The Terrorizers

1986·Taiwan·110 min.
The Terrorizers
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Three groups of complete strangers are shown to have their lives intertwined in strange ways in this enigmatic thriller. An amateur photographer witnesses a police raid on a gang during which one, a girl, escapes. Meanwhile, a doctor and his wife are having a difficult time together. He is completely obsessed with his career, she is obsessed by her need for romance and by her presumption that he is being unfaithful to her. The escaped girl has been locked up at home by her worried mother, and to ease her boredom she makes random telephone calls. During one of these, she calls the doctor's wife and claims to have been having an affair with him. At the same time, the photographer has been growing increasingly obsessed with his photographs of the escaped girl.

DirectorEdward Yang
ScreenwriterEdward Yang·Hsiao Yeh
CinematographyChang Chan
Original titleKong bu fen zi (The Terrorist)
Also known asThe Terrorizers·The Terrorist