Yi Yi

About Yi Yi

Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.

Yi Yi is a 2000 drama film directed by Edward Yang. Released in September 2000, it runs 174 minutes.

Its themes are daughter, photography, businessman, and middle class.

Wu Nien-jen stars as NJ, Issey Ogata as Mr. Ota, Elaine Jin Yan-Ling as Min-Min, and Kelly Lee as Ting-Ting. The screenplay is by Edward Yang. It was produced by Atom Films, Kuzui Enterprises, and Nemuru Otoko Seisaku Iinkai.

Amélie, Holy Motors, and Corpse Bride make useful companions to Yi Yi, all filed under love triangle. TMDB voters put it at 8.0 out of 10 across 723 votes and it carries a NR rating.