Three Times
Original Title
Zui Hao De Shi Guang- Director: Hsiao-hsien Hou
- Writer: T'ien-wen Chu; Hsiao-hsien Hou
- Producer: Hua-fu Chang; Gilles Ciment
CGiii Comment
(1) 'A Time for Love': In 1966, in Kaohsiung, Chen meets May playing pool in a bar when he is joining the army. He sends letters to her and he comes to the bar to meet her again in his leave. However, May had traveled to another place and Chen seeks her out. (2) 'A Time for Freedom': In 1911, in Dadaochend, the writer Mr. Chang works for Mr. Liang and frequently travels to a brothel, where he meets the singer. He financially helps the courtesan Ah Mei to become a concubine. When the singer asks him if he would help her to leave the brothel, there is no answer. (3) 'A Time for Youth': In 2005, in Taipei, the messy relationship of the photographer Zhen, his girlfriend Jing and a bisexual singer.
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Cast & Characters
Qi Shu as May / Ah Mei / Jing;
Chen Chang as Chen / Mr. Chang / Zhen;
Fang Mei as Old Woman;
Su-jen Liao as Madam / Jing's mother;
Mei Di as May's mother / Madam;
Shi-Zheng Chen as Haruko / Ah Mei;
Lee Pei-Hsuan as Hostess / Micky;
Yue-Lin Ko