Pristine Trailer for Edward Yang’s Masterpiece ‘Yi Yi’ 4K Restoration
by Alex Billington
August 22, 2025
Source: YouTube
“Harmony is a precious thing…” Janus Films has debuted a new 4K restoration trailer for the re-release of the masterpiece Yi Yi, the final film from Taiwanese maestro Edward Yang. This originally premiered in the year 2000 at the Cannes Film Festival, and has grown with time to now be considered one of the greatest films ever made (I completely agree!). It really is an astonishing, towering, extraordinary work of cinematic art – I adore it, too. Yi Yi, titled in full Yi Yi: A One and a Two…, is a portrait of a middle-class family in Taipei, Taiwan in the late 90s. A man in his 40s, his teenage daughter and his eight-year-old son experience life, navigating between remorse, hope and disappointment. It stars Wu Nien-jen, Elaine Jin, Issey Ogata, Kelly Lee, Jonathan Chang. In celebration of its 25th anniversary, this 4K digital restoration was carried out by Pony Canyon Inc., with analog & digital processes provided by Imagica Entertainment Media Services, Inc. Yi Yi really is everything cinema should be about – I watched it for my first time back in 2020 and wrote about the film: “It’s hard to grasp in just one viewing how rich and layered and insightful every last scene is.” All I can do is encourage everyone to take time to watch the film and let it connect with you…
Here’s the new official 4K restoration trailer (+ poster) for Edward Yang’s film Yi Yi, direct from YouTube:
The extraordinary, internationally embraced Yi Yi (A One and a Two…), directed by the late Taiwanese master Edward Yang, follows a middle-class family in Taipei over the course of one year, beginning with a wedding and ending with a funeral. Whether chronicling middle-age father NJ’s tentative flirtations with an old flame or precocious young son Yang-Yang’s attempts at capturing reality with his beloved camera, Yang deftly imbues every gorgeous frame with a compassionate clarity. Warm, sprawling, and dazzling, this intimate epic is one of the undisputed masterworks of the new century. Yi Yi, also known as 一一 in Mandarin, is written directed by Taiwanese-American filmmaker master Edward Yang, his seventh and final feature film he made before passing away in 2007. Produced by Shinya Kawai. It first premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival and won Best Director. It has since been restored and re-released including on Criterion 4K Blu-ray back in 2011. This new 4K restoration also just premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. Janus Films will release Yi Yi back in theaters starting September 5th, 2025. It is a must watch.
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