Three Times

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Cast

Qi Shu
as May/Ah Mei/Jing

Chen Chang
as Chen/Mr. Chang/Zhen

Fang Mei
as Old Woman

Li Gong

Shi-Zheng Chen
as Haruko/Ah Mei

Huange Ruo-shi
as Billiard Girl

Lee Pei-Hsuan
as Hostess/Micky

Lin Li-chung
as Son of Ma'am

Chen Chiang-hao
as Billiard Friends

Liu Yen-po
as Billiard Friends

Hsu Hui-ni
as Billiard Friends

Hung Chi-feng
as Billiard Friends

Huang Yi-ha
as Billiard Friends

Hsiao Hung-yi
as Billiard Friends

Yu Yu-chun
as Billiard Friends

Wang We-liu
as Billiard Friends

Hwarng Yung-cheng
as Billiard Friends

Ke Yu-luan

Change Chen
as Mr. Chang

Hsu Bei-de
as Young Mr. Su

Jojo Wu
as Courtesans

Chiang Chen-feng
as Courtesans

Chen Yi-hsuan
as Courtesans

Tramy
as Courtesans

Hsiao Ya-Chuan
as Martin

Hsias Shao-yu
as Poet

Wu Chao-min
as Poet

Chang Da-Long
as Poet

Chen His-huang
as Chinese Doctor

Wang Wei-liu
as Housekeeper

Shu Kuo-chih
as Mr. Sui

Fan Chen-kuo
as Lawyer

Chia-Yu Lin
as Litter Girl

Wang Chih-cheng
as Broker

Liao Ling-tzu
as Servant

Lee Chuan-tsan
as Mr. Chang's Housekeeper

Lin Shin-nan
as Music Teacher

Mei Di
as Aunt

Su-jen Liao
as Jing's Mother, Madam/Jing's Mother

Chen Shih-shan
as Blue

Kao Mon-hsin
as Uncle

Ling Shiou-may
as Aunt

Kao Chia-yu
as Cousin-In-Law

Huang Chiung-yu
as Cousin-in-law

Chang Yu-shu
as Aunt

Liu Kay-lun
as Lomo King

Hsieh Ching-han
as K-B-N

E. Ray Bobo
as K-B-N

Wu Wen-yu
as Mickey's Roommates

Chen Lei-an
as Mickey's Roommaters

Lu Fu-han
as Friends

Spudder
as Friends

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Critic Reviews for Three Times (Zui hao de shi guang)

Audience Reviews for Three Times (Zui hao de shi guang)

• Apr 28, 2016

  It is always interesting to see Hou put together in the same film three stories that feel like a culmination of the main themes found in his work along so many years, even though the third leaves a lot to be desired and I find too distracting the fact that the second one is silent.
  Carlos M Super Reviewer
• Nov 15, 2012

  Love across the ages...been done to death right? Perhaps, but it often isn't done right to death. We have had epics from mainland China and the great action genre of Hong Kong so it is good to see a Taiwanese film adding to Chineses collection. Quite touching.
  

  John B Super Reviewer
• Jan 31, 2011

  最好的時光 is carefully emotionally balanced Taiwanese film nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2005 Cannes Film Festivalis. The director of this wonderfully executed story triptich is Hou Hsiao-Hsien. Featuring three chronologically separate stories of love between May and Chen, which he sets in 1911, 1966 and 2005, using the same lead actors, very talented and charming Shu Qi and Chang Chen, we are introduced to three varieties of love: unfulfilled, mercenary, meaningless. The best part of this art work is the photography which was done with such visual beauty "that watching the movie is like holding your breath so the butterfly won't stir" (that was form the Chicago Sun critic)! Even the famous Jim Jarmusch said that "Hou Hsiao-Hsien is not only the crowning jewel of contemporary Taiwanese cinema, but an international treasure" and for him "His films are... among the most inspiring of the past thirty years, and his grace and subtlety as a filmmaker remain unrivaled." I agree to a degree!
  Panta O Super Reviewer
• Aug 24, 2010

  "Three Times" is a very slow pace picture based on three different stories and three different time periods. Hou Hsiao-hsien's main focus here is the growing fondness of love, communication, and human emotions. All done almost effortlessly.
  Brian R Super Reviewer

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