Old Fox (film)

Old Fox
Theatrical release poster
Chinese name
Chinese老狐狸
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyinlǎo hú li
Directed byHsiao Ya-chuan
Written by
  • Hsiao Ya-chuan
  • Chan I-wen
Produced byMichael Wang
Starring
CinematographyLin Tse-chung
Edited byChu-Chun Tao
Music byChris Hou
Production
companies
  • BIT Production Co., Ltd.
  • Tomorrow Together Capital
  • Bossdom Digiinnovation Co., Ltd.
  • Toei Video Co., Ltd. (Japan)
  • Angelic-Founder Co., Ltd.
  • Dream Mall Showtime Cinema Co., Ltd.
  • Sky Films Entertainment Co., Ltd.
  • Backer-Founder Co., Ltd.
Distributed by
  • Sky Films Entertainment Co., Ltd.
  • Shine Time Entertainment Co., Ltd.
Release dates
Running time
112 minutes
Countries
  • Taiwan
  • Japan
Languages
  • Mandarin
  • Taiwanese

Old Fox (Chinese: 老狐狸, romanized: lǎo hú li) is a 2023 drama film directed by Hsiao Ya-chuan. The film follows a young boy who befriends his landlord, nicknamed Old Fox, and tells the story of Taiwan's rapidly changing society of the late 1980s. The cast includes Bai Run-yin, Liu Kuan-ting, Akio Chen, Mugi Kadowaki, and Eugenie Liu. The film is dedicated to the director's mother.

The film premiered on 27 October 2023 at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival. It was released in Taiwan on 24 November 2023. At the 60th Golden Horse Awards, the film received seven nominations and won a leading four awards: Best Director, Best Original Film Score, Best Makeup & Costume Design and Best Supporting Actor (for Akio Chen). The film was chosen as the Taiwanese entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.