Goodbye South, Goodbye

Goodbye South, Goodbye is a 1996 crime drama film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. The film had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival on 12 May 1996.

Goodbye South, Goodbye
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Traditional南國再見,南國
Simplified南国再见,南国
MandarinNánguó zàijiàn, nánguó
LiterallyGoodbye South, Goodbye
Directed byHou Hsiao-hsien
Produced byKatsuhiro Mizuno
Shozo Ichiyama
King Jieh-wen
Huang Chong
Ben Hsieh
Screenplay byChu T’ien-wen
Story byJack Kao
King Jieh-Wen
StarringJack Kao
Lim Giong
Annie Shizuka Inoh
Hsi Hsiang
Hsu Kuei-Ying
Music byLim Giong
Summer Lei
L.T.K.
CinematographyMark Lee Ping Bin
Chen Hwai-en
Edited byLiao Ching-Song
Production
company
3H Films
Team Okuyama
Release date
  • 12 May 1996 (1996-05-12)
Running time
116 minutes
CountryTaiwan
Japan
LanguageMandarin
Hokkien

Plot

Gao (Jack Kao) rides the train to Pinghsi to set up a 10-day gambling den with his friend Hsi (Hsi Hsiang). He takes his acolyte Flatty (Lim Giong) and Pretzel (Annie Shizuka Inoh), Flatty's girlfriend, who works part-time in a night club. Gao's girlfriend Ying (Hsu Kuei-Ying) works in the same night club as Pretzel and doesn't like the people around Gao, finding them dangerous. Gao has already made a deal with Hsi to invest in a nightclub in Shanghai, but Ying doesn't want him to go. Instead, she wants him to stay in Taiwan to open a restaurant. A succession of get-rich-quick schemes leads them to the brink of disaster. Throughout the course of the film the unsavory alliance between the underworld and the political elite emerges.

Cast
  • Jack Kao as Gao
  • Lim Giong as Flat Head
  • Annie Shizuka Inoh as Pretzel
  • Hsi Hsiang as Hsi
  • Hsu Kuei-Ying as Ying
  • Lei Ming as Gao's father
  • Lien Pi-tung as Tung
  • Kao Ming as Ming
  • Vicky Wei as Hui

Soundtrack

The film's soundtrack was released in Taiwan by Magic Stone in 1996,[1] as well as in Japan by Soundtrack Listeners Communications on March 21, 1997.[2]

Reception

Goodbye South, Goodbye was entered into the 1996 Cannes Film Festival,[3] but lost to Secrets & Lies. It was chosen along with The Bridges of Madison County and Carlito's Way as the best film of the 1990s by Cahiers du cinéma.

References
  1. "Various – 世界毀滅之前 南國再見 , 南國". Discogs. Zink Media, Inc. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. "Various – 憂鬱な楽園". Discogs. Zink Media, Inc. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  3. "Festival de Cannes: Goodbye South, Goodbye". festival-cannes.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
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