In Japan they didn't employ the method of showing the film in 100 large theaters at once, but played it in 260-seat mini-theaters in Tokyo. Once it was put on, it was held over for a half year, quite a successful outcome. Edward Yang's fame is no less than that of Hou Hsiao-hsien.
日本方面不採取百家戲院全面聯線上映的作法，在東京以僅有兩百廿六個座位的迷你戲院上演，一演就是半年，成果相當豐碩。