This time back in Taiwan, his father saw how depressed he was and urged him to press on with filmmaking. During the second week of filming, Ang Lee's father passed away. Lee says, "That's just the way my life has gone.
這次回來，父親看他心情沮喪，一反常態鼓勵他往前衝，繼續拍片，當電影開拍兩星期後，父親就過世了。