Eat Drink Man Woman (simplified Chinese: 饮食男女; traditional Chinese: 飲食男女; pinyin: yǐn shí nán nǚ) is a Taiwanese film directed by Ang Lee and starring Sihung Lung, Yu-wen Wang, Chien-lien Wu, Kuei-mei Yang. Many of the cast had starred in Ang Lee's previous film, The Wedding Banquet with Sihung Lung and Ah Lei Gua once more playing central elderly figures, and Winston Chao. The film was released in 1994.
The film was a critical success. The 2001 ...
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Eat Drink Man Woman (simplified Chinese: 饮食男女; traditional Chinese: 飲食男女; pinyin: yǐn shí nán nǚ) is a Taiwanese film directed by Ang Lee and starring Sihung Lung, Yu-wen Wang, Chien-lien Wu, Kuei-mei Yang. Many of the cast had starred in Ang Lee's previous film, The Wedding Banquet with Sihung Lung and Ah Lei Gua once more playing central elderly figures, and Winston Chao. The film was released in 1994.
The film was a critical success. The 2001 movie Tortilla Soup is a re-make.
This film tells the story of a semi-retired and widowed Chinese master chef Chu (Sihung Lung) and his family living in modern day Taipei, Taiwan. At the start of the film, he lives with his three attractive daughters, all of whom are unattached. The three daughters are:
As the film progresses, each daughter encounters new men. When these new relationships blossom, their roles are broken and the living situation within the family changes.
A major theme of the movie is that romantic relationships give life...
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