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Start It Up is the story of “Jia” and “Liang,” two best friends from two different worlds. After a life-changing accident, Jia, a carefree young man who has never worked a day in his life, must learn to run his parents’ restaurant. With the help of Liang, a Chinese exchange student who wants to prove to his family that he can take care of himself, he embarks on a journey of entrepreneurial proportions, especially when the restaurant is unexpectedly taken over by a famous chef who is no stranger to Liang. The path to conquer the cooking competition is much more than an international race to create epic dishes. Together, Jia and Liang must endure a difficult learning curve and overcome obstacles as losing is not an option.
In 1949, the Communists take over mainland. The refugees and the military arrive in the Keelung Harbor in Taiwan. While the father holds secret meetings with other generals in attempt to recover the lost land, the kids still play games with their grandma who still enjoys the harmony and peace in hardship. Gradually, it seems that there was no hope to fight back the fatherland. The general turned father has to run a small business to support the family. He encounters a series of struggles. And finally his kids grow up.
A car accident on a curvy road with a history of death is just the beginning of a woman's horror story.
Lo Wen (Chin Han) is enamored of his college sweetheart Xiao Yu (Brigitte Lin), and the two wish to get married as soon as they possibly can. But Lo Wen's uncle and Xiao Yu's parents are opposed to an immediate union, both thinking that the couple is too young to properly make a life for themselves. Determined to prove the adults wrong, the young couple create their "House of Love", a cheap home the two plan to renovate into their dream residence. They plan to get part-time jobs and make their own way in the world, but the going is tougher than they imagined. Can two young lovers make it in the real world without the help or support of their families?
This film depicts the conflict between the West and Eastern culture, the Northern and Southern ways of life and the traditional and modern concepts. It consists of six stories.
Feng Second Grandma
In Chinese folklore a white snake symbolizes a woman, especially an evil type of woman, while a black bull typifies a man, robust, strong and virile. "Black Bull and White Snake", a film version of Young Nien-ts'u's best-selling novel of the same title, is exactly about a white snake-woman, having been sold into prostitution at an early age, is rescued by a black bull of a man only to fall back into the gutter again. A production from the Grand Motion Picture Company, "Black Bull and White Snake" stars Chiang Ching and newcomer Tien Yeh.
Have no other info than it was part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.
