Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Sihung Lung
Chu
Yang Kuei-Mei
Jia-Jen
Wang Yu-wen
Jia-Ning
Wu Chien-Lien
Jia-Chien
Sylvia Chang
Jin-Rong
Winston Chao
Li Kai
Chen Chao-jung
Guo Lun
Chao-jung Chen
Guo Lun
Lester Chan
Raymond
Chen Yu
Rachel
Chi-Der Hong
Class Leader
Gua Ah-leh
Madame Liang
Ang Lee
Director
Gin-Ming Hsu
Coach Chai
Huel-Yi Lin
Sister Chang
Shih-Jay Lin
Chief's Son
James Schamus
Writer
Wang Huiling
Writer
Chin-Cheng Lu
Ming-Dao
Kong Hsu
Producer
Jui Wang
Old Wen
Hsu Li-kong
Producer
Mader
Composer
Jong Lin
Cinematographer
Tim Squyres
Editor
Fu-Hsiung Lee
ProductionDesigner
Ted Hope
Associate Producer
Feng-Chyt Jiang
Executive Producer
Sarah Plant
Music Arranger
Tom Paul
Production Sound Mixer
Reilly Steele
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Steve Hamilton
Supervising Sound Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 3, 1994
Original Name飲食男女
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 3m
Content RatingPG-13
Box Office$7,294,403
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Wiki.
Eat Drink Man Woman (Chinese: 飲食男女) is a 1994 comedy-drama film directed by Ang Lee, from a script co-written with James Schamus and Hui-Ling Wang. It stars Sihung Lung, Wang Yu-wen, Wu Chien-lien, and Yang Kuei-mei. as members of the Zhu family navigate the challenges of love, life, tradition and family. Part of Lee's "Father Knows Best" trilogy and similar to Lee's other works, this film deals with the transition from tradition to modernity. It is Lee's only film, to date, to be shot entirely in his native Taiwan.
The film premiered in Taiwan on July 2, 1994, and it was both a critical and box office success. It won several accolades including an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Language Film. It was also nominated for both a Golden Globe and BAFTA Award, as well as three Golden Horse Awards and six Independent Spirit Awards. It would inspire films like Tortilla Soup and Joyful Reunion and has an eponymous musical rendition. A BBC Culture poll of film critics ranked the film at number 54 of the 100 Greatest Non-English Language Films.The title is a quote from the Book of Rites, one of the Confucian classics, referring to the basic human desires and accepting them as natural. The beginning of the quote reads as follows: “The things which men greatly desire are comprehended in food and drink and sexual pleasure.”