Movies: Taiwan

  • 2002
    The Best of Times

    The Best of Times (2002)

    The Best of Times

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    Although their characters and temperaments couldn't be less alike, 19-year olds Wei and Jie are best friends. They're also neighbours, living with widower fathers and problem siblings in the suburbs of Taipei. When Wei is promoted from the rank of ni...

    The Best of Times
  • 1979
    The Dragon, the Hero

    The Dragon, the Hero (1979)

    The Dragon, the Hero

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    Dragon Lee fights foreign devils who are stealing antiquities from China....

    The Dragon, the Hero
  • 2010
    On The Road

    On The Road (2010)

    On The Road

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    A fledgling rock band, called “Radical”, has been on several big stage performances. However, on the eve of their biggest gig ever came Ruei’s death. And so begins the journey of Kay, Kang and Kai, who are then left with the promised trip of heading ...

    On The Road
  • 2018
    China Not China

    China Not China (2018)

    China Not China

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    Hong Kong marked twenty years since its hand over; halfway through the planned forty year "one country, two systems" transition. Taiwan, once imperial China, once Formosa, now ROC on the edge of the PRC. Multiple exposures of street scenes distort sp...

    China Not China
  • 1974
    One Year's Fantasy

    One Year's Fantasy (1974)

    One Year's Fantasy

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    After handsome and rich man Dong-Ni (Alan Tang) is blinded in a car accident, he becomes moody, and does not go out of his room. Dong-Ni's mother hires beautiful Ai-Sha (Chen-chen) as her son's carer. Initially, Dong-Ni often throws tantrums at Ai-Sh...

    One Year's Fantasy
  • 2009
    Taipei 24H

    Taipei 24H (2009)

    Taipei 24H

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    Taipei 24H divides 24 hours in Taipei into 8 shorts. It opens with Cheng Fen-fen's upbeat and comedic "Share the Morning", and ends with Lee Kang-sheng running the final leg of this relay with "Remembrance" at 4am. Well-known director Tsai Ming-liang...

    Taipei 24H
  • 2000
    Fluffy Rhapsody

    Fluffy Rhapsody (2000)

    Fluffy Rhapsody

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    The film follows the meandering misadventures of an aimless medical school graduate who has never kept a job and wanders from the bed of one girl to another. He becomes caught between his flight attendant girlfriend who is often away and a high schoo...

    Fluffy Rhapsody
  • 1972
    The Fist That Kills

    The Fist That Kills (1972)

    The Fist That Kills

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    Martial arts action with a ninja prince trying to overcome the odds and gain hid rightful place on the throne....

    The Fist That Kills
  • 2024
    Several Successful Situations; Simultaneous & Successive

    Several Successful Situations; Simultaneous & Successive (2024)

    Several Successful Situations; Simultaneous & Successive

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    I enjoy religion, I appreciate belief systems and how they offer structure to people's lives. I also appreciate how spirituality manifests itself in Asian cultures as this almost earthbound presence guiding people through every day life and when they...

    Several Successful Situations; Simultaneous & Successive
  • 2022
    Asie-Pacifique - la nouvelle poudrière

    Asie-Pacifique - la nouvelle poudrière (2022)

    Asie-Pacifique - la nouvelle poudrière

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    As soon as he came to power in 2012, Xi Jinping clearly stated his ambition for a national renaissance. He will combine this with the construction of a powerful army and a certain vision of Chinese territory, which includes the reunification of Taiwa...

    Asie-Pacifique - la nouvelle poudrière
  • 2009
    Pinoy Sunday

    Pinoy Sunday (2009)

    Pinoy Sunday

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    The discovery of a discarded sofa, in Taipei city, transforms a routine Sunday into a capricious adventure of perseverance and self-discovery for Filipino guest workers Manuel and Dado....

    Pinoy Sunday
  • 1973
    The Unsubdued Furies

    The Unsubdued Furies (1973)

    The Unsubdued Furies

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    The story of a Chinese patriot who avenges his father's death, agitates Chinese tungsten miners against their Japanese masters and falls in love with a Japanese beauty at the same time....

    The Unsubdued Furies
  • 2022
    Taiwan - Angst vor der Invasion

    Taiwan - Angst vor der Invasion (2022)

    Taiwan - Angst vor der Invasion

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    Taiwan - Angst vor der Invasion
  • 2021
    Taiwan: A Digital Democracy in China's Shadow

    Taiwan: A Digital Democracy in China's Shadow (2021)

    Taiwan: A Digital Democracy in China's Shadow

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    One Country, Two Systems? No Way! say the youth of Taiwan. But China under President Xi Jinping wants more than ever to bring the island of Taiwan back into the fold, just like Hong Kong. Can the burgeoning democracy on China’s doorstep, driven by di...

    Taiwan: A Digital Democracy in China's Shadow
  • 1995
    Remembering Wei-Yi Fang, Remembering Myself

    Remembering Wei-Yi Fang, Remembering Myself (1995)

    Remembering Wei-Yi Fang, Remembering Myself

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    An Autobiography charts the influence of the filmmaker’s six-year experience as an African American woman in Taiwan after college graduation. The highly original film recounts Welbon’s discovery, through another language and culture, of being respect...

    Remembering Wei-Yi Fang, Remembering Myself
  • 2019
    Taipeilove*

    Taipeilove* (2019)

    Taipeilove*

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    Taipeilove* is a documentary on the perception of homosexuality in the Taiwanese society. As Taiwan is the first country in Asia that is in the process of legalizing same-sex marriage, the documentary follows activists, politicians and experts in the...

    Taipeilove*
  • 1990
    Black Butterfly

    Black Butterfly (1990)

    Black Butterfly

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    Black Butterfly tells the story of a female assassin who is sent to Taiwan to clear the way so a gang from Hong Kong can take over the territory. Problems arise when she breaks the cardinal rule of an assassin -- never develop friends -- and she cann...

    Black Butterfly
  • 1960
    The Tender Trap of Espionage

    The Tender Trap of Espionage (1960)

    The Tender Trap of Espionage

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    Spy films had always been popular in Chinese-language cinema, with stories set mostly in WWII or the warlord era. The Tender Trap of Espionage, made two years before Dr. No (1962) which kickstarted the Bond film craze, is a story of intrigue between ...

    The Tender Trap of Espionage
  • 2005
    Dragon Eye Congee: A Dream of Love

    Dragon Eye Congee: A Dream of Love (2005)

    Dragon Eye Congee: A Dream of Love

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    Dragon Eye Congee tells the story of a second-generation Taiwanese American, Shaun Tam, who, since childhood, has repeatedly dreamt about the same woman in the same scenes, complete with a haunting melody and the fragrant smell of rice congee with dr...

    Dragon Eye Congee: A Dream of Love
  • 2007
    The Wall

    The Wall (2007)

    The Wall

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    In the early 1950s, even the small villages in Taiwan were bathed in the atmosphere of White Terror. It was a difficult time for all. There was a beautiful young woman called A-zhen. She always felt that there was something weird in her house since s...

    The Wall