Film

Ah-Chung

1996 · 1h 37m · Drama

IMDb

8.0

The story concerns a male youth named Ah Chung (or Diong-ah in the Taiwanese dialect) who graduates from high school and descends into a maelstrom of personal, familial, and communal conflicts. Ah Chung is going through the liminal stage of finding his place and aim in life. He is sent by his mother to a boot camp, training as one of the Eight Generals. This is a job in performing as a god in Taiwanese popular rituals and Ah Chung's mother believes it can bring spiritual and social goodwill to the much-troubled family: Financially strained mother who is a performer of "low-brow" entertainment, a kid brother who is somewhat retarded, a half-sister who is raped by his alcoholic father, and Ah Chung's listlessness which is easily sucked in by the local gang rivalry...

Liu Shengzhong

Ah Chung

Chiu Hsiu-min

Mother

Tsai Ming-shiou

Father

• Chang Tso-chiWriter · Director

Release date

December 31, 1996

Status

Released

Original language

Chinese

Runtime

1h 37m

Genres

Drama