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Films from the country "taiwan", sorted by name
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The Fate of Lee Khan (1973)
, 1h45Directed by Sammo Hung, King Hu
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Spy films, Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Roy Chiao, Li Li-Hua, Xu Feng, Tien Feng, Angela Mao, Helen Ma
In the film, Wendy is a resistance fighter of the Chinese underground who wants to stop Lee Khan from attaining an important map. All of the resistance fighters want to restore Han rule. The villains are Lee Khan and his female partner Wan’er, who want to prevent the resistance fighters achieving vicotry.
Formula 17 (2004)
, 1h33Origin Taiwan
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Duncan Chow
Naive country bumpkin Chou T'ien Tsai goes to Taipei to meet an internet friend face-to-face. Being a romantic, and believing in 'true love' (he even has a book called Love Is A Kind Of Faith), he is sorely disappointed when his internet friend, Kevin, suggests they have sex with no love. T'ien instead goes to a bar and runs into his ex-classmate Yu and Yu's friend CC. In the same bar, he encounters the 'Number One Playboy' Bai Tieh Nan, who is notorious for one night stands. Despite professing his dislike for 'men who play with love', T'ien can't help but be drawn to Bai.
, 1h30Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy
Dans un petit village de montagne, un nouvel instituteur arrive.
Born Invincible (1978)
, 1h23Origin Taiwan
Genres Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Lo Lieh, Carter Wong, Corey Yuen
Born Invincible opens with a montage showing a youth learning the techniques of T'ai chi. A narration explains the rigors of T'ai chi, and the effects it has on the individuals who learn it. When a person masters T'ai chi, their body becomes impregnable to any weapon. But a side effect of mastering T'ai chi is that the person’s hair turns white by age thirty, and their voices attain a high tone. One such T'ai chi master is the villainous Chief Chin (Carter Wong) of the Chin Yin Chi clan. While students of the Lei Ping Kung Fu school go through an early morning training session, they witness two thugs from the Chin Yin Chi clan chase an old man and his daughter over the hill. The thugs start beating the helpless old man, much to the chagrin of his horrified daughter. The lead student, Ming Tu (Jack Long) interrupts the attack and warns the thugs to stop. Some other students get involved along with Ming Tu, and the thugs use some weapons on the students. Ming Tu manages to fight off the duo, but not before one of his fellow students is mortally wounded. The two thugs warn the students that the Chin Yin Chi clan will be back in force to kill them. Ming Tu escorts the old man and his daughter back to the Lei Ping school, where the wise master takes them under his protection.
Daughter of the Nile (1987)
, 1h31Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Jack Kao, Yonfan, Wu Nien-jen
Lin Hsiao-yang (Lin Yang), tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. Her mother and older brother are dead. Her father (Fu Sheng Tsui) works out of town. It's up to Lin Hsiao-yang to take care of her pre-teen sister, who has already begun to steal, and a brother (Jack Kao) who is a burglar and gang member.
Legend of the Mountain (1979)
, 3h4Directed by King Hu
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Actors Xu Feng, Sylvia Chang, Tien Feng
Ho, a young student, is responsible for translating Buddhist sutras which are said to have power over the creatures of the afterlife. He went to a monastery to fulfill its task. He meets strange people: Mr. Tsui and his friend Chang, a Chinese drum Melody player, an old washerwoman and a flutist.
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
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.
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
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.
One-Armed Boxer (1972)
, 1h29Directed by Jimmy Wang Yu
Origin Taiwan
Genres Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Jimmy Wang Yu, Blackie Ko
Tien Lung, the best fighter at the Ching Te martial arts school gets into a fight with the local Hook Gang at a restaurant where Tien Lung and his friends are dining. The Hook Gang are part of a local opium-dealing and prostitution ring run by a man named Chao and are rivals of the Ching Te school. The Ching Te school is the most prominent martial arts academy in town and controls the local clothes-dyeing and brick factories. In a quick battle, Tien and his friends easily defeat the Hook gang both in the restaurant and again later in the valley where they have a battle royale.
The Treasure Hunter (2009)
, 1h45Origin Taiwan
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Jay Chou, Lin Chi-ling, Eric Tsang, Will Liu, Wong Yat-fei
In the northwest desert where countless prosperous dynasties have flourished and fallen, there is a rumor that buried amongst the sand exists a tomb containing countless riches. A group of mysterious guardians have been guarding the map to the location of the treasure until a fierce rivalry erupts. A notorious international crime group, The Company, manage to hunt down the map keeper but not before he manages to pass the map to a young chivalrous man, Qiao Fei (Jay Chou).
Shaolin vs. Ninja (1983)
, 1h45Origin Taiwan
Genres Action
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Un maître shaolin se fait attaquer et enlever par des inconnus. Un homme qui s'est interposé, le grand prêtre, est gravement blessé mais réussi à avertir le frère du maître qu'une personne pourra l'aider le retrouver et lui donne le collier qu'il a arraché à l'un des kidnappeurs.
The Puppetmaster (1993)
, 2h22Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, War, Biography
Actors Vicky Wei
It tells the story of Li Tian-lu who becomes a master puppeteer but is faced with demands to turn his skills to propaganda during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan in World War II. This film is the second in Hou's trilogy of historical films that include A City of Sadness (1989) and Good Men, Good Women (1995).
The Skywalk Is Gone (2002)
, 25minutesDirected by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Lu Yi-Ching
Shiang-chyi has returned to Taipei from her trip to Paris. She goes to the skywalk where she first met Hsiao-kang, the salesman who sold her a watch, but some construction has taken place and the skywalk is gone. She stares at a large video screen for a while and then wanders around aimlessly. After crossing a street illegally, she is stopped by a police officer, who checks her ID card. Shiang-chyi then stops at a coffee shop for a short while. She realizes that her card is missing, so she goes back to the officer to ask if he still has it. He replies that he does not.
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
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).
Legend of the Sacred Stone (2000)
, 2h2Origin Taiwan
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Throughout the storyline within this movie film, 400 years within the past is where it is meant to be taking place. The story begins when a man by the name of Mo Kuei threatens the people to the extent that he will destroy all of Wulin, which had been the forest of residence for the warriors of Wulin. A certain sage by the name of Su Huan-jen had responded to this conflict by summoning three specific warriors from different schools of martial arts to assist him. These three warriors would then wait within ambush for Mo Kuei to gather his spiritual energy amongst the summit of the mountain. The story continues onward in which Lord Jian almost becomes sealed by certain protectors of Wulin. Many conflicts follow this in which Jian loses all of his powers and lusts to find the Sacred Stone to regain his powers.