Tropical Fish () is a
1995
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* World Year of Peoples' Commemoration of the Victims of the Second World War
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Taiwan
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ese
comedy-drama
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film written and directed by
Chen Yu-hsun. It is an example of
New Taiwanese Cinema.
Plot
The movie tells the story of Liu Chih-chiang (劉志強, played by Lin Chia-hung
嘉宏, a disaffected
Taipei
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high school student who is kidnapped and taken by Ah Ching (阿慶, played by the filmmaker
Lin Cheng-sheng
Lin Cheng-sheng (; born 31 March 1959) is a Taiwanese film director. His 1997 film '' Sweet Degeneration'' was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. He won the Silver Bear for Best Director for '' Betelnut Beauty'' in 2001.
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) to rural
Chiayi County
Chiayi is a County (Taiwan), county in Taiwan. Located in Regions of Taiwan, southwestern Taiwan surrounding but not including Chiayi City, it is the sixth largest county in the island of Taiwan. Its major tourist destination is Alishan Natio ...
in southern Taiwan.
Locations
Chih-chiang's school scenes were filmed at Bailing Senior High School (百齡高中) in
Shilin, Taipei, while several other scenes were filmed in
Daan District. The kidnappers hold Chih-chiang in
Dongshi, a coastal Chiayi County township noted for its oyster production. The end of the film shows the business district of
Dunhua Road in Taipei.
Music
In addition to the music score, two songs by
Wu Bai
Wu Chun-lin (; born 14 January 1968), better known by his stage name Wu Bai (), is a Taiwanese rock singer, songwriter and actor. He formed the band Wu Bai & China Blue with Dean Zavolta (drums), Yu Ta-hao (keyboards), and Chu Chien-hui (bass g ...
& China Blue, "This Continuous Sinking" (繼續墮落) (from their 1994 album ''Wanderer's Love Song'') and "Go to the Graveyard" (墓仔埔也敢去) are featured in the movie. Different (
live
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) versions of both songs were released on Wu Bai & China Blue's 1995 live album (伍佰的LIVE'')''.
Awards
At Taiwan's 1995
Golden Horse Film Festival
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, Chen Yu-hsun won the award for Best Screenplay Originally Written for the Screen and
Wen Ying (文英) won Best Supporting Actress for her role as ''Ah Yi'' (阿姨). Chen Yu-hsun was also nominated for a
Golden Leopard
The Golden Leopard () is the top prize at the Locarno International Film Festival, an international film festival held annually in Locarno, Switzerland since 1946. Directors in the process of getting an international reputation are allowed to b ...
for the film at the 1995
Locarno International Film Festival
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.
Locarno International Film Festival: 1995
at the ''Internet Movie Database
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''. Retrieved 1 April 2010.
References
External links
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1995 films
1995 comedy-drama films
Taiwanese comedy-drama films
Taiwanese-language films
1990s Mandarin-language films
Central Motion Picture Corporation films
Films directed by Chen Yu-hsun
Mandarin-language comedy-drama films
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