The Sandwich Man (1983 film)
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The Sandwich Man is a 1983
Taiwanese film
jointly directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
, Wan Ren, and Tseng chuang-hsiang. The script by Wu Nianzhen (吳念真) is based on a story by Huang Chunming
entitled "His Son's Big Doll" (or Puppet).
Composed of three separate stories, the film vividly portrays Taiwan during the cold war
period when the country developed its economy with help from the United States
. It is regarded as a hallmark of Taiwanese New Cinema.
The English title of the film is derived from the film's first vignette, directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
, tells about a man who ekes out a living for his young family by carrying advertisement sandwich boards.
The second vignette tells of two ambitious young men who discover too late that a product they are trying to sell is defective.
The third vignette explores what happens when a poor laborer is struck by a high-ranking American official's automobile.
1983 in film
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Taiwanese film
Cinema of Taiwan
The history of Chinese-language cinema has three separate threads of development: Cinema of Hong Kong, Cinema of Mainland China and Cinema of Taiwan . Taiwanese cinema grew up outside of the Hong Kong mainstream and the censorship of the People's Republic of China.Taiwanese cinema is deeply rooted...
jointly directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Hou Hsiao-Hsien is an award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement.-Biography:...
, Wan Ren, and Tseng chuang-hsiang. The script by Wu Nianzhen (吳念真) is based on a story by Huang Chunming
Huang Chunming
Huang Chunming is a Taiwanese literary figure and teacher. Huang writes mainly about the tragic and sometimes humorous lives of ordinary Taiwanese people, and many of his short stories have been turned into films, including The Sandwich Man .-Career:Born in Ilan, Taiwan, Huang began his higher...
entitled "His Son's Big Doll" (or Puppet).
Composed of three separate stories, the film vividly portrays Taiwan during the cold war
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
period when the country developed its economy with help from the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. It is regarded as a hallmark of Taiwanese New Cinema.
The English title of the film is derived from the film's first vignette, directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Hou Hsiao-Hsien is an award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement.-Biography:...
, tells about a man who ekes out a living for his young family by carrying advertisement sandwich boards.
The second vignette tells of two ambitious young men who discover too late that a product they are trying to sell is defective.
The third vignette explores what happens when a poor laborer is struck by a high-ranking American official's automobile.