''Mahjong'' () is a 1996 Taiwanese

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

written and directed by

Edward Yang Edward Yang (; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese filmmaker. Yang, along with fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, was one of the leading film-makers of the Taiwanese New Wave and Taiwanese cinema. He won the ...

. The film stars

Chang Chen Chang Chen (born 14 October 1976) is a Taiwanese actor. He was born in Taipei, Taiwan. His father Chang Kuo-chu and his brother Hans Chang are also actors. Career Chang started his film career at a very young age. He was then selected by a ...

, Nick Erickson and Virginie Ledoyen. The film was entered into the

46th Berlin International Film Festival The 46th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from 15 to 26 February 1996. The Golden Bear was awarded to British-American film ''Sense and Sensibility'' directed by Ang Lee. The retrospective dedicated to American film director, p ...

where it won an Honourable Mention.

Cast

* as Red Fish *

as Hong Kong *

Lawrence Ko Lawrence Ko (; born 28 April 1977) is a Taiwanese actor. Ko made his film debut when he was four years old. He has had roles in the Edward Yang films ''A Brighter Summer Day'' (1991), ''Mahjong'' (1996) and ''Yi Yi'' (2000), as well as the fi ...

as Lun-lun * Virginie Ledoyen as Marthe * Wu Nien-jen as the Older Mobster *

Elaine Jin Elaine Yan-ling (; born 15 December 1954), also known as Elaine Kam, is a Hong Kong–Taiwanese actress. She began her career in Taiwan in 1973 before moving to Hong Kong in 1981. She has been nominated seven times in the Hong Kong Film Award ...

as Chen's Wife *

Carrie Ng Carrie Ng (born 1963) is a Hong Kong actress well known for both Category-III cult and mainstream films. She won Best Actress at the 1993 Golden Horse Film Festival awards for her performance in ''Remains of a Woman'' and Best Supporting Actre ...

as Angela *

Chang Kuo-chu Chang Kuo-chu (; born 17 October 1948) is a Taiwanese actor. He was erroneously declared the winner of the 2007 Golden Bell Award for Best Supporting Actor, because his name was similar to awardee . Both were acknowledged as joint winners. His s ...

as Winston Chen *Nick Erickson as Markus

References

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* * * 1996 films 1996 comedy films 1990s English-language films 1990s Mandarin-language films Films directed by Edward Yang Taiwanese comedy films {{Taiwan-film-stub