Ah-Chung
- Drama
Overview
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...
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 31, 1996
- Original language
- Chinese
- Spoken languages
- Chinese
- Countries
- Taiwan
- Production
- Chang Tso-chi Film Studio
- Director
- Chang Tso-chi
- Writer
- Chang Tso-chi
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
- tt0115486