Tu Duu-chih

Tu Duu-chih

Nacimiento : 1955-04-05, Taipei, Taiwan

Historia

Tu Duu-chih (Chinese: 杜篤之, Born in 1955 in Taipei), Tu was trained in 1973 as a sound engineer in the Film Technicians Training Program conducted by Central Motion Pictures Corporation. In 1978 he was hired by CMPC as assistant sound engineer, thus began his career in film and has been responsible for the sound recording, editing and mixing of many of the ‘Taiwanese New Wave’ works. He has been one of the leading sound technicians in the Taiwan film industry since the 1980s, and was instrumental in the sound engineering for the filmmakers of the "Taiwan New Wave." He has been involved in the majority of Taiwanese films that have garnered international critical acclaim. He worked for HOU Hsiao-Hsien(侯孝賢) in "City of Sadness,"(悲情城市) "The Puppetmaster,"(戲夢人生) "Good Men, Good Women,"(好男好女) "Flowers of Shanghai,"(海上花) "Millennium Mambo," and “Kohi Jikou”(咖啡時光). His works for Edward YANG include "That Day, On the Beach," (海灘的一天) "Taipei Story," (青梅竹馬) "The Terrorizer," (恐怖份子) "A Brighter Summer Day," (牿嶺街少年殺人事件) "A Confusion, Confusion," (獨立時代) "Mahjong," (麻將) and "A One and a Two." (一一) His other important works include "A Borrowed Life," (多桑directed by WU Nien-Jen吳念真) "The Peach Blossom Land," (暗戀桃花源 directed by Stan LAI賴聲川) "In the Mood for Love," (花樣年華directed by WONG Kar Wai王家衛) and "What Time is it There?" (你那邊幾點directed by TSAI Ming-Liang蔡明亮). Tu received the Prix du Jury a Un Technicien for "Millennium Mambo" and "What Time is it There?" at the Cannes Film Festival in 2001.

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Tu Duu-chih

Películas

Heaven and Hell
Sound Director
The movie tells the story of a restaurant owner (played by Duan Yihong) who's chased after the murderer of his son for seven years. On the way, he met a young man (played by Shi Pengyuan) with a complicated background. Amidst suspicion and temptation, the relationship between the two began moving in an unexpected direction.
Sleep with Your Eyes Open
Sound
Con el corazón roto, Kai llega de vacaciones desde Taiwán a Recife. Hace calor y el aire acondicionado del hotel donde se hospeda no funciona. Kai conoce a Fu Ang, dueño de un negocio de paraguas. Fu Ang le presta una llave inglesa con la que podría arreglar el desperfecto técnico. Fu Ang también podría convertirse en su amigo, pero la temporada de lluvias no llega y tanto la tienda de paraguas como su dueño desaparecen subrepticiamente. Mientras trata de dar con él por distintos lugares de Recife, Kai descubre la historia de Xiaoxin y un grupo de trabajadores chinos que vivieron en el rascacielos más elegante de la ciudad. Kai se encuentra extrañamente reflejada en la historia de Xiaoxin.
All Shall Be Well
Sound
When her partner Pat unexpectedly dies, Angie is left to worry about the flat in which the couple lived together for over 30 years. Supported by her chosen family, Angie begins a later-life journey into emancipation.
Kids
Sound Designer
The Horse
Sound Designer
On the brink of moving away, Jing stands in front of the entrance of a room. As she struggles to step into the room and pack, a horse unexpectedly appears in the apartment.
Be With Me
Sound
This is a story of reminiscence, remembering my long-deceased Grandpa. To remember is to transcend, therefore it’s a story of time and space, overlapped and intertwined. It’s also a quest of love and work, a spiritual and emotional journey; and through which values are re-examined and life reaffirmed.
A Boy and a Girl
Sound
In a declining small town, an idle boy encounters a heartbroken girl. Trying to escape, they devise a secret plan and set off for a one-way journey.
Snow in Midsummer
Sound
For 49 years, Ah Eng and Dou E were trapped in the "513" timeline. In 1969, post-election tensions gripped Kuala Lumpur when the Cantonese street opera "Snow in June" showcased Dou E, portrayed by the troupe master. Amid a riot, Ah Eng and her mother sought refuge with the troupe, losing contact with her brother and father. In 2018, Ah Eng returned to Kuala Lumpur and unexpectedly encountered "Dou E" at the cemetery.
BIG
Supervising Sound Editor
Film set at the Pediatric Oncology Ward.
Come Back, My Child
Sound
This documentary tracks three elderly women from Taiwan, China and the US who are drawn together by the bound they develop with inmates of a maximum-security prison in New York.
See You at the Rally
Supervising Sound Editor
This film is a film about the relationship between Chou Ta-Long and his son Dong, the transformation and growth of the decadent father's attitude towards life. Jun, a genius rally driver who has just been released from jail, accidentally comes into their life. A new journey is about to start. The spirit of rally is persistence and determination. This time, can they overcome the obstacles and finish the game? It’s a life story about family, friendship and redemption.
Workers The Movie
Sound Director
Abang Adik
Sound
Abang and Adi are undocumented orphans living in present-day Malaysia. While the older brother, a deaf mute, has resigned himself to a life of poverty, his younger sibling burns with indignation. A brutal accident upsets the fragile balance of their relationship.
Where the Wind Blows
Sound Designer
In the 70's, Hong Kong Independent Commission Against Corruption(HKICAC) was founded. The mission to hunt down corrupted detectives unveiled a new chapter of the colonial Hong Kong. Lui Lok (Aaron Kwok) and Nam Kong (Tony Leung) who used to be two rightous police officers wanted to change the status quo. They built an empire of corruption by controlling organized crimes and eventually took the position of Chief Chinese Detective. However, power struggle has always been the cause of chaos between the triad and police. Lui Lok’s wife, Tsai Zhen (Du Juan) was targetted by the triad for helping her husband in gaining his position. Even the most loyal detectives Fat-Bee (Michael Chow) and Yim Hung (Patrick Tam), almost turned their backs to Lui Lok. A new episode of history has begun when HKICAC issued the wanted notices for Lui Lok and Nam Kong. Their era has officially come to an end. Where the wind blows, Hong Kong is no longer where it used to be.
Lost in the Forest
Sound
Asheng, once a gang member of the Zhongshan District, was sent to jail for 12 years after saving his friend Shaou. He is released and returns to Linsen North Road, his old turf, finding it familiar yet perplexing after being away for so many years. Shaou is now a mob boss with his own turf. When the son of Seagull’s patron, Mr. Xiao, is murdered, the evidence points to up-and-coming mobster Monkey. Shauo tries to ambush Monkey and fails, getting shot by the drugged up gangster instead. Asheng, who initially refused to help Shaou, is now filled with rage and decides to avenge his friend.
Welcome Home
Sound
This is a short film about women with a great influence in a Chinese family. In this mother-and-daughter relationship hides a cycle of love, life and hurting each other.
Girls, be ambitious!
Sound Designer
Aspiring AV actresses Liz Ai Ai and Berry fail to break into the industry and somehow end up joining a wrestling club, where they use their AV-style “special moves” to rise to superstardom. Starring Kimi HSIA, Gemma WU and Tiara HUANG, with stunts directed by Japanese wrestling promotion Stardom, this is a comedy about the struggles and tears behind the pursuit of dreams.
Coo-Coo 043
Sound Designer
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?
GAGA
Supervising Sound Editor
The tribal village gets misty in September, letting out an atmosphere as intriguing as Hayung's family in this autumn-winter season. After Hayung's homeland was occupied, one 80-year-old man devoted his whole life to worshipping GAGA. The traditions were forgotten by his descendants after his passing... The Hayung's family represented indigenous families in Taiwan. Each tribe represents a withering big family. The eldest son Pasang joins in the election campaign, neglecting the opposition from his family. The second son, who is a farmer, is thus affected. After the election campaign, the entire family is on the verge of falling apart, and the village witnesses the snow for the first time in a very long time... With snow melting, new lives emerge. The broken family has started mending and repairing...
On the Train
Sound
On the Train captures from the birth to the last moment of the railway, 98.2 kilometers long and opened in 1992, crossing southern Taiwan.
Fantasy · World
Sound
A cold, hard-nosed lawyer, Zhang, discovers that his past client, Tang, is involved in yet another case of sexual assault. Thirteen years ago, Zhang was a rookie and mentored by a senior lawyer, Tu. Young and ambitious as Zhang was, his outstanding performance successfully helped Tang exonerated from the charge. However, the brutal cross-examination on the victim inevitably became his nightmare. After so many years, tormented by guilt, Zhang finally has the opportunity to atone for his mistakes and avenge the girl he loved. Challenged by Tu and Tang, he decides to pursue justice at any cost.
Yanagawa
Sound Director
A pair of brothers from Beijing went to Yanagawa, Japan. Trying to find the girl they both loved in their youth.
Life For Sale
Sound
Untouchable
Sound Director
“Siaulian”, who is released from prison and trying to turn his life back to track, runs into his childhood friend Tang, now a police officer, in a gang fight. Siaulian is wanted by the gangs since he has been made the one responsible for the fight. Siaulian is forced to form his own gang in order to protect his family and seek revenge. Eventually, he is wanted by both the gangsters and the police. As for Tang, he is struggling to protect his dearest friend as he is actually the reason why Siaulian was sentenced to prison.
Before Next Spring
Sound Director
Where is home? For a group of Chinese students studying and working in Tokyo, it might be the Nankokute restaurant whose manager has been in Japan for years without ever managing to obtain a residence permit. The cook left his family in China and hasn't yet managed to have them brought over to join him and one waiter's father is sick while the other's is a violent alcoholic. An engaging fresco of everyday life with touching moments and an authentic, natural atmosphere.
My Best Friend's Breakfast
Sound
Xiang Wei Xin, a 17-year-old high school sophomore, regards eating as the most important and most healing thing in life. The first time she met her senior Tao You Quan was in the school’s welfare agency. At that time, Xiang Wei Xin lost 5 yuan and could not buy her favorite pineapple bread. Tao You Quan made up the money for her, which made her feel deeply indebted to her. The next day, she saw a breakup scene by the school’s swimming pool. She broke up with her cheating girlfriend but couldn’t separate it. Xiang Wei moved