Super Citizen 超级市民
Chinese title (trad.):
超級市民
Chinese title (simpl.):
超级市民
Russian title:
Супергражданин
Release year:
1985
Country:
Taiwan
Genre:
drama
Language:
mandarin
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In 1985 the film won three Golden Horse Awards: Best Supporting Actor (Chen Bo-Zheng), Best Sound Recording (Tu Duu-Chih), and Best Original Film Song (Li Shou-Quan, Zhang Da-Chun).
Background: In Super Citizen, Wan Jen uses high-angle shots to lead the audience into the slums squeezed among Taipei's skyscrapers. Through the story of a country youth, Li Shi-Xiang, who comes to Taipei to find his sister, with whom he has lost contact, the film reveals the tragic life of Taipei's underclass and the many dark sides of society: forgery, gambling, vendettas, prostitution, theft, fencing stolen goods, blood selling, and more. Show more
Plot: Li Shi-Xiang, a young man from southern Taiwan, comes to Taipei to look for his lost sister and meets her former neighbor Luo Lei and the veteran Lao Hu. Luo Lei takes Li Shi-Xiang through many streets and corners of Taipei in search of his sister, and he witnesses all kinds of social phenomena: gambling, prostitution, vendettas, drug abuse, theft. The veteran Lao Hu is called a "migrant with a gun"; after leaving the army he became a misfit in society. He married a local woman, Wang Man-Jiao, and they had a child, but his small pension could not support them, so he had to sell blood and work as a trumpeter at a funeral parlor to make a living. He endured humiliation from his wife and made a failed suicide attempt. Later his wife and daughter died after taking poison. Under these repeated blows, he finally suffered a mental breakdown and wandered the streets. One day, Shi-Xiang accidentally finds a photo of his sister taken together with Luo Lei. The two quarrel over it. Later he learns that Luo Lei was beaten while searching for his sister, and the two restore their friendship. His sister is still nowhere to be found. Seeing the darkness of Taipei society, Li Shi-Xiang laments that "Taipei is not for me," but he still stays in Taipei.
Background: In Super Citizen, Wan Jen uses high-angle shots to lead the audience into the slums squeezed among Taipei's skyscrapers. Through the story of a country youth, Li Shi-Xiang, who comes to Taipei to find his sister, with whom he has lost contact, the film reveals the tragic life of Taipei's underclass and the many dark sides of society: forgery, gambling, vendettas, prostitution, theft, fencing stolen goods, blood selling, and more. Show more
Plot: Li Shi-Xiang, a young man from southern Taiwan, comes to Taipei to look for his lost sister and meets her former neighbor Luo Lei and the veteran Lao Hu. Luo Lei takes Li Shi-Xiang through many streets and corners of Taipei in search of his sister, and he witnesses all kinds of social phenomena: gambling, prostitution, vendettas, drug abuse, theft. The veteran Lao Hu is called a "migrant with a gun"; after leaving the army he became a misfit in society. He married a local woman, Wang Man-Jiao, and they had a child, but his small pension could not support them, so he had to sell blood and work as a trumpeter at a funeral parlor to make a living. He endured humiliation from his wife and made a failed suicide attempt. Later his wife and daughter died after taking poison. Under these repeated blows, he finally suffered a mental breakdown and wandered the streets. One day, Shi-Xiang accidentally finds a photo of his sister taken together with Luo Lei. The two quarrel over it. Later he learns that Luo Lei was beaten while searching for his sister, and the two restore their friendship. His sister is still nowhere to be found. Seeing the darkness of Taipei society, Li Shi-Xiang laments that "Taipei is not for me," but he still stays in Taipei.
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Hong Kong box office: $51 950
Taiwan box office: $171 534
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Wang Ying-Hsiang, Karl Maka, Dean Shek Tin, Raymond Wong Pak-Ming
Aged 46 years
84 m.
Karl Maka
Aged 40 years
168 m.
Dean Shek Tin
Aged 36 years
210 m.
Raymond Wong Pak-Ming
Aged 38 years
90 m.
Wang Ying-Hsiang
Aged 46 years
84 m.
Aged 40 years
168 m.
Aged 36 years
210 m.
Aged 38 years
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Hong Kong box office: $51 950
Taiwan box office: $171 534
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