Posted on January 7, 2018 |
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The Boys from Fengkuei / Feng gui lai de ren (1983)
Drama
Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for work. They find an apartment through relatives, and Ah-Ching is attracted to the girlfriend of a neighbor. There they face the harsh realities of the big city.
Starring: Doze Niu
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
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Posted on July 10, 2017 |
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Daughter of the Nile / Ni luo he nu er (1987)
Crime | Drama
The eldest daughter of a broken and troubled family works to keep the family together and look after her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.
Starring: Lin Yang, Jack Kao
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
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Posted on March 11, 2016 |
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The Sandwich Man / Er zi de da wan ou (1983)
Drama
Adapted from novelist Huang Chun-ming’s three short stories: The Taste of an Apple, The Sandwich Man, and Vicky's Hat, the omnibus film foregrounds several downbeat characters who fight and struggle for their lives in the developing country of Taiwan. The film depicts, sympathetically, their self-depreciation and self-respect, laugh and tears, and hope and despair.
Starring: Bor Jeng Chen, Li-Yin Yang, Kuo-feng Tseng, Te-Nan Lai, Fu-yu Hou
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Jen Wan, Zhuang Xiang Zeng
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Tags: Bor Jeng Chen, Fu-yu Hou, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Jen Wan, Kuo-feng Tseng, Li-Yin Yang, Te-Nan Lai, Zhuang Xiang Zeng
Posted on November 8, 2015 |
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The Assassin / Nie yin niang (2015)
Action | Drama
9th century China. 10-year-old general's daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings. A slave to the orders of her mistress, Nie Yinniang must choose: sacrifice the man she loves or break forever with the sacred way of the righteous assassins.
Starring: Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Chun Shih
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
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Posted on November 19, 2014 |
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Dust in the Wind / Lian lian feng chen (1986)
Drama | Romance
A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. In the city, A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school, and A-yun works as a helper at a tailors. Everyone thinks they are meant for each other, so do they. They fail to see time and fate are beyond their control.
Starring: Shufang Chen, Lawrence Ko, Tianlu Li, Ju Lin, Yang Lin
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
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Posted on November 19, 2014 |
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A Time to Live and A Time to Die / Tong nien wang shi (1985)
Biography | Drama
This depiction of childhood and adolescence draws heavily from the filmmaker's own boyhood. Like many of their compatriots, Hou's family moved from the mainland to Taiwan in 1948 and was unable ever to return. The film focuses on the widening generation gap in a family cut off from its cultural heritage.
Starring: Chia-bao Chang, Neng Chang, Chih-chen Chen, Han-wen Chen, Shu-fang Chen
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou
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Tags: Chia-bao Chang, Chih-chen Chen, Han-wen Chen, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Neng Chang, Shu-fang Chen
