Three Times release and box office information
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Director: HOU Hsiao Hsien (Chinese-Taiwanese, Taipei)
Year released: 2005
Running time: 2:06
Settings: 1) 1960s industrial town, countryside, 2) 1911 courtesan's establishment, 3) 2005 Taipei
IMDb: Three Times
Release data (Box Office Mojo): Three Times
Kaohsiung 1966
- Chen: main male protagonist who loves May
- May: the main female protagonist
- Haruko: a pool girl who works briefly at the place where May will work
Dadaochung 1911
- Mr. Chang: main male protagonist, diplomat involved with Taiwan's struggle for independence
- Ah Mei-1: main female protagonist, a courtesan who is beginning to age
- Ah Mei-2: a younger courtesan originally scheduled to take over the duties of Ah Mei-1
- 10-year-old girl: to be trained as a courtesan
Taipei 2005
- Zhen: main male protagonist, works in a digital photoshop and has a girlfriend names Blue
- Jing: main female protagonist, a singer with epilepsy
- Micky: Jing's female lover
Topics of focus for this film:
Context: Role of cultural contexts in shaping these romantic narratives (place, socio-economic group, time periods)
Layering: Is its use indicative of something cultural in Taiwan or East Asia or not?
Modes of communication, especially "letters" (in whatever form).
Role of music in the three stories.
Film segments / Film modules
Module 01: Scenes 00-06 (42 min.)
Module 02: Scenes 07-13 (39 min.)
Module 03: Scenes 14-18 (45 min.)
On campus availability
Media Center (Moffitt) — DVD 6514