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Yang Kuei-Mei is a Actor Taiwanaise born on 6 september 1959 at Taipei (Taiwan)
Yang Kuei-mei (born September 6, 1959 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese actress. She has had starring roles in Eat Drink Man Woman, Vive L'Amour and The Hole.
Yang has received several awards for her acting. She was named Best Asian Actress at the 1999 Singapore International Film Festival for The Hole ("For the subtlety and sophistication of her performance in the role of a woman determined to hurdle the stresses of urban life"). She won the Best Actress award at the 2004 Golden Horse Film Festival for her role in The Moon Also Rises.
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Yang Kuei-mei (born September 6, 1959 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese actress. She has had starring roles in Eat Drink Man Woman, Vive L'Amour and The Hole.
Yang has received several awards for her acting. She was named Best Asian Actress at the 1999 Singapore International Film Festival for The Hole ("For the subtlety and sophistication of her performance in the role of a woman determined to hurdle the stresses of urban life"). She won the Best Actress award at the 2004 Golden Horse Film Festival for her role in The Moon Also Rises.
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Stray Dogs (2014)
, 2h18Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Lu Yi-Ching, Chen Shiang-chyi, Yang Kuei-Mei
Roles Woman
Rating68%
Un père et ses deux enfants vivent en marge de Taipei, entre les bois et les rivières de la banlieue et les rues pluvieuses de la capitale. Le jour, le père gagne chichement sa vie en faisant l’homme sandwich pour des appartements de luxe pendant que son fils et sa fille hantent les centres commerciaux à la recherche d’échantillons gratuits de nourriture. Un soir d'orage, il décide d'emmener ses enfants dans un voyage en barque.
The Crossing (2014)
, 2h8Directed by John Woo
Origin Chine
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Zhang Ziyi, Song Hye-kyo, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Huang Xiaoming, Masami Nagasawa, Bowie Lam
Rating60%
During the Chinese Revolution in 1949, three couples flee from China to the island of Taiwan.
Love (2012)
, 2h30Directed by Doze Niu
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Zhao Wei, Shu Qi, Ivy Chen, Doze Niu, Liao Fan, Amber Kuo (郭采潔)
Roles Mark's Mother
Rating64%
Huit personnes essaient de mettre fin à leur solitude en recherchant la personne à aimer, qui peut compléter leur vie.
Face (2009)
, 2h21Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fanny Ardant, Laetitia Casta, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Lee Kang-sheng, Norman Atun, Lu Yi-Ching
Rating59%
Hsiao-Kang, réalisateur taïwanais, vient en France pour tourner une comédie musicale contant l'histoire de Salomé au Musée du Louvre. Mais les problèmes s'accumulent dès le début du tournage.
Pleasure Factory (2007)
, 1h28Genres Drama, Documentary, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, Films about virginity, LGBT-related film
Actors Zihan Loo (罗子涵), Yang Kuei-Mei, Ananda Everingham
Roles Linda
Rating50%
A series of intertwining tales involve "pleasure seekers and pleasure providers" during the course of one night in Geylang, Singapore's red-light district. There are three distinct stories, united only by the presence of characters from all the stories in a streetside eatery:
The Knot (2006)
, 1h57Genres Drama, War, Romance
Actors Chen Kun, Li Bingbing (李冰冰), Gua Ah Leh, Vivian Hsu, Yang Kuei-Mei, Chin Han
Roles 徐凤娘
Rating60%
They fell in love; Chen Qiushui was 20. Wang Biyun was 18. When Qiushui fled Taiwan after the 228 Massacre, Biyun gave him a gold engagement ring and they promised to meet again. Qiushui served as an army doctor during the Korean War, where he met Wang Jindi, a nurse from Shanghai who fell in love with him instantly. Years had gone by, Qiushui married Jindi and settled in Tibet. While in Taiwan, Biyun buried Qiushui's mother and continued to pray for his return.
The Wayward Cloud (2005)
, 1h54Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about pornography, Musical films
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Lu Yi-Ching, Yang Kuei-Mei
Roles Taiwanese Porn Actress
Rating64%
There is a water shortage in Taiwan, and television programs are teaching various water-saving methods and encouraging the drinking of watermelon juice in place of water.
