Yi Yi
| Yi Yi | |
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French theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Edward Yang |
| Written by | Edward Yang |
| Produced by | Shinya Kawai |
| Starring | Wu Nien-jen Elaine Jin Issey Ogata Kelly Lee Jonathan Chang |
| Cinematography | Yang Wei-han Li Long-yu |
| Edited by | Chen Bo-Wen |
| Music by | Peng Kai-Li |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Kuzui Enterprises (Japan) |
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Running time | 173 minutes |
| Countries | Taiwan Japan |
| Languages | Mandarin Taiwanese Hokkien Japanese English |
| Box office | $2 million |
Yi Yi (Chinese: 一一; pinyin: Yī Yī; lit. 'one one'; subtitled A One and a Two) is a 2000 Taiwanese drama film written and directed by Edward Yang. It centers on the struggles of an engineer, NJ (played by Wu Nien-jen), and three generations of his middle-class Taiwanese family in Taipei.
The film's title means "one by one", or "one after another". When written in vertical alignment, the two strokes resemble the character for "two": 二.
Yi Yi premiered on May 14, 2000, at the 53rd Cannes Film Festival, where Yang won the Best Director Award. The film has received acclaim and is often regarded as one of the greatest films of the 21st century.