Yang Shi Bin
Acting
Biography
Yang has been involved in Chinese-language theatre since the 1960s and became known for his work with the late director and playwright Kuo Pao Kun. In the 2016 M1-The Straits Times Life Theatre Awards, he won a Best Actor nomination for his role in the play The Struggle: Years Later, staged by The Theatre Practice.
Known For
Wet Season revolves around the life of Ling, a schoolteacher who deals with infertility while having to take care of her infirm father-in-law at home. One of Ling's students, Kok Wei Lun, develops a crush on her during remedial Chinese classes. The two become closer as Wei Lun embraces Ling's extra tutoring.
Wet Season
A mystical paper mirror brought to life drifts through the hands of neighbourhood shopkeepers, revealing their hopes, regrets, and connections. As it returns to its creator, Uncle Liang, he must confront the impermanence of life and the fragile fate he shares with his young disciple.
Timeless Memories
Commemorating Singapore's 60th year of independence, Kopitiam Days is a stirring anthology film that weaves together six interconnected stories of human connection, reconciliation, and the enduring spirit of Singapore. More than just a setting, the humble kopitiam becomes a living symbol of community and memory, reflecting our past, anchoring our present, and looking towards our future.
Kopitiam Days
Kee, a divorced mother of two in her 50s, weighs the prospect of love against its challenges when she meets a jovial—and romantically inexperienced—delivery person at her coffeeshop job.
Love at Fifty
Born with a silver spoon, an arrogant mahjong player loses all his luck. Now, he has to re-learn the game and will soon discover the joy and principles of life over the mahjong table. The final match will be his one shot to turn his life around.
Luck My Life
It's about the life of a family in the 1960s and 1980s
Growing Up
A newspaper editor visits her former teacher, who now cares for his wife with dementia, in this gentle story about the passage of time.
As Quiet As A Cloud
In a meatless, pandemic-ridden society of extreme inequalities, a meat-obsessed cardboard collector wants a taste of the new groundbreaking meat product—at all costs.
Singapore Veal
An anthology of three stories which carries a message that transcends the limitations of time and illness, emphasizing the significance of love, the pursuit of dreams, and the beauty of letting go.