Farewell to the Channel
1987, Chinese. Directed by Wan Jen.
A young man is pulled into crime and then murder. He falls in love with a beautiful young prostitute who sells herself to a brothel to pay off his debts. When the young man tries to buy her contract from the brothel owner, he kills one of the bosses' thugs in a fight. A crime syndicate that the young man willingly affiliated himself with failed. Now on the run from both criminals and the police, the star-crossed lovers flee through Taiwan. A powerful morality tale, the film exposes the dangers of the underworld economy, and the ubiquity of crime and violence on the island.
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Chinese
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- Released
- 1 April 1987
- Original title
- 惜別海岸
- Country
- Taiwan
- Written by
- Wan Jen
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Farewell to the Channel runs 84 minutes (1h 24m).
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Farewell to the Channel isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 1 April 1987. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Farewell to the Channel?
Farewell to the Channel (1987) was directed by Wan Jen and stars Yu An-shun, Fennie Yuen Kit-ying, Mei Fang.