Name: Yi yi = A one and a two
Brand: Criterion Collection
SKU: SD_ILS:2014044
Availability: InStock

Author

Dechang Yang

Call Number

4K BLU-RAY FOREIGN (CEN)

Edition

4K UHD + Blu-ray special edition.

Languages

In Mandarin, with English subtitles.

Performers

Wu Nien-Jen, Issey Ogata, Elaine Jin, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang.

Publication Information

[New York, NY] : Criterion Collection, [2026]

Physical Description

2 videodiscs (173 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (20 pages : color illustrations ; 16 cm)

Audience

Not rated.

Uniform Title

Yi yi (Motion picture)

Series

Criterion collection ; 339

Summary

"The extraordinary, internationally embraced Yi Yi, directed by the late Taiwanese master Edward Yang, follows a middle-class family in Taipei over the course of one year, beginning with a wedding and ending with a funeral. Whether chronicling middle-aged father NJ's tentative flirtations with an old flame or precocious young son Yang-Yang's attempts at capturing reality with his beloved camera, the filmmaker deftly imbues every gorgeous frame with a compassionate clarity. Warm, sprawling, and dazzling, this intimate epic is one of the undisputed masterworks of the twenty-first century."--Container.

Notes

This is a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray and requires a 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player; it will not play in standard Blu-ray or DVD players. For full 4K UHD effects, a 4K Ultra HD TV with HDR and a high-speed HDMI (category 2) cable are required.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2000.

Special features: New 4K digital restoration, with original theatrical 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack ; alternate 5.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack ; one 4K UHD disc of the film and one Blu-ray with the film and special features ; audio commentary featuring writer-director Edward Yang and Asian-cinema critic Tony Rayns ; interview with Rayns about Yang and the New Taiwan Cinema movement ; U.S. theatrical trailer ; original English subtitle translation by Yang and Rayns.