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Yi Yi

Original title: Yi yi
  • 2000
  • Not Rated
  • 2h 53m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
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Yi Yi (2000)
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Portrait of a middle-class family in Taipei. A man in his forties, his teenage daughter and his eight-year-old son experience life, navigating between remorse, hope and disappointment.Portrait of a middle-class family in Taipei. A man in his forties, his teenage daughter and his eight-year-old son experience life, navigating between remorse, hope and disappointment.Portrait of a middle-class family in Taipei. A man in his forties, his teenage daughter and his eight-year-old son experience life, navigating between remorse, hope and disappointment.

  • Director
    • Edward Yang
  • Writer
    • Edward Yang
  • Stars
    • Nien-Jen Wu
    • Elaine Jin
    • Issey Ogata
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    • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    35K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    3,872
    715
    • Director
      • Edward Yang
    • Writer
      • Edward Yang
    • Stars
      • Nien-Jen Wu
      • Elaine Jin
      • Issey Ogata
    • 151User reviews
    • 104Critic reviews
    • 94Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 18 wins & 23 nominations total

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    Top Cast90

    Nien-Jen Wu
    Nien-Jen Wu
    • N.J.
    • (as Nianzhen Wu)
    Elaine Jin
    Elaine Jin
    • Min-Min
    Issey Ogata
    Issey Ogata
    • Mr. Ota
    • (as Issei Ogata)
    Kelly Lee
    • Ting-Ting
    Jonathan Chang
    • Yang-Yang
    Hsi-Sheng Chen
    Hsi-Sheng Chen
    • A-Di
    • (as Xisheng Chen)
    Su-Yun Ko
    Su-Yun Ko
    • Sherry Chang-Breitner
    • (as Suyun Ke)
    Chuan-cheng Tao
    Chuan-cheng Tao
    • Dada
    • (as Michael Tao)
    Shu-shen Hsiao
    Shu-shen Hsiao
    • Xiao-Yan
    • (as Shushen Xiao)
    Meng-chin 'Adriene' Lin
    Meng-chin 'Adriene' Lin
    • Lili
    • (as Adrian Lin)
    Pang Chang Yu
    • Pangzi
    • (as Yupang Chang)
    Ru-Yun Tang
    Ru-Yun Tang
    • Grandma
    • (as Ruyun Tang)
    Shu-Yuan Hsu
    Shu-Yuan Hsu
    • Mrs. Jiang
    • (as Shuyuan Xu)
    Hsin-Yi Tseng
    • Yunyun
    • (as Xinyi Zeng)
    Yung-Feng Lee
    • Migo
    • (as Yungfeng Li)
    Shi-hui Chin
    • Nancy
    • (as Shihui Jin)
    Jie Wu
    • Wu Jie
    Kuo-Chih Shu
    • Shu Ge
    • (as Guozhi Shu)
    • Director
      • Edward Yang
    • Writer
      • Edward Yang
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews151

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    Related interests

    Jonathan Chang in Yi Yi (2000)
    Mandarin
    Elsie Fisher in Eighth Grade (2018)
    Coming-of-Age
    Orson Welles in Citizen Kane (1941)
    Epic
    Mahershala Ali and Alex R. Hibbert in Moonlight (2016)
    Drama

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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      Although Yi Yi (2000) is often regarded as one of the greatest Taiwanese films ever made, at the end of the movie, the on-screen copyright notice is 1999, and the movie was not officially released to the public in Taiwan until 2017.
    • Quotes
      • Yang-Yang: I'm sorry, Grandma. It wasn't that I didn't want to talk to you. I think all the stuff I could tell you... You must already know. Otherwise, you wouldn't always tell me to 'Listen!' They all say you've gone away. But you didn't tell me where you went. I guess it's someplace you think I should know. But, Grandma, I know so little. Do you know what I want to do when I grow up? I want to tell people things they don't know. Show them stuff they haven't seen. It'll be so much fun. Perhaps one day... I'll find out where you've gone. If I do, can I tell everyone, and bring them to visit you? Grandma, I miss you. Especially when I see my newborn cousin who still doesn't have a name. He reminds me that you always said you felt old. I want to tell him that I feel I am old, too.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper: Sweet November/Recess: School's Out/Down to Earth/Faithless/Yi Yi (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      Sweetly Breathing
      Adaptation by Kaili Peng
      Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
      Arranged by Tu Yin
      Performed by Kaili Peng

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    Details

    • Release date
      • December 16, 2000 (Japan)
    • Countries of origin
      • Taiwan
      • China
      • Japan
    • Languages
      • Mandarin
      • Min Nan
      • Hokkien
      • English
      • Japanese
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Y uno y dos
    • Filming locations
      • Taipei City, Taiwan
    • Production companies
      • 1+2 Seisaku Iinkai
      • Atom Films
      • Basara Pictures
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    Box office

    • Gross US & Canada
      • $1,252,241
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $27,321
      • Sep 7, 2025
    • Gross worldwide
      • $1,844,835
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 2h 53m(173 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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