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Traditional Chinese | 推手 |
Hanyu Pinyin | Tuī Shǒu |
Directed by | Ang Lee |
Written by | Ang Lee James Schamus |
Produced by | Emily Yi-ming Liu Feng Chyt Jiang |
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Cinematography | Jong Lin |
Edited by | Ang Lee Tim Squyres |
Music by | Tai-An Hsu Xiao-Song Qu |
Production companies | Central Motion Pictures Ang Lee Productions |
Distributed by | Central Motion Pictures(Taiwan) Cinépix Film Properties (US) |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Countries | Taiwan United States |
Languages | Mandarin English |
Pushing Hands (Chinese: 推手; pinyin: Tuī Shǒu) is a 1991 comedy-drama film directed by Taiwanese filmmaker Ang Lee, his feature directorial debut. It stars Sihung Lung as a Chinese tai chi master living in New York, who struggles to find his place in the world. The film shows the contrast between traditional Chinese ideas of Confucian relationships within a family and the much more informal Western emphasis on the individual. Together with Ang Lee's two following films, The Wedding Banquet (1993) and Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), it forms his "Father Knows Best" trilogy, each of which deals with conflicts between an older and more traditional generation and their children as they confront a world of change.
The Taiwanese-American co-production was produced independently by Lee and Ted Hope, and features several of Lee's frequent collaborators, including screenwriter James Schamus and editor Tim Squyres. It was released theatrically in Taiwan, but did not see a wide release in the United States for several years, after the success of The Wedding Banquet and Eat Drink Man Woman.[1] It was critically well-received, and earned several accolades, including three Golden Horse Awards.