Ah-Chung

Ah-Chung — Plot

The story concerns a male youth named Ah Chung (or Diong-ah in the Taiwanese dialect) who graduates from high school and descends into a maelstrom of personal, familial, and communal conflicts. Ah Chung is going through the liminal stage of finding his place and aim in life. He is sent by his mother to a boot camp, training as one of the Eight Generals. This is a job in performing as a god in Taiwanese popular rituals and Ah Chung's mother believes it can bring spiritual and social goodwill to the much-troubled family: Financially strained mother who is a performer of "low-brow" entertainment, a kid brother who is somewhat retarded, a half-sister who is raped by his alcoholic father, and Ah Chung's listlessness which is easily sucked in by the local gang rivalry...

• Release date
• December 31, 1996
• Runtime
• 97 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Chang Tso-chi

Ah-Chung — Cast

L

Liu Shengzhong Ah Chung

C

Chiu Hsiu-min Mother Tsai Ming-shiou Father