Good Men, Good Women

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Good Men, Good Women
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NR,1hr 48min
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1995
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Fox Lorber
Synopsis: Hou Hsiao Hsien rounds out his loose trilogy on Taiwanese history -- The Puppet Master dealt with Japan's occupation of the island and City of Sadness focuses on Chiang Kai-shek's bloody occupation immediately following the war -- with this mediation on the anti-Communist campaign during the 1950s. The story is ostensibly about the real life events of Chiang Bi-yu (Annie Shizuka Inoh), who ventures to China with her new husband, Chung Hao-tung (Lim Giong), to join the anti-Japanese resistance along ... Full Synopsis
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Hou Hsiao Hsien further explores territory he staked out in the previous two installments of his trilogy. Just as he collapses the distinction between narrative and documentary in The Puppet Master, Hsien includes a dizzying array of story lines that both questions and enhances the veracity of Chiang Bi-yu's biography. Just as he touches on the complex relationship between the past and the present ... Full Review
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