Taiwan 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.
Audience Engagement
93 audience reviews — more than 92% of Taiwan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 90th percentile among Taiwan films.
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 across the 1980s in Taiwan, 20 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Taipei Story premiered alongside 1 others.
Position in Catalog
The 21st Taiwan title from Taiwan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1972).
Our Taiwan catalog contains 174 titles in total (149 films).
Reception Benchmarks
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 |