Goodbye, Dragon Inn
不散
(2003)
On a dark, rainy night, a historic and regal Taipei cinema sees its final film: 1967 martial arts feature "Dragon Inn". As the film plays, the lives of the theater's various employees and patrons intersect, and two ghostly actors arrive to mourn the passing of an era.
10 Kinolab Clips
Opening Sequence
An audience watches "Dragon Inn" at an old Taipei cinema's final screening.
Duration: 00:03:55
Timestamp: 00:00:14
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Steam Bun
The ticket woman (Chen Shiang-chyi) prepares a steam bun.
Duration: 00:05:23
Timestamp: 00:06:46
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Urinals
A Japanese tourist (Mitamura Kiyonobu), one of the cinema's patrons, goes to the urinals.
Duration: 00:04:29
Timestamp: 00:23:43
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
The Ticket Woman
The ticket woman (Chen Shiang-chyi) wanders the cinema in search of the projectionist (Lee Kang-sheng).
Duration: 00:06:44
Timestamp: 00:28:13
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
The Projection Booth
The ticket woman (Chen Shiang-chyi) hobbles to the projection booth.
Duration: 00:05:29
Timestamp: 00:37:43
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Haunted
Chen Chao-jung (Chen Chao-jung) tells the tourist (Mitamura Kiyonobu) that the cinema is haunted.
Duration: 00:04:36
Timestamp: 00:43:00
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Woman Eating Peanuts
A woman (Yang Kuei-mei) disturbs the tourist (Mitamura Kiyonibu) by eating loudly.
Duration: 00:08:05
Timestamp: 00:47:47
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
The End of "Dragon Inn"
The ticket woman (Chen Shiang-chyi) cleans the theater after the movie is over.
Duration: 00:10:06
Timestamp: 00:56:53
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Aged Stars
Jun Shi (Jun Shi) meets Miao Tien (Miao Tien), another actor in "Dragon Inn" outside the cinema.
Duration: 00:01:37
Timestamp: 01:07:58
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza
Closing Sequence
The ticket woman (Chen Shiang-chyi) and the projectionist (Lee Kang-sheng) leave the old theater.
Duration: 00:08:50
Timestamp: 01:11:31
Contributor: Eduardo Mendoza