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An old man with a limp, Khim-Hok, has depended on his wife over the years. They live in an old house on the urban fringe of Taipei. After his wife suddenly passes away, Khim-Hok puts her into an old freezer and goes on living a seemingly peaceful life. But their long-estranged son and his new partner suddenly appears, so Khim-Hok has to face his wife's death when the end finally comes.

After completing his training, an elite young assassin embarks on his first mission and is quickly ensnared in an intricate plot laid by powerful people pulling strings from the shadows. Upon failing to complete the assignment, he is forced to go on the run—from the government and rival assassin groups alike—as he seeks to unmask the players behind the conspiracy.

16-year-old teenager Leaf runs away from home, skipping classes and ending up in a peculiar place called City of Lost Things. There he meets Baggy, a 30-year-old plastic bag. Baggy never sees himself as just another piece of junk. He has a purpose in his life - to lead his tribe to flee City of Lost Things. But he needs the help from Leaf to fight the dreadful army of the Armors.

Аfter an accident Zheng gained the superpower to communicate with the still life

A Qing encounters the photographer Xiao Qi at the full moon banquet of the daughter of the big brother Ren Ge at the corner of the Beiguan. They fall in love with each other. But, sadly, they aren't able to stay together at the end.

The story follows Shanghai hitman Zhao as he prepares to retire. He receives two kill contracts, both to take place at the same time and the same location: but the target of one contract is the consignor of the other. In order to make up for a mistake he made long ago, Zhao decides to take on both contracts and to make a fortune for his salvation. But what awaits him is a huge and complex abyss.

The only child of the rich second generation, who loves to hide in the comfort zone. His only interest is in designing women's underwear, so he has the title of "Prince Bra". His comfortable life changed someday.

An upstanding young man commits a reckless act that ends in life changing tragedy. His doomed rival becomes his friend only to become his rival again.

Bincheng, norte de China, hoy en día. La policía vigila un área de mercado y finalmente arresta a una pandilla de falsificación de monedas dirigida por Jia Chao (Liu Tianzuo), quien hace un trato con la policía para ayudarlos a conseguir un falsificador más grande, el criminal internacional Nick. La operación convierte a un héroe local del detective rebelde Sun Dasheng (Wang Qianyuan).

Esta historia no lineal cuenta la historia de un hombre normal y corriente y las relaciones que vivió con tres mujeres distintas, centrándose en la noche que pasó con cada una de ellas.

A former basketball player bonds with a robber and becomes attracted to a dark lifestyle.

Lee Man (Aaron Kwok) es un artista de la falsificación que ha sido arrestado en Tailandia y extraditado a Hong Kong por la policía. Antes de ser juzgado llega a un acuerdo con Yuen Man (Zhang Jingchu), uno de los tesoros nacionales del país, por el cual deberá de desenmascarar a la persona que se encuentra tras el denominado "Pintor" (Chow Yun-fat), el líder de una banda que se dedica a falsificar billetes. Lee no tiene otro remedio que testificar para evitar ingresar en prisión, pero este hecho le lleva a sufrir una serie de amenazas por parte de las personas a las que está a punto de delatar.

A young man from a rural village travels a long way to meet his long-lost grandfather on his deathbed, only to find himself taking over the large triad enterprise his grandfather left behind, with hilarious results.

Cuando un antiguo amigo de Ren sale de la cárcel comienza una guerra de bandas sin cuartel por apoderarse de todo el territorio.

Two Wrongs Make a Right is a 2017 Chinese-Hong Kong romantic comedy film written and directed by Vincent Kok, starring Vic Chou, Fiona Sit and Ronald Cheng

Hsu Zi-qi, who raises parrots in her apartment, keeps getting wrong phone calls for someone named Johnny. Lee, the autistic son of Zi-qi’s landlady, reads old newspapers every day and wanders around. Handyman Feng, who works odd jobs around the apartment, feels disheartened and frustrated when his beloved car breaks down. The lives of these three lonely souls cross over when one of Zi-qi’s parrots escapes one day. Johnny is missing, but he’s hardly the only one lost in the urban jungle of Taipei.

Un restaurador de reliquias culturales descubre los esqueletos de bebés mientras trabaja en una antigua mansión. Los sangrientos acontecimientos del pasado arrastran a todos los que trabajan en el proyecto a un oscuro abismo.

A rebellious teen is reunited with her father, a small time Taipei gangster, causing him to question his life of crime.

