A young man from the country comes to Taipei to search for his sister from whom he has heard nothing during the past year. Beginning in a tenement slum, the young man travels through the city's lowlife, where street hustlers sell fake Rolex watches and other contraband, gangs fight each other, and the ubiquitous sex businesses ply their trade. The young man befriends a rich teenage girl and a young prostitute as he and a hustler who knew his sister search for her through a trail of clues leading to restaurants, dance joints, and brothels.
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Cast
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Lee Chih-chi
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Su Ming-ming
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Karl Maka
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Aces Go Places
The Bodyguard
Wan Jen
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That Day, on the Beach
Bor-Jeng Chen
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Chen Bo-zheng
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Dean Shek
Lin Hsiu-Ling
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Taipei Story
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Wan Jen
Wang Man-chiao
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Marry My Dead Body
Lin Hung-chung
Kuan Yun-loong
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Wan Jen Director · Liao Ching-sung Writer Shou-Chuan Lee Composer
First release April 1, 1985 · Produced in Taiwan · Original title 超级市民
Production
Taiwan
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Languages
Original title
超级市民
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Taiwan · April 1, 1985
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 4, 1986 · Toronto Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
May 15, 1986
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