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The Wedding Banquet

1993 Taiwanese-Mandarin film directed by Ang Lee
Movie film Q182071
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Summary

The Wedding Banquet is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,579 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Golden Bear[3], Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film[4]
  • Director: Ang Lee[5]
  • Screenwriter: Ang Lee[6], James Schamus[7], Neil Peng[8]
  • Genre: romantic comedy[9], LGBTQ-related film[10], drama film[11]
  • Cast member: Winston Chao[12], Kao Chin Su-mei[13], Sihung Lung[14], Mitchell Lichtenstein[15], Michael Gaston[16], Mason Lee[17], Ang Lee[18]
  • Producer: Ang Lee[19], James Schamus[20], Ted Hope[21]
  • Part of the series: Father Knows Best trilogy[22]
  • Production company: Good Machine[23]
  • Director of photography: Lin Jong[24]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[25], Standard Taiwanese Mandarin[26]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[27]
  • Review score: 7.4/10[28], 96%[29]
  • Color: color[30]
  • Country of origin: United States[31], Taiwan[32]
  • Publication date: February 1993[33], October 7, 1993[34], 1993[35]
  • Distributed by: The Samuel Goldwyn Company[36], Netflix[37]
  • Narrative location: New York City[38]
  • Filming location: New York City[39]
  • Film editor: Tim Squyres[40]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[41], International Submission to the Academy Awards[42]
  • Title: The Wedding Banquet[43], 囍宴[44]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 6[45]
  • Duration: 103 minutes[46]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[47]

Why It Matters

The Wedding Banquet has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[48] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[49]

FAQs

What awards did The Wedding Banquet receive?

Honors received include Golden Bear[3] and Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film[4].

Related Entities

Ang Lee film Netflix New York City Taiwan United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . imdb.com. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  18. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [4] ↑ . goldenhorse.org.tw. goldenhorse.org.tw. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . books.google.pl. Retrieved . books.google.pl. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Lexicon of international films. wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . cnc.fr. Retrieved . cnc.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [48] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [49] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 9d ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taiwan cinema film id → 26958
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'cs', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'id', 'it', 'ja', 'ko', 'nl', '
    Original language of film or tv show → English, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin
    Ampas collections film id → W071578
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Ampas collections film id: W071578, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/290954|batch #290954]]"
  2. 6w ago · Supaplex · 2026-09-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Title → {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Wedding Banquet'}, {'lang': 'zh-tw', 'text': '囍宴'}
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Title: 囍宴"
  3. 7w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 107156
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ P14821: 107156, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/269672|batch #269672]]"
  4. 10w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 16514
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Filmová databáze film id: 19962, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/264619|batch #264619]]"
  5. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1993-02-00T00:00:00Z, +1993-10-07T00:00:00Z, +1993-00-00T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Ang Lee, James Schamus, Neil Peng
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+103'}
    Original language of film or tv show → English, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin
    + 30 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/38225|batch #38225]]: MovieLens IDs (part 1)"
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