Two escaped prisoners join one of the most powerful gangs in Shanghai, the Green Gang, as the right-hand men of the head boss Mr. Tang. When Mr. Tang tries to gain total control over business dealings in Shanghai, he discovers his closest allies are not who they seem and turns against his own men to protect his power.

Dos maestros de ajedrez están enredados en varios casos de asesinato relacionados con trasplantes de órganos. Un policía y psicólogo criminal Calvin Che tienen que trabajar juntos para encontrar el eslabón perdido, mientras enfrentan varios peligros.

Después de dilapidar su herencia, un adicto a los juegos de azar se hace amigo de una prostituta que decide ayudar a encontrar a su hija, evitando al mismo tiempo los gángsteres locales que quieren que pagar sus deudas.

Todos tienen secretos que mantienen ocultos, incluso de sus seres queridos. Cuando la esposa de Ouquan da a luz a un niño, Ouquan está seguro de que el niño no es suyo y sospecha que su esposa tiene una aventura amorosa. Él descubre que el otro hombre es un criminal injustamente encarcelado, que está al acecho de venganza y que no se detendrá ante nada para recuperar lo que ha perdido.

Ocean City, a sleepless financial metropolis where many speculators dream of gaining fame and fortune overnight but end up empty-handed. Among them is Ma Liang, an Olympic boxing champion who loses every penny in his pocket in a gambling scam. Meanwhile, Ye Lin, a good father who would do anything to save his terminally ill daughter, encounters a secret agent who gives him a mission to reverse his daughter's destiny. Indulging in the never-ending games of power and money, humans are totally unaware of a looming nuclear war crisis that would lead to the annihilation of mankind! The mysterious heroic legend Jack commands his top disciple Johnny Malone with extraordinary measures to stop the intertwined financial rivalry, underworld feud and terrorist attack, in a hope to turn war into peace. Can Jack save the world from apocalypse with his bare hands?

Durante la Revolución China a finales de los años 40, tres parejas huyen de la China continental hacia la isla de Taiwan. Una historia épica basada en el trágico hundimiento en enero de 1949 de un ferry que causó la muerte de más de 1500 personas.

Cuando un antiguo policía, reconvertido en dueño de bar, traba amistad con una borracha a la hora de cerrar, poco podría imaginarse que se convertirían en el objetivo del antiguo amante de ella, un poderoso abogado de Hong Kong, y de los matones que contrata.

Xiong, un gángster taiwanés, sale de prisión cuando una pandilla rival liderada por un hombre despiadado busca expandir su territorio para un trato comercial.

Tras la salida de uno de sus miembros de la cárcel, cuatro estrafalarios delincuentes planean el golpe de sus vidas: hacerse pasar por policías para robar a una organización que transporta dinero dentro de cadáveres.

A bachelor who decides to propose to his girlfriend with his mother's ring only to have the ring accidentally knocked into the gutter by a boy. He experiences the crazy nightlife in Taipei and meets many interesting individuals throughout his mission to get the ring back.

Fan Ruyi, a detective, finds himself framed after getting a top secret mission. Along the way he meets a blind performer and a powerful warlord's daughter that further complicates his quest to clear his name.

Durante la Revolución China a finales de los años 40, tres parejas huyen de la China continental hacia la isla de Taiwan. Una historia épica basada en el trágico hundimiento en enero de 1949 de un ferry que causó la muerte de más de 1500 personas.

En un rincón de la ciudad todo el mundo se ha convertido en un zombi. Después de que el novio de Jenny murirera durante el ataque de unos zombies, la joven tendrá que sorevivir enfrentándose a las adversidades. Con tal de seguir viva se aferra a Andy, quien le ayuda a escapar del peligro. El profesor de química se transforma por completo tras convertirse en un zombi, por lo que la persona amable y cariñosa se convierte en un ser despiadado. Los activistas deciden luchar contra los zombis en una batalla que enfrentará a estas criaturas con lo únco bueno que queda de la humanidad.

After relocating to New York, former lovers feel the pull of romance once again.

My Lucky Star is a 2013 Chinese romance film directed by Dennie Gordon and starring Zhang Ziyi and Leehom Wang. The film also serves as a prequel to the 2009 film Sophie's Revenge.

Cuenta la historia de Fai, antiguo campeón del mundo de boxeo que se topa de forma inesperada con Qi, un jóven muchacho decidido a ganar un combate de boxeo. Fai se convertirá a partir de ese momento en su mentor, y redescubrirá de ese modo su pasión por la lucha, no únicamente dentro del ring.

