''That Day, on the Beach'' ( zh, t=海灘的一天, p=Hǎitān de yītiān) is a 1983 Taiwanese New Wave drama and the first feature film by

Edward Yang Edward Yang (; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese and American filmmaker. He rose to prominence as a pioneer in the Taiwanese New Wave of the 1980s, alongside fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang. Yang was reg ...

. The film deals with two old friends, played by

Sylvia Chang Sylvia Chang (born 21 July 1953) is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese actress, singer, director, screenwriter, and producer. Early life Chang was born in Chiayi County, Chiayi, Taiwan. She dropped out of school when she was 16 and started her career ...

and

Terry Hu Terry Hu (; born 21 April 1953) is a Taiwanese actress, writer and translator. Life Early life Hu was born Hu Yinyin in Taichung, Taiwan on April 21, 1953, with her ancestral home in Shenyang, Liaoning, the only daughter of Qu Shifang (), an ...

, who encounter each other in

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. Yang had to convince the film's production company to allow

Christopher Doyle Christopher Doyle, also known as Dù Kěfēng (Mandarin) or Dou Ho-Fung (Cantonese) () (born 2 May 1952) is an Australian cinematographer, best known for his work in Hong Kong cinema. He has worked on over fifty Chinese-language films, being ...

to shoot the film; Doyle would go on to win the Best Cinematography prize at the 1983

Asia-Pacific Film Festival The Asia-Pacific Film Festival (abbreviated APFF) is an annual film festival hosted by the Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia-Pacific (FPA). The festival was first held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1954. History The festival was first he ...

for his work on ''That Day, on the Beach''. Yang's fellow Taiwanese New Wave director

Hou Hsiao-hsien Hou Hsiao-hsien ( zh, t=侯孝賢, poj=Hâu Hàu-hiân; born 8 April 1947) is a retired Mainland Chinese-born Taiwanese film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a leading figure in world cinema and in Taiwan's New Wave cinema mo ...

also plays a role in the film. The film is sometimes cited as the first in the Taiwanese New Wave.

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* 1983 films 1983 drama films Taiwanese drama films 1980s Mandarin-language films {{Taiwan-film-stub