
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.
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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.

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.

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.

A newspaper editor visits her former teacher, who now cares for his wife with dementia, in this gentle story about the passage of time.

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.

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.

It's about the life of a family in the 1960s and 1980s
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