Blue Cha Cha (2005)
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Tarcy Su, Leon Dai, Lu Yi-Ching, Yang Kuei-Mei
Rating67%
À sa sortie de prison, Ah Yu rencontre deux hommes puis retrouve une amie plus âgée qui tient un bar. Un jour elles voient sur le quai un spectacle de marionnettes. Lao-Yao, le marionnettiste, souffre d'autisme.
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
, 1h22Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Chen Chao-jung, Yang Kuei-Mei
Roles Peanut Eating Woman
Rating70%
Goodbye, Dragon Inn is set in the approximately ninety minutes of the last feature at an old Taipei cinema that is closing down, showing King Hu's 1967 sword-fighting classic Dragon Inn. Only a few people are present in the cinema, and a variety of subplots are developed around them. Throughout the film, the ticket woman tries to find the projectionist, searching for him in order to present him with a steamed bun. She wears an iron brace on her leg. She walks around the theater throughout the film, struggling up and down stairs. A young Japanese tourist wanders around the cinema in search of a homosexual encounter. An older man tells him that the cinema is haunted. An old man, who was one of the actors who appeared in the original Dragon Inn, watches the film with tears in his eyes. Outside the theater, he encounters an older man who had been watching the film with his grandson; this man also starred in the original film.
Double Vision (2002)
, 1h52Directed by Chen Kuo-Fu
Origin Taiwan
Genres Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Horror, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Tony Leung Ka-fai, David Morse, Rene Liu, Yang Kuei-Mei, Leon Dai, Brett Climo
Roles Coroner
Rating64%
Police detective Huang Huo-tu, a Waisheng ren (Mainland Chinese) in Taiwan, has been relegated to a mundane job as a Foreign Affairs Officer as punishment for blowing the whistle on corruption in the force, and his colleagues have turned their backs on him. His young daughter is left traumatized after being taken hostage in a gun battle, and his wife Ching-fang is filing for divorce. Huang is on the verge of a severe nervous breakdown.
The Hole (1999)
, 1h35Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films about viral outbreaks
Actors Yang Kuei-Mei, Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Lu Yi-Ching
Roles The Woman Downstairs
Rating73%
A strange disease hits Taiwan just before the turn of the new millennium. Despite evacuation orders, tenants of a rundown apartment building stay put, including shop owner Hsiao-Kang (Kang-sheng Lee).
A Little Life-Opera (1998)
Directed by Allen Fong
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama
Actors Yang Kuei-Mei, Winston Chao
Roles Xueyan
Rating68%
Xueyan (雪雁, played by Yang Kuei-Mei) is a 40-something single mother who lives in the coastal region of Fujian province. She has a daughter in her late teens and is part of a part-time Min opera troupe from the village. When she is invited to perform with her troupe members for a show, she comes across Sanpeng (三朋, Winston Chao), a former troupe actor who is now a businessman. Meanwhile, the troupe struggles to survive as modernity and Western habits clash with the traditional performance art.
The River (1997)
, 1h55Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Lu Yi-Ching, Ann Hui, Chen Shiang-chyi, Chen Chao-jung, Yang Kuei-Mei
Roles Woman in Hotel
Rating71%
Hsiao-Kang (Lee Kang-sheng), a young man in his 20s, is going up an escalator in Taipei when he meets an old girlfriend of his (Chen Shiang-chyi). She convinces him to accompany her to a film shoot that she is working on. While eating lunch, Hsiao-Kang is spotted by the film's director (Ann Hui). The scene that they are currently shooting needs an actor, so Hsiao-Kang agrees to step in. He lies face down in the dirty Tamsui River for a few seconds, pretending to be a dead body.
Sun Valley (1996)
, 1h54Origin Hong kong
Actors Zhang Fengyi, Ku Feng, Yang Kuei-Mei, Wang Xueqi
Rating67%
Tonight Nobody Goes Home (1996)
, 2hDirected by Sylvia Chang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Gua Ah Leh, Rene Liu, Yang Kuei-Mei
Roles Qin Zhen
Rating71%