In The Mood For Love
Criterion/Voyager (2000)
Drama, Foreign, Music, Romance
In Collection
#1474
0*
Seen ItYes
715515099417
IMDB   8.1
97 mins Hong Kong / Cantonese
Blu-ray Disc  Region 1, Region A   PG (Parental Guidance)
Tony Leung Chiu Wai Chow Mo-wan
Maggie Cheung Su Li-zhen Chan
Ping Lam Siu Ah Ping
Tung Cho Cheung Special Appearance
Rebecca Pan Mrs. Suen
Lai Chen Mr. Ho
Roy Cheung Mr. Chan
Chi-ang Chi The Amah
Kelly Lai Chen Mr. Ho
Paulyn Sun Mrs. Chow
Man-lei Wong Kam-wah
Man-Lei Chan Mr. Koo
Tung Cho 'Joe' Cheung Man living in Mr. Koo's apartment
Director
Kar Wai Wong
Producer William Chang
Kar Wai Wong
Writer Kar Wai Wong
Cinematography Christopher Doyle
Pin Bing Lee
Musician Shigeru Umebayashi
Mike Galasso


A melancholy story about the love between a woman and a man who live in the same building and one day find out that their husband and wife had an affair with each other. More and more the two meet during their daily lives as they determine that they both don’t want to be lonely in their marriage. They also find out that they share a passion for Kung-Fu stories.
Edition Details
Edition Criterion Blu-ray
Distributor Criterion Collection
Release Date 10/2/2012
Packaging Jewel Case
Screen Ratio Widescreen (1.66:1)
Subtitles English
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [Cantonese]
SUB [English]
Layers Single Side, Single Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1

Features
• Alternate Ending and Deleted scenes (Room 2046 -8:01, Postcards - 8:23, The Seventies - 8:56, The Last Encounter - 7:49) with director’s commentary • Hua Yang de Nian Hua, a short film by Wong Kar-wai (1.33:1, DD 1.0 Mono, 2:32) • @ In the Mood for Love, a documentary about the making of the film (51:12) • 2 Interviews with Wong Kar-wai at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival (22:15 15:52) • Toronto International Film Festival press conference with stars Maggie Cheung Man-yuk & Tony Leung Chiu-wai (43:33) • Tony Rayns on In the Mood For Love (23:49) • Tony Rayns on the music of In the Mood for Love (8:03) • 1 Hong Kong TV spot • 1 HK Trailer • 1 US TV spot • 1 US trailer • 1 French TV spot • 1 French trailer • a booklet featuring an essay by novelist and film critic Steve Erickson and the Liu Yi-chang story that provided thematic inspiration for the film