Goodbye South, Goodbye

Goodbye South, Goodbye
Goodbye South, Goodbye
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Traditional	南國再見,南國
Simplified	南国再见,南国
Mandarin	Nánguó zàijiàn, nánguó
Literally	Goodbye South, Goodbye
Directed by	Hou Hsiao-hsien
Screenplay by	Chu T’ien-wen
Story by	Jack Kao; King Jieh-Wen
Produced by	Katsuhiro Mizuno; ; ; ; Ben Hsieh
Starring	Jack Kao; Lim Giong; Annie Shizuka Inoh; Hsi Hsiang; Hsu Kuei-Ying
Cinematography	Mark Lee Ping Bin; Chen Hwai-en
Edited by	Liao Ching-Song
Music by	Lim Giong; Summer Lei; L.T.K.
Production; companies	3H Films; Team Okuyama
Release date	12 May 1996;
Running time	116 minutes
Countries	Taiwan; Japan
Languages	Mandarin; Hokkien

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.

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
as Hui

Production[]

Soundtrack[]

The film's soundtrack was released in Taiwan by in 1996,^[1] as well as in Japan by 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.

Critical response[]

References[]

^ "Various – 世界毀滅之前南國再見 , 南國". Discogs. Zink Media, Inc. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ "Various – 憂鬱な楽園". Discogs. Zink Media, Inc. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
^ "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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[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.

[festival-cannes.com-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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