A Brighter Summer Day

Edward Yang's youthful crime drama has a lot on its mind. A young man in 1960s Taiwan navigates first love and gang rivalries. It is long, as some have noticed.

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A Brighter Summer Day was released in 1991 (ZH original-language production), with a runtime of 237 minutes.