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Three Times is a 2005 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It features three separate stories of romance, set in different eras, using the same lead actors, Shu Qi and Chang Chen. In "A Time for Love," set in 1966, a soldier meets an alluring pool-hall hostess. "A Time for Freedom," set in 1911, focuses on a courtesan's relationship with a freedom fighter during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan. In "A Time for Youth," set in 2005, a singer forsakes her female lover for a photographer with whom she's having an affair.
Original Release
05/20/2005
US Release
05/20/2005
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Chang Chen | Zhen / Chen (segment "A Time for Love") / Mr. Chang (segment "A Time for Freedom") / Zhen (segment "A Time for Youth") / Chen / Mr. Chang |
Fang Mei | Old Woman (segment "A Time for Freedom") / Grandmother (segment "A Time for Youth") / Old Woman |
Shu-Chen Liao | Madam / Hostess (segment "A Time for Love") / Madam (segment "A Time for Freedom") / Jing's mother (segment "A Time for Youth") / Hostess |
Mei Di | Madam / May's mother (segment "A Time for Love") / Madam (segment "A Time for Freedom") / Aunt (segment "A Time for Youth") / Aunt |
Shi-Shan Chen | Haruko (segment "A Time for Love") / Ah Mei (segment "A Time for Freedom") / Blue (segment "A Time for Youth") |
Pei-Hsuan Lee | Yue (segment "A Time for Love") / Micky (segment "A Time for Youth") |
Yi-Hua Chang | Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love") |
Hung-Yi Hsiao | Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love") |
Hui-ni Hsu | Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love") |
Pei-Te Hsu | Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love")Mr. Su (segment "A Time for Freedom") / Skeet (segment "A Time for Youth") |
Directors
Writers
Hsiao-hsien Hou, T'ien-wen Chu
Cast
Name | Character |
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Chang Chen | Zhen / Chen (segment "A Time for Love") / Mr. Chang (segment "A Time for Freedom") / Zhen (segment "A Time for Youth") / Chen / Mr. Chang |
Fang Mei | Old Woman (segment "A Time for Freedom") / Grandmother (segment "A Time for Youth") / Old Woman |
Shu-Chen Liao | Madam / Hostess (segment "A Time for Love") / Madam (segment "A Time for Freedom") / Jing's mother (segment "A Time for Youth") / Hostess |
Mei Di | Madam / May's mother (segment "A Time for Love") / Madam (segment "A Time for Freedom") / Aunt (segment "A Time for Youth") / Aunt |
Shi-Shan Chen | Haruko (segment "A Time for Love") / Ah Mei (segment "A Time for Freedom") / Blue (segment "A Time for Youth") |
Pei-Hsuan Lee | Yue (segment "A Time for Love") / Micky (segment "A Time for Youth") |
Yi-Hua Chang | Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love") |
Hung-Yi Hsiao | Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love") |
Hui-ni Hsu | Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love") |
Pei-Te Hsu | Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love")Mr. Su (segment "A Time for Freedom") / Skeet (segment "A Time for Youth") |
Chi Feng Hung | Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love") |
Lawrence Ko | (segment "A Time for Love") |
Ling-Tzu Liao | Passenger (segment "A Time for Love") / Maid (segment "A Time for Freedom") |
Fu-Han Lyu | Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love") / Friend (segment "A Time for Youth") |
Kuo-Chih Shu | Master Su (segment "A Time for Freedom") |
Chih-cheng Wang | Middleman (segment "A Time for Freedom") |
Wei-liu Wang | Housekeeper (segment "A Time for Freedom") |
Yu-Chun Yu | Billiard Player (segment "A Time for Love") |
Shi-Zheng Chen | Haruko / Ah Mei / Blue |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Wen-Ying Huang | Executive Producer |
Gilles Ciment | Executive Producer |
Hua-fu Chang | Producer |
Ching-Sung Liao | Producer |
Wen-Ying Huang | Producer |