Taipei Story
1985 2h 0m movie Film Taiwan

Taipei Story

青梅竹馬

Synopsis

青梅竹馬

A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the future, but Lung is stuck in a past that combines baseball and traditional loyalty that leads him to squander his nest egg bailing her father out of financial trouble.

The 1984–1986 Taiwan Window

5 Taiwan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Taipei Story sits at position #2.

  1. Dust in the Wind
    #1

    Dust in the Wind

    ★ 7.7 · 1986

  2. Taipei Story

    #2

    Taipei Story

    ★ 7.5 · 1985

  3. Terrorizers
    #3

    Terrorizers

    ★ 7.4 · 1986

  4. The Time to Live and the Time to Die
    #4

    The Time to Live and the Time to Die

    ★ 7.3 · 1985

  5. Ninja: The Final Duel
    #5

    Ninja: The Final Duel

    ★ 6.1 · 1986

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Taipei Story. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

The 1980s Taiwan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1980s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Taipei Story premiered. 20 total titles in this decade from Taiwan.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.5
TMDB Rating
93
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #24 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (86th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.9 points above the Taiwan average of 6.6/10.

Among Taiwan Drama productions specifically: #21 of 118 (top 18%).

Production Details

Primary Country Taiwan
Original Language Chinese
Production Companies Evergreen Film Company
Runtime 2h 0m
Release Date May 1, 1985
IMDb tt0089866

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