Yi Yi
“We never live the same day twice.”
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.
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Cast
87 people
Wu Nien-jen
NJ
Known for
Taipei Story
A City of Sadness
Issey Ogata
Mr. Ota
Known for
Silence
Tony Takitani
Elaine Jin Yan-Ling
Min-Min
Known for
A Brighter Summer Day
Monster Hunt
Kelly Lee
Ting-Ting
Jonathan Chang
Yang-Yang
Also in
The Affair
Da-Yu: The Touch of Fate
Chen Hsi-sheng
A-Di
Also in
Workers
Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast
Ko Su-yun
Sherry Chang-Breitner
Known for
Taipei Story
A City of Sadness
Michael Tao
Dada
Also in
Black & White
Mad Doctor
Suzanne Shu-shen Hsiao
Xiao-Yan
Also in
Such a life
曾经
Adriene Lin
Lili
Also in
The Year of Happiness and Love
Say Yes Enterprise
Chang Yu-pang
Fatty
Also in
Freckle
Tang Ru-Yun
Grandma
Known for
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
Together
Edward Yang Director · Kai-Li Peng Composer Yang Wei-han Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $1.5M · United States release October 6, 2000 · Produced in Taiwan, Japan
Box office
Worldwide gross
$1,528,767
Production
Omega Project
Production
Atom Films
Production
Pony Canyon
Production
Nemuru Otoko Seisaku Iinkai
Production
Taiwan · Japan
Produced in
Languages
Original title
一一
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese · English · French · Japanese
Release dates
France · May 14, 2000
Premiere · Cannes Film Festival
United States · October 6, 2000
Limited theatrical
Taiwan · July 28, 2017
Theatrical
United States
October 4, 2000 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
Czechia
March 26, 2002 · Limited theatrical · Film clubs only
September 4, 2003 · TV · ČT2
France
September 20, 2000 · Theatrical
January 21, 2026 · TV · Canal+ Grand Écran
Germany
June 13, 2001 · Theatrical
December 18, 2025 · Theatrical · Re-release
Greece
January 12, 2001 · Theatrical
Hong Kong SAR China
March 5, 2001 · Theatrical
July 31, 2025 · Theatrical · 4k restoration
Indonesia
December 6, 2025 · Premiere · Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival
Japan
December 16, 2000 · Theatrical
December 19, 2025 · Theatrical · 4K restored version
Netherlands
January 30, 2007 · Physical · DVD
September 18, 2025 · Theatrical · (25th Anniversary)
South Korea
October 10, 2000 · Premiere · Pusan International Film Festival
October 28, 2000 · Theatrical
June 28, 2018 · Theatrical · Re-release
December 31, 2025 · Theatrical · 4k restoration
Taiwan
September 19, 2025 · Theatrical · 4k restoration
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