Taiwan Synopsis
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On a dark and rainy night, a historic and regal Taipei cinema sees its final film: 1967 martial arts feature "Dragon Inn". As the film plays, the lives of the theater's various employees and patrons intersect, and two ghostly actors arrive to mourn the passing of an era.
Audience Engagement
119 audience reviews — more than 94% of Taiwan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 82th percentile among Taiwan films.
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Drama + Comedy in Taiwan
29 Taiwan titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Goodbye, Dragon Inn itself).
The 2000s Taiwan Landscape
Goodbye, Dragon Inn premiered in 2003 — a quieter year for Taiwan cinema with only 1 titles in our catalog. The 2000s overall landed 31 films and series across 10 years of activity.
Position in Catalog
The 51st Taiwan title from Taiwan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1972).
Our Taiwan catalog contains 174 titles in total (149 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Goodbye, Dragon Inn, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- cinema on cinema · 2
- art house · 2
- slow cinema · 2
- movie theater · 2
- closing down · 1
- mortality · 1
- loneliness · 17
- rain · 15
- taipei · 12
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #72 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (59th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the Taiwan average of 6.6/10.
Among Taiwan Drama productions specifically: #59 of 118 (top 50%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Homegreen Films |
| Runtime | 1h 22m |
| Release Date | December 12, 2003 |
| IMDb | tt0377556 |