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A Summer at Grandpa's is a 1984 Taiwanese coming-of-age family drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien and co-written with Hou by Chu Tʽien-wen. The film tells the semi-autobiographical exploits of a young brother and sister who spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents while their mother is in critical care in the hospital.
Original Release
11/24/1984
US Release
04/18/1986
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Chi-Kuang Wang | Tung-Tung |
| Shu-Chen Li | Ting-Ting |
| Hsiu-Ling Lin | |
| Mei-Feng | |
| Nai-Chu Ting | Tung-Tung's mother / Huizhen |
| Edward Yang | Guanglin |
| Li-Yin Yang | Hanzi |
| Cheng-Kuo Yen | A kid |
| Ching-Hsia Chiang | |
| Jun Gu | Dong-Dong's Grandfather |
Directors
Writers
Hsiao-hsien Hou, T'ien-wen Chu
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Chi-Kuang Wang | Tung-Tung |
| Shu-Chen Li | Ting-Ting |
| Hsiu-Ling Lin | |
| Mei-Feng | |
| Nai-Chu Ting | Tung-Tung's mother / Huizhen |
| Edward Yang | Guanglin |
| Li-Yin Yang | Hanzi |
| Cheng-Kuo Yen | A kid |
| Ching-Hsia Chiang | |
| Jun Gu | Dong-Dong's Grandfather |
| Fang Mei | Dong-Dong's Grandmother |
| Bor-Jeng Chen | Liu Changmin |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Wu-Fu Wu | Producer |
