Pushing Hands (1991)
December 7, 1991Release Date
Pushing Hands (1991)
December 7, 1991Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Lung Sihung
Mr. Chu
Wang Lai
Mrs. Chen
Wang Bozhao
Alex Chu
Deb Snyder
Martha Chu
Fanny De Luz
Linda
Haan Lee
Jeremy Chu
Wang Hung-Chang
Boss Huang
Jeanne Kuo Chang
New Cooking Teacher
James Lou
Mr. Chao
Chit-Man Chan
Chef Tsien
BC Lee
Waiter Lee
Ang Lee
Director
James Schamus
Writer
Xiao-Song Qu
Original Music Composer
Feng-Chyt Jiang
Producer
Emily Liu
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 7, 1991
Original Name推手
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Budget$400,000
Box Office$152,322
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Pushing Hands (Chinese: 推手; pinyin: Tuī Shǒu) is a 1991 comedy-drama film directed by Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee, his feature directorial debut. It stars Sihung Lung as a Chinese tai chi master living in New York, who struggles to find his place in the world. The film shows the contrast between traditional Chinese ideas of Confucian relationships within a family and the much more informal Western emphasis on the individual. Together with Ang Lee's two following films, The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), it forms his "Father Knows Best" trilogy, each of which deals with conflicts between an older and more traditional generation and their children as they confront a world of change.
The Taiwanese-American co-production was produced independently by Lee and Ted Hope, and features several of Lee's frequent collaborators, including screenwriter James Schamus and editor Tim Squyres. It was released theatrically in Taiwan, but did not see a wide release in the United States for several years, after the success of The Wedding Banquet and Eat Drink Man Woman. It was critically well-received, and earned several accolades, including three Golden Horse Awards.