze Niu
Taiwan
Best movies:
One Mile Above (2011)
The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)
Love (2012)
Yu-Chieh Cheng
Taiwan
Best movies:
Monga (2010)
Rhydian Vaughan
UK
Best movies:
Zone Pro Site (2013)
Monga (2010)
Gf * Bf (2012)
Brando Huang
Taiwan
Best movies:
Extravagant Challenge (2011) (series)
Monga (2010)
The Abandoned (2022)
Alice Ko
Taiwan
Best movies:
Monga (2010)
Who Killed Cock Robin? (2017)
Miao Miao (2008)
Han-Dian Chen
Taiwan
Best movies:
Bull Fighting (2008) (series)
Love (2012)
Love in Disguise (2010)
Russel Tang
Taiwan
Chih-Ju Lin
Taiwan
Best movies:
A Sun (2019)
The Name Engraved in Your Heart (2020)
Man in Love (2021)