Taipei Story

[Machine Translation] Where will this city, and we, go from here? A masterpiece of the miracle of Taiwanese New Cinema, directed by Edward Yang and starring Hou Hsiao-hsien, is now available on DVD for the first time in a 4K restored and digitally remastered version! --A man and a woman visit a deserted apartment house in Taipei City. The woman is dreaming of a stereo over there and a TV here. The man, looking unconcerned, is doing his batting form and says, "It's going to cost a lot of money for the interior," and "I'll get a promotion next time, so I'll be fine. The woman is Ajin. She is a career woman working for a real estate developer. The man is Aryeong. As a boy, he was an ace in the Little League and showed great promise for the future, but now he has taken over the family business and runs a fabric wholesaler in . The two have known each other since childhood. They have been friends since childhood, and although they have had their differences in the past, they have somehow managed to keep their relationship going. A-jin's life seemed to be going well, but suddenly the company she was working for is bought out and she is laid off. A-jin, who has lost her place in the world, proposes to her brother-in-law to move to the U.S. and build a new life...

この街は、そしてわたしたちは、これからどこに向かってゆくのだろう。エドワード・ヤン監督×ホウ・シャオシェン主演 台湾ニューシネマの奇跡の瞬間が刻印された幻の傑作が、4Kレストア・デジタルリマスター版で初DVD化! ――台北市内のガランとしたマンションの空き家を訪れる男女二人。女は、ステレオをあそこに、テレビはここに、と夢を膨らませている。男は気のない様子でバッティングの素振りのフォームをしながら「内装に金がかかりそうだ」、「わたし、今度昇進するから大丈夫」。女はアジン。不動産ディベロッパーで働くキャリアウーマンだ。男はアリョン。少年時代はリトルリーグのエースとして将来を嘱望されていたが、いまは家業を継ぎ、廸化街で布地問屋を営んでいる。二人は幼なじみ。過去にはそれぞれいろいろとあったようだが、なんとなく付き合いが続いている。順調に思えたアジンの人生だったが、突然勤めていた会社が買収され解雇されてしまう。居場所を見失ったアジンは、アリョンの義理の兄を頼ってアメリカに移住し新たな生活を築こうと、アリョンに提案するが・・・。