''The Terrorizers'' is a 1986 drama film by acclaimed Taiwanese filmmaker

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Plot

The film concerns the coincidental interactions between three groups of people in

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: a young woman and the tough petty criminal gang of Native Taiwanese she hangs out with; a Mainlander doctor and his novelist wife; and a young photographer who observes the life of the city unfolding around him, in an echo of the protagonist of

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's ''

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Cast

* Cora Miao as Zhou Yufen, a depressed novelist * Lee Li-chun as Li Lizhong, a hospital professional and Zhou Yufen's husband * Chin Shih-chieh as Shen, Zhou Yufen's ex who owns a company *Wang An as teenaged hustler *Liu Min as the girl's mother * Yu An-shun as the girl's partner in crime * Ku Pao-ming as Gu, police chief and Li Lizhong's friend *Ma Shao-chun as young photographer from a rich family *Huang Chia-ching as the photographer's girlfriend

Reception and legacy

''Terrorizers'' is a part of the New Taiwan Cinema. "Famously characterized by Marxist scholar

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as ''the'' postmodern film, the film was likened by Yang himself to a puzzle where the pleasure lies in rearranging a multitude of relationships between characters, spaces, and genres."

Awards and nominations

*1986 Golden Horse Film Festival **Won: Best Feature Film **Nominated: Best Leading Actress – Cora Miao **Nominated: Best Original Screenplay – Hsiao Yeh and

*1987 Pesaro Film Festival **Won: Best Director *1987

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**Won: Silver Leopard *1987

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Awards **Won: Sutherland Trophy *1987 Asia-Pacific Film Festival **Won: Best Screenplay – Edward Yang, Hsiao Yeh

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