Dangerous Youth
by Hsin Chi1h351969Taiwan
Collection Hsin ChiA proposition by Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute
Hailed as “the most incisive social critique among surviving Taiyupian,” Dangerous Youth exposes the moral decay of capitalist society through the triangle of a teenage sex worker, her pimp, and a madam. Director HSIN Chi uses New Wave aesthetics to boldly depict carnal desire and money games, overturning traditional gender power dynamics in this rare, taboo-challenging masterpiece of Taiyupian cinema.
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Khue-Guan, a deliveryman living in a cheap apartment, dreams of making it big one day. He happens upon a teenage runaway, Tsing-Bi, and entices her to work in a nightclub to make money for him. Meanwhile, the nightclub hostess, Giok-Sian, pays for Khue-Guan’s company but keeps a no strings attached relationship. When Tsing-Bi becomes pregnant with Khue-Guan’s child, she asks him to marry her but is coldly rejected. Khue-Guan proposes to Giok-Sian only to be sneered at. In the choice between love and money, Khue-Guan must decide what he truly wants.
Credits
- Directed by : Hsin Chi
- Screenplay : Hsin Chi, Chang Hung-chi
- Editor : Huang Chiu-kuei
- Original score : Zishan Huang
- Son : Lin Kun-qi
- Image : Qingsong Liao
- Production : Guangming Film Company, Kao Hsing-chih
Technical details
- Printed format :
- Sound mix : Stéréo 2.0
- Year of production : 1969
- Category : Feature film
- Color : Black and White
- Language : Hokkien
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