The boss played by Hong Jiantao is a "vulnerable man" who eats soft food. He lives in a bungalow and drives a luxury car. He looks like a wealthy man. In fact, these are all "countries" created by his wife. After the two experienced a seven-year itch, their marriage gradually broke down. Hong Jiantao secretly took Xiaosan outside, but was discovered by his wife, who hired a private detective to take pictures of the two men's affair, in order to coerce him to "cleanse and leave the house." In order to prevent his wife from grabbing the handle, Hong Jiantao hired a thief to steal the evidence from his wife. As a result, the thief was caught by the police during the theft, and the divorce that could have settled down became more and more troublesome in the end...

Set in Shanghai, the film revolves around a series of funny stories following a policeman named Liu Meili as he infiltrates a group of gangsters.

S.H.E's Ella Chen (New Perfect Two) joins hands with screen heartthrob Mike He (Love Keeps Going) in Bad Girls! Ella plays spunky high-school girl A-Dan, who, along with her best friends Pei Pei ("otaku's goddess" Da Yuan) and Xiao Mi (Beatrice Fang), forms the notoriously prone-to-violence trio known as the "Bad Girls". She takes it upon herself to deal out justice, protect other girls from bullies, and, most importantly, punish the insufferable boys. This summer, young popular idol Justin (Mike He) comes to A-Dan's school to shoot his latest romantic movie, and that makes the girls in town crazy. But it is the nonchalant A-Dan who, by pure chance of fate, accidentally crashes into the filming lot, and is assigned the female lead role opposite the arrogant Justin! There is a problem - she has no prior romantic experience at all..

Qiao Renliang plays the leading role of Peng Da, a rag collector who accidentally becomes the manager of a luxury hotel. Lam Suet portrays Peng Da's best friend Long.

A policeman, who is fearless to death, can do anything for just one truth, while a gangster, who fears death the most, has drew life threats from his risky action all for love. One policeman and one gangster can be great partners that you have never imagined. Somehow, rescue of the world now is entirely relying on the partners. Within 36 hours, they must resolve the crisis that could destroy the Harbor City...

A virus gets loose in Taipei Army and SWAT teams oversee evacuation but in Ximending the gangs don't want the police They attack the military but when both find themselves under attack by zombies there is an alliance as they try and escape.

A comedic crime drama starring Echoes of the Rainbow actor Simon Yam. In Coming Back, which was shot in Mandarin, Yam plays a painter who restores art to increse its value. He’s also a father of an estranged daughter struggling with two personalities, one dark and one light, reflected in the alternately black and pink socks Yam brought to his screen costumes.

Blending modern techno music with traditional Buddhist ceremonial dance on the big screen, The Spin Kid is one young man's redemptive journey from alleyway punk to dance floor pioneer.

10+10 is a project initiated by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival to demonstrate the solidarity between Taiwanese film-makers. 20 directors are invited to make a 5-minute short film each on the theme of the “Uniqueness of Taiwan,” but allowed total freedom in all other aspects.

Yang Ruyi (32), a fashion magazine photographer, lives with her elder sister Yang Ruxing (33), a rational, introverted detective fiction author. Ruyi has inadvertently photographed a couple making madly passionately love. Few days later in a shopping center not far from her home, she finds the woman already married, leading a child and is with a different man. Ruyi shares her secret with Ruxing who is suffering from writer's block. The two sisters begin to observe the couple; gradually Ruxing even writes some of her observations into her novel, without letting Ruyi knows it. Late one night, Ruyi views two people are arguing, but as she picks up her camera to photograph she can only see two vague, dark outlines wrestling one another; Ruyi calls the police but upon arriving, nothing seems out of order. Ruyi is convinced she has mistaken nothing; she enlarges the photo and discovers a third outline looks pretty much like her older sister...

Kai (Jack Yao), who works at his parent's noodle shop by day and spends his nights in a bookstore to learn French, decides to go to Paris after his girlfriend, who recently left for Paris, dumps him by phone. Then the local neighborhood mafia boss offers Kai a free plane ticket to Paris if he takes a mysterious package with him.

A woman acquires a box with a seal made of white jade, it is rumored that the box belonged to the first Chinese emperor. She journeys to Hong Kong in an attempt to sell the artifact.

Moody, atmospheric ghost story starring Mason as a retired tradesman who purchases an old mansion that has been vacant for 40 years because it is believed to be haunted by the spirit of a young woman who had died there. Unaware of the mansion's reputation, Mason and his wife Mullen move in and hire a young woman, Lockwood, to keep house. Soon after Lockwood's arrival, strange things begin to happen in the household, and it becomes apparent that she is possessed by the spirit of the dead girl, though Mason scoffs at the idea. On death's door and bedridden, Lockwood asks for the same doctor who treated the woman who died 40 years ago. He arrives and treats her. The next morning Lockwood is cured, and it is revealed by the police that the doctor's dead body was found in his carriage hours before the time Mason claims he arrived to see Lockwood. Convinced that not only the ghost of the girl but that of the doctor as well entered his home, Mason finally believes in the supernatural.

A father can have many different kinds of faces. Which one does your father have? This is a film of ten short stories, and each shows a different relationship between a father and his son. Each story reveals the complexity between fathers and sons.

A shameful period in Taiwanese history provides the backdrop for this emotional drama from writer and director Yonfan (aka Yang Fan). In 1949, in the wake of the 228 Incident (in which anti-government protesters launched a rebellion that was violently put down by authorities), Taiwan came under martial law, and through much of the 1950s brutal reprisals against suspected communists were commonplace. During the years of the "White Terror," thousand of supposed dissidents were killed, imprisoned or simply disappeared at the hands of the military police.

Ming (Richie Jen) es el mejor tirador en el alto cargo de policia, pero detras de la leyenda se esconde un oscuro pasado, el ex compañero y tirador Ching (Huang Xiaoming) que fue encarcelado por matar a un rehén y que acaba de ser puesto en libertad. Con la venganza en su mente su primer objetivo tras salir de la carcel es dar con Ming del cual cree que es el verdadero causante de su encierro. (FILMAFFINITY)

Nick (Jackie Chan) es un inmigrante chino, que ha entrado ilegalmente en Japón en busca de su novia y de un futuro mejor. Al principio, malvive explotado junto a otros compatriotas con los que arriesga su vida y su libertad a cambio de un mísero salario. Al descubrir, por azar, que su novia es ahora la esposa de un jefe Yakuza, decide entrar en el mundo del crimen organizado convirtiéndose en poco tiempo, con la ayuda del jefe Yakuza a quién casualmente salva la vida, en un auténtico líder, aprendiendo como sobrevivir en un mundo donde la corrupción, el asesinato y las luchas internas entre las distintas mafias, ponen constantemente a prueba su liderazgo y sus principios.

A woman who is mourning the love of her life falls into a relationship with a mysterious stranger.

An action-adventure story focused on the lives of express deliverymen, traffic cops and lonely beauties.

On Mother's Day in Taipei, Chen Mo makes a date for dinner with his wife, hoping to bring their estranged relationship back together. While buying a cake on his way home, a car unexpectedly double parks next to his car, preventing his exit.

Three best friends who are barely getting by as fishermen seek their fate in 1930s Shanghai. Upon arriving in the bustling city, the naïve trio gradually find their innocence corrupted as they fall into the deepest depths of the criminal underworld.

A professional hand model Ching suffers from post-natal depression and her architect husband Hsuing is unable to deal with it, driving their marriage to the brink of collapse.

A couple is torn by conflicting emotions. Jing and Mi are two women living in Taiwan who have been lovers for some time; Jin is a singer in a rock band who suffers from severe mood swings and has been suffering from a fractured relationship with her mother, while Mi is the more sedate and level-headed of the couple.

Several residents of a Taipei apartment complex try to sort out their tangled romances in this Taiwanese drama helmed by Ming-Tai Wang. Hair stylist Angel can't get her aloof beau, Alan, to commit to their relationship -- a problem that escalates when Alan's first love moves in next door. Meanwhile, he's also having a fling with a middle-aged Mafia mistress who lives in the building.

A woman falls in love with two different girls, both singers - one in Shanghai during the late 1940s, the other in Taiwan during the late 1950s.

A former Judo champion is given the chance to redeem himself after he befriends a competitor and an aspiring singer.

In the Taiwanese capital of Taipei, the taboo of sex is racing through everyone's minds: a kindergarten teacher is a party animal at night, a sex-addicted hairstylist seduces anyone she can, a cyber angel hungers for various sexual relationships, and a lesbian swears to protect the women of the world. In their lives the questions of sex, love, and the game of romance plays through their minds, but will the answers ever come?

Vicky es una joven con el corazón dividido entre dos hombres, Hao-hao y Jack. Por las noches, trabaja como relaciones públicas en una discoteca para ayudar a ambos. Hao-hao la vigila constantemente: controla las cuentas, las facturas de teléfono, los mensajes de su móvil e incluso su olor, para descubrir lo que ha hecho en su ausencia. Ella ya no le puede soportar y huye, pero Hao-hao la encuentra y le pide que vuelva. Entre tanto, Jack invierte en diferentes negocios; su manía de recibir con los brazos abiertos a todos los que necesitan ayuda, le causa algún problema que otro. Vicky ya se ha refugiado dos veces en su casa. Se establece entre ellos una relación más íntima, que podría conducir a una relación más estrecha o a una sólida amistad.

Hong Kong, en la actualidad. Un joven espabilado se convierte en guardaespaldas para conseguir dinero rápido. Pronto se hace amigo del que una vez fuera un mercenario desilusionado y que está decidido a comenzar una nueva vida junto a la mujer con la que se acaba de casar. A pesar de que los hombres casualmente trabajan juntos para desbaratar los planes de un intento de asesinato, su amistad no durará mucho tiempo, pues de una manera gradual y bajo circunstancias incontrolables, sin darse cuenta se verán empujados hacia partes opuestas de una confrontación mortal.

The film consists of three stories: One about a 5-year-old girl, one about a teenager, and still another about a 30 something woman involved in an affair with a married man. Without providing a definite answer whether the three leading actresses are playing the same person in different stages of life, the movie instead hovers on several consistent themes that keep on emerging in all the stories. For example, the image of drops of blood on the clothes, in the shape of maroon flowers.

Burned by the desire to avenge her dead boyfriend, a Japanese woman learns to shoot a gun, and goes after the local Mafia in Taiwan. Mizuno Miki excels in her role as the grieving and estranged, then vengeful and cold-blooded foreigner.

Choong's title is secret agent, but in reality, his duties are limited to ferrying and running errands for Hong Kong agents when they come to Taiwan - hardly the stuff of "Mission Impossible". Until one day, when an assignment to help two Hong Kong police officers find a missing girl turns into a wild goose chase for $30 million of loot involving Hong Kong top assassins and Taiwan's most powerful triads.

On the eve of her wedding, Hitomi loses her fiance Tatsuya to a car accident. She travels to Hong Kong seeking solace and meets undercover cop Karbo — a dead ringer for Tatsuya. The duo is forced to take it on the lam when a corrupt colleague frames Karbo, and Hitomi soon finds herself torn between her love for Tatsuya and her blossoming feelings for her fellow fugitive.

King, the Con Man, is regarded as the successor of God of Gamblers.Dragon opts for gambling and approaches King, hoping to learn gambling tricks from him. They really take to each other and become good partners. On a gambling ship, King meets Ma Kau Man, the grand gambling banker who can affect results of every soccer match and horse race and San Ken, a laughing tiger, who plots to make use of King's talent for gambling to take over Ma's casino business......

Filme centrado en las relaciones entre cortesanas y hombres poderosos en el marco de suntuosos burdeles de Shanghai en 1880.

Adicto al trabajo y perfeccionista, el inspector Pao se identifica con Mak, un criminal ocasional que piensa usar sus explosivos para dar un golpe de 10 millones de dólares. Pao deberá usar sus propios medios para detener a Mak y evitar graves daños colaterales.

In this portrait of small-time hoods rendered in rhythm-of-life anecdotal detail, Gao is the leader of a circle of layabouts including his sidekick, Flathead, and their girlfriends, Pretzel and Ling. He is also the originator of petty crime schemes, which promise to get the gang nowhere fast.

In this portrait of small-time hoods rendered in rhythm-of-life anecdotal detail, Gao is the leader of a circle of layabouts including his sidekick, Flathead, and their girlfriends, Pretzel and Ling. He is also the originator of petty crime schemes, which promise to get the gang nowhere fast.

The Organized Crime Bureau investigates a ring of drug dealers from Taiwan. After losing the life of an undercover cop and $5,000,000 in borrowed drug money Chow and Lee pursue the drug dealer to Taiwan. Chow is caught and pretends to be a Hong Kong drug dealer. With Chow on the inside and Lee on the outside they are lead to the big finale.

Popular Hong Kong actress Sharla Cheung actually produced two versions of this romantic seriocomedy -- starring in the second one, Romantic Dream -- and they both played theaters in the same month. Jacklyn Wu stars as Kitty, a beautiful and wealthy woman who becomes the ideal love of Cheung Kar-shing (Tony Leung), an inventor who participates in illegal road races in his spare time. Their relationship blossoms into romance, but when Kitty's father goes into hiding and leaves behind over ten million dollars in unpaid debt, she leaves Hong Kong without telling Cheung where she's going. Shortly thereafter, Cheung strikes it rich when he is paid ten million dollars by a Japanese computer firm for a chip he has invented, but money does little to relieve his aching despair in Kitty's absence.

Una joven actriz, Liang Ching, es perseguida por un hombre anónimo que le llama repetidamente, aunque después no habla. Él ha robado su diario, y le manda por fax sus páginas a diario. Al mismo tiempo, Liang ensaya para una película de rodaje inminente.

Taiwanese drama film.

The lives of three young Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles.

Five cops work and get on each other's nerves during a hot summer. Tak is a gambler, too much so for his girlfriend to risk marriage. Daddy, a single father, is harsh with his son who reminds him of the woman who abandoned them. Monk is mercurial, talkative, a show-off. Kong, a steady family man, keeps the peace. Sam is new, hoping to fit in and make it as a cop. Three brutal and murderous robbers are on the loose, and so is a former soldier, embittered over the loss of his pension, using very real bombs to extort what's due him. It's a dangerous job, and the cops must watch each other's back, regardless of their personal problems.

Kiba is a bodyguard who works to raise money for his master's karate dojo. He gets the assignment to guard a young woman in Taipei...

A duel between two master swordsmen for the hand of a beautiful young maiden leads to a 20-year-old grudge that proves deadly. One of the swordsmen’s, Pai Fukuo’s, son is kidnapped and raised by the rival swordsman, who tell him his real parents were murdered by Pai Fukuo. The child grows up and seeks revenge on Pai Fukuo, whom he believes has murdered his “real” parents, not knowing that Pai Fukuo is his true father. A modern swordplay reinterpretation of the Wang Yu classic One-Armed Swordsman.

A group of young Taipei residents is drawn into the city’s underworld through the growing obsession of one, the boyish Ah-feng, for the sexy Cantonese mistress of a gang boss.

He-Born to Kill is a Taiwanese Action-Drama starring Alex Man

A young Taiwanese man after being released from prison starts his life as a gangster. He goes to Hong Kong to do some business with the Triads.

A-Guo and A-Dou are two teenagers living in an industrial town in Taiwan, who fight, loaf, and cause trouble all day and hang out with Jie, a young gangster. When Jie's gangland patron is gunned down, the trio set out to revenge the killing. As a result, the two teens are forced into hiding.

Dolly, a lovely, adorable little girl from the mountain region. Due to the death of her parents, she was sent to her parents' friend, Mrs. Chu's care. When Dolly and her mini pig playmate, Guava, first came to Taipei, they brought a great change in the life of the Chu family and created a series of thrilling amusing incidents. One day, Papa Chu brought Guava to the office but negligently lost it. When Dolly heard that Guava got lost, she was very sad and decided to leave home to search for Guava. In order to help Dolly, Chu Pi, Papa Chu's son, called his buddies to join Dolly in the search of Guava. An interesting, worrying search journey by a group of children began...

A story of a girl haunted by the ghost of her mother, after witnessing her murder.

Explores the relationship of a mother and daughter, both of whom are embittered by their lives.

El inspector Wei Wang se hace pasar por convicto para entrar de incógnito en una prisión y así poder investigar la muerte de su maestro. Pero allí lo que descubre es que los funcionarios corruptos del presidio ocultan la muerte de algunos internos. Allí la existencia es una pesadilla, y la salud física y mental de Wei comienza a correr peligro.

Las tribulaciones de una familia en Taiwán -el padre y sus cuatro hijos-, tras la violenta represión china acontecida en febrero de 1947. Primera parte de la trilogía de la historia de Taiwan realizada por Hsiao-hsien Hou. Las siguientes entregas serían "The Puppetmaster" (1993) y "Good Men, Good Women" (1995).

In this drama, the harsh treatment of women in Chinese society is examined and subtly commented upon as it tells the tale of an impoverished woman living in Shanghai, circa 1910 who tries to support her brother and sister-in-law. A marriage to a wealthy man is arranged for her, and reluctantly she endures it, even though she does not love the man who is as cruel as he is wealthy. His mother is also brutally unkind to her. She then has a son, but her struggles are not over when her husband dies and only leaves her a modest inheritance. Her wretched life has made her bitter, and so she begins making her son suffer as she die; she also becomes addicted to opium.

Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and her father currently working out of town, it is up to Lin Hsiao-yang to take care of her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.