Among the most praised and sought after titles in all contemporary film, this singular masterpiece of taiwanese cinema, directed by edward yang yi yi, finally comes to blu ray'. '.strtoupper('s')et in the early sixties in taiwan, a brighter summer day is based on the true story of a crime that rocked the nation'. '.strtoupper('a') film of both sprawling scope and tender intimacy, this novelistic, patiently observed epic centres on the gradual, inexorable fall of a young teenager crouching tiger, hidden dragon's chen chang, in his first role from innocence to juvenile delinquency, and is set against a simmering backdrop of restless youth, rock and roll, and political turmoil.special featuresnew 4k digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtracknew audio commentary featuring critic tony raynsnew interview with actor chen changour time, our story, a 117 minute documentary from 2002 about the new taiwan cinema movement, featuring interviews with yang and filmmakers hou hsiao hsien and tsai ming liang, among othersvideotaped performance of director edward yang's 1992 play likely consequencenew english subtitle translationplus an essay by critic godfrey cheshire and a 1991 director's statement by yangclick images to enlarge