Goodbye South, Goodbye
1996 · Movie · 107 min. · Taiwan
A Taiwanese rewrite of Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets, the Hou Hsiao-Hsien film GOODBYE SOUTH, GOODBYE stars Jack Kao (a veteran of several Hou films) as Gao, the head of a group of misfits involved in one get-rich-quick scheme or another. A big fish in a small pond, Gao is responsible for the welfare of a large extended family, as well as his volatile young friend, Flat Head (Taiwanese singing star and Hou film veteran, Lim Giong). Tired of his life, Gao only wants to buy a restaurant in Shanghai and marry his girlfriend, who threatens to leave him for a new life in America.
Direction Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Cast Kuei-Ying Hsu · Annie Yi · Hsi Hsiang · Jack Kao · Lui Ming · Lim Giong · Vicky Wei · Kao Ming · Kuei Li · Shih-huang Chen · Pi-tung Lien
Soundtrack Lim Giong
Screenplay Chu Tien-Wen · Jack Kao · Hsi Hsiang
Cinematography Huai-en Chen · Mark Lee
Original title Nanguo zaijian, nanguo (Goodbye South, Goodbye)
6.7
255 votes (FilmAffinity)
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