Tabisuru Pao-Jiang-Hu
A little van of the YE family goes the round of the night markets all around Taiwan. They are medicine peddlers called Pao-Jiang-Hu, who sell medicine mixing the shows of singing and dancig. In the country there are various tymes of Pao-Jiang-Hu including Snake Pao-Jiang-Hu popular at the night market, and an old Pao-Jiang-Hu who stands alone on the road with moon guitar as he has always been. But it is not easy for them to make a living. YE family is not an exception. Mr YE, the leader of the troupe does not listen to the suggestion to modernize the show, and it makes his wife worry and complain. His son, A-Hong, is busy dealing with A-Ling, his girl-friend who is an angry run-away. However, he has decided to take over his father’s job, even though he is aware that the future is not promised. Their travel goes on. Pao-Jiang-Hu means “a moving society”.
Il est remarqué dès son premier documentaire God Speeds You, Black Emperor, fonde sa maison Gunro Production et dirige des films de fiction :
Jukyu-sai no Chizu (Le plan de ses dix-neuf ans), 1979 – Saraba, Itoshiki Daichi (Saraba, adieu ma terre natale), 1982 – Himatsuri (Les feux d’Himatsuri), 1985 – Ai ni tsuite, Tokyo (About love, Tokyo), 1990. Il réalise un nouveau documentaire Tabisuru Pao Jiang Hu (Par monts et par vaux), 1995, puis une autre fiction Kamyu nante shiranai, 2005
Sony; NHK; Sonichi News; Dimension Communications
Mitsuo Yanagimachi; Hiroshi Yoshida
Hitoshi Yamada
Masaki Tamura