The Sandwich Man (1983)

1h 45m
Running Time

September 1, 1983
Release Date

The Sandwich Man (1983)

1h 45m
Running Time

September 1, 1983
Release Date

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Central Motion Picture Corporation
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Plot.

Composed of three separate stories, the film vividly portrays Taiwan during the cold war period when the country developed its economy with help from the United States.

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Cast & Crew.

Ding Chin

Ding Chin

Wang Wu-hsiung (segment 'Vicki's Hat')

Ting-yi Fang

Ting-yi Fang

Lin Tsai-fa (segment 'Vicki's Hat')

Chi Chen

Chi Chen

Mei-li (segment 'Vicki's Hat')

Hsia Chiang

Hsia Chiang

Mrs. Chiang (segment 'The Taste of Apple')

Sheng Li Cho

Sheng Li Cho

Chiang A-fa (segment 'The Taste of Apple')

Yen Cheng-kuo

Yen Cheng-kuo

Chiang A-jih (segment 'The Taste of Apple')

Chih-hsien Su

Chih-hsien Su

Chiang A-chung (segment 'The Taste of Apple')

Hui-Chun Wang

Hui-Chun Wang

Worker (segment 'The Taste of Apple')

Shen-lin Po

Shen-lin Po

Lei-ke (segment 'The Taste of Apple')

Tai Ho

Tai Ho

Foreign Police (segment 'The Taste of Apple')

An-ju Shih

An-ju Shih

A-fa's Daughter (segment 'The Taste of Apple')

Hui-ling Chiang

Hui-ling Chiang

A-fa's Daughter (segment 'The Taste of Apple')

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Director

Wan Jen

Wan Jen

Director

Zhuang Xiang Zeng

Zhuang Xiang Zeng

Director

Wu Nien-jen

Wu Nien-jen

Writer

Details.

Release Date
September 1, 1983

Original Name
兒子的大玩偶

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 45m

Genres

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This Movie Is About.

based on novel or book
1960s

Wiki.

The Sandwich Man (Chinese: 兒子的大玩偶; pinyin: Erzi de da wan'ou) is a 1983 Taiwanese film. The film project was proposed and put into plan by Hsiao Yeh (小野)and Wu Nien-jen (吳念真). It was directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien and two other then-new directors, Tsang Jong-cheung (曾壯祥) and Wan Jen (萬仁). The script by Wu Nien-jen is based on three stories from Huang Chun-ming's short stories collection The Taste of Apples. The three stories together vividly portray the society of Taiwan during the Cold War period when it underwent industrialization with help from the United States. The film is regarded as a hallmark at the beginning of Taiwanese New Cinema.

The title of the film is derived from the film's first namesake vignette, The Sandwich Man also known as The Son's Big Doll. Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, it depicts the hardship of a young man who ekes out a bare living for his young family by putting on clown makeup and costume to be a walking movie advertisement board.

The second vignette Vickie's Hat is directed by Tsang Jong-cheung. It depicts a fresh young salesman's disillusionment with the fairytale of modernization, when one of the Japanese pressure cookers he tried to sell to villagers accidentally exploded during a demonstration and critically wounded his colleague.

The third vignette The Taste of Apples is directed by Wan Jen. It portrays the poverty of a family living in the ghetto of Taipei City by showing how they could stay in a clean place like an American Navy hospital and have a taste of an apple only after the father was luckily hit by an American colonel's car.

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