Lin Chih-ju

Lin Chih-ju

Birth : 1961-01-26, Hsinchu, Taiwan

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Lin Chih-ju

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Right Jabs
It’s supposed to be an energetic morning, but Zhe, a real estate agent, feels suffocated and oppressed. With nowhere to go, he heads to a house that he can’t sell and calls for an escort, unexpectedly opening up new possibilities for both of them.
Scamsgiving
Jason and his mother, Yun, make big bucks together in Chinatown swindling money out of people since Jason was little. Along with the grocery store owner Andy who took them in since Jason was a baby, they decide to do one last big job. Their target is Mrs. Apple, the founder of Tao Lin, a world renowned porcelain company. Jason pretends to be that rich old granny's long lost grandson, and Mrs. Apple insists on bringing Jason back to Taiwan, so that Jason can officially reclaim his heritage. In Mrs. Apple's extravagant house, these foreigners start role-playing to infiltrate the Zong Family. Jason starts to feel the warmth of being a part of a family that he has never felt before. This has greatly affected Team America's plan, the three of them start to blame and fight each other. Their cover is about to be exposed, but somehow the truth of Jason's family mystery is revealed..
Coo-Coo 043
The sound of wings reverberates through the air. In the murky half-light, race pigeon 043 has finally returned after seven years. The family's barely-maintained peace after their son's missing is shattered by 043's return, as the daughter brings a street boy home. Things begin to change gradually, so do the people. In the aftershock of the storm, what course should the wounded follow?
The Last Shot
Cock
Middle-aged A-San, who has been single for many years, finally feels his heart beating again. But he is hesitant in taking action and asking out Yu-lian. His best friend is someone who has always been on his side and has never abandoned him, but can’t take his celibacy anymore. This friend is his penis. His soft, flaccid penis turns into a human. He swears to God that he will turn his loser life around and get laid. So A-San and his penis duke it out for control of sense and sensibility.
Goddamned Asura
Village chief
On his 18th birthday, Jan Wen shoots randomly at the crowds in a night market for unknown reasons. The tragic incident causes a strong impact on the lives of his family and friends, the victims and the witnesses. However, if there was a chance for them to make different choices, would the tragedy still happen? Will it be a different outcome if they all changed their behaviour at the crucial moment?
Till We Meet Again
Mi's Father
Ah-lun is struck dead by lightning, and when he goes to the underworld, he has no memory of his previous life. After training, Ah-lun takes on the job of god of love. He teams up with Pinky and binds countless men and women together with red strings while trying to find out what happened to him with the strong deja vu he has. Day by day, Ah-lun finds out that his biggest task is to tie this red string on the love of his life Xiao-mi with someone else and that will separate them for eternity.
Treat or Trick
Chou Tsai Hsing
Feng, a corrupted police officer, ordered to retrieve the diamonds within 48hrs, arrives at a remote village, following the mobile signal of his partner Chiang who stole the diamonds from the gang. While Feng and his men try to find Chiang in the village, they encounter the locals who seem naive but suspicious, and a ghost full of stories. Remake of a renowned Korean film To Catch A Virgin Ghost (2004).
Islander
Grandfather
A paid supporter and his grandson came from the south to visit his only son, a long-detained political prisoner. "My son, do not forget me." The prisoner' roar is the most reactionary appeal under the peaceful new political power.
Man in Love
Wang
A debt collector strikes a deal with a debt-ridden woman struggling to care for her ailing father: he will take care of her bills if she agrees to date him.
A Leg
Wang Qian
“Leg” follows the journey of a wife who battles to keep her husband’s body intact after he dies of a leg amputation.
Your Name Engraved Herein
Old Lonely Man in Park
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.
Dear Orange
Editor
Dear Orange
Director
A Sun
Oden Senior
A family of four fractures under the weight of unmet expectations, unexpected tragedy, and uncompromising pride.
A Family Tour
Taxi Driver D
A mainland Chinese filmmaker, exiled to Hong Kong for her politically-charged work, reunites with her mother on a trip to Taiwan.
Loser Family
The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful
County Mayor
Madame Tang colludes and mediates between the government and the private businesses for the benefits of her all-female family. One case does not go according to plan, and an entire family close to Madame Tang fall victim to a gruesome murder. Ambition, desire and lust eventually change Tang's relationships with her own family forever.
The Losers
Tian-jin
A man chooses to leave the city and goes back to his hometown in the countryside. However, he finds that his dream of being a farmer is shattered as the property developers have flocked into this small town in Southern Taiwan. Consequently, the farmland is taken over by holiday homes and villas, which not only look incongruous in the landscape but have destroyed the serenity. A woman who left home lives in one of the villas. She has been trapped in the house both physically and mentally until she meets the man. Their encounter is about to change everything…
Hotel Blackcat
The Hotel Blackcat's owner, Mang, never leaves the counter. Guests include the immigrant worker, whore, losing-job Japanese, sex-abused man, little Lolita.... The police forces the Hotel to shut down and all guests must leave. What should they do? It's not necessary to lock each room anymore. Keep the door open, you'll find out traces imprinted with figures as well as times.
17th Entrance
Fu – Old
Lao Rongmin Zhao Xueping and high school night school student A Hong both visit Taipei and spent a strange day. These two people, from time to time lives intersect, until the sun sets, they finally meet in the corner of the city, stirring up the spark of suspense, and then more than half a century of hidden beautiful love.
Juliets
Lo's father (segment "Two Juliets")
A triptych reinterpreting Shakespeare's classic character Juliet. The three stories are directed by 3 different directors; Juliet's Choice (By Hou Chi Jan), Two Juliets (By Shen Ko Shang), and Another Juliet (By Chen Yu Hsun) Juliet's Choice : In the 70's, Ju worked in a printing store where a boy with a banned article changes her life. Two Juliets : Mei is told that in the 80's, a woman faked insanity to be locked up just to wait for her lover. Another Juliet : In 2010, "Juliet" tries to commit suicide but a TV commercial crew gets in the way.....
Cannot Live Without You
Producer
A down and out man and his daughter live in an illegal hovel. The two live a happy peaceful life until the authorities intervene when the child reaches school age.
Cannot Live Without You
A down and out man and his daughter live in an illegal hovel. The two live a happy peaceful life until the authorities intervene when the child reaches school age.
The Wall
Director
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 she got married to her husband, A-yi, the village glassblower. A-zhen was very curious about the mystery surrounding the wall in her house. So, one day, she decided to investigate the real secret behind the wall.
The Wall
Editor
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 she got married to her husband, A-yi, the village glassblower. A-zhen was very curious about the mystery surrounding the wall in her house. So, one day, she decided to investigate the real secret behind the wall.
Désincarnation
Director
A Hakka singer who desires to complete her dream, and an aboriginal woman who wants to break free and a Hakka forensic personnel who has the deepest secret in her heart. These three women are standing out for the Hakka people who are facing difficulties in life.. And the story is about the process that they find for themselves. However, the story starts from two suicide cases.
Kongfu Kids
Assistant Director
The Brave Young Generation
A Shaw Brothers production that was filmed in Taiwan