The Trigger

Overview

A professional hit-man is hired to take out a target -- however, his girlfriend’s pregnancy gives him second thoughts. He decides that after this job, he will renounce his profession and turn himself in. This is the first feature film from Taiwanese director Alex Yang, who participated in script-writing and production on Edward Yang's early films. "The Trigger" has echoes of Yang's "Mahjong." The actors in the film, except for veteran Ngai Man-Yin, are all new faces -- unfortunately, Ngai's death in 2005 also made "The Trigger" his last appearance on screen.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

September 26, 2002

Original language

Chinese

Spoken languages

Chinese

Countries

Taiwan

Cast

Ngai Man-Yin,Cai Xinghung,Ko Su-yun,Hsu Hui-Ni

Director

Alex Yang

Writer

Alex Yang

Producer

Alex Yang,Edward Yang

Cinematography

Chen Hwai-en

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0451245