Old Fox (film)

Old Fox
Theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Chinese老狐狸
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinlǎo hú li
Directed byHsiao Ya-chuan
Written by
  • Hsiao Ya-chuan[1]
  • Chan I-wen[1]
Produced byMichael Wang[2]
Starring
CinematographyLin Tse-chung[1]
Edited byChu-Chun Tao
Music byChris Hou[1]
Production
companies
  • BIT Production Co., Ltd.
  • Tomorrow Together Capital
  • Bossdom Digiinnovation Co., Ltd.
  • Toei Video Co., Ltd. (Japan)
  • Angelic-Founder Co., Ltd.
  • Dream Mall Showtime Cinema Co., Ltd.
  • Sky Films Entertainment Co., Ltd.
  • Backer-Founder Co., Ltd.
Distributed by
  • Sky Films Entertainment Co., Ltd.[3]
  • Shine Time Entertainment Co., Ltd.[3]
Release dates
Running time
112 minutes[1]
Countries
  • Taiwan
  • Japan
Languages

Old Fox (Chinese: 老狐狸; pinyin: lǎo hú li) is a 2023 drama film directed by Hsiao Ya-chuan.[4] The film follows a young boy who befriends his landlord, nicknamed Old Fox, and tells the story of Taiwan's rapidly changing society of the late 1980s.[5] The cast includes Bai Run-yin, Liu Kuan-ting, Akio Chen, Mugi Kadowaki, and Eugenie Liu. The film is dedicated to the director's mother.[6]

The film premiered on 27 October 2023 at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival. It was released in Taiwan on 24 November 2023. At the 60th Golden Horse Awards, the film received seven nominations and won a leading four awards: Best Director, Best Original Film Score, Best Makeup & Costume Design and Best Supporting Actor (for Akio Chen).[6] The film was chosen as the Taiwanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.[7][8]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Taiwan Cinema Renaissance 2023". Tokyo International Film Festival. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Virtual Production of OLD FOX". Taiwan Creative Content Fest. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "老狐狸". taiwancinema.bamid.gov.tw (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  4. ^ Hsu, Daniel (30 December 2023). "金馬 60 入圍 7 項、獲獎 4 項大贏家！深度解析《老狐狸》背後所暗藏的深意及幕後故事". GQ (in Chinese). Taiwan. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  5. ^ Wong, Silvia (16 May 2023). "Cannes 2023: hot projects from Taiwan". Screen International. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  6. ^ a b 李承陽 (30 November 2023). "《老狐狸》金馬獎後票房翻二倍 單日票房超越《驚奇隊長2》" [The box office of "Old Fox" tripled after the Golden Horse Awards, surpassing "Captain Marvel 2" in one day]. China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  7. ^ Wang, Hsin-yu; Wu, Kuan-hsien (14 August 2024). "Taiwan submits 'OLD FOX' for 97th Academy Awards". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  8. ^ Merican, Sara (16 August 2024). "Family Drama 'Old Fox' Selected As Taiwan's International Oscar Submission". Deadline. Retrieved 16 August 2024.