Tropical Fish (Chinese: 熱帶魚; pinyin: Rèdài Yú; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Jia̍t-tài Hî) is a 1995 Taiwanese comedy-drama film written and directed by Chen Yu-hsun.
[1] The movie tells the story of Liu Chih-chiang (劉志強, played by Lin Chia-hung [林嘉宏]), a disaffected Taipei high school student who is kidnapped and taken by Ah Ching (阿慶, played by the filmmaker Lin Cheng-sheng) to rural Chiayi County in southern Taiwan.
[2] The kidnappers hold Chih-chiang in Dongshi, a coastal Chiayi County township noted for its oyster production.
The end of the film shows the business district of Dunhua Road in Taipei.
At Taiwan's 1995 Golden Horse Film Festival, Chen Yu-hsun won the award for Best Screenplay Originally Written for the Screen and Wen Ying (文英) won Best Supporting Actress for her role as Ah Yi (阿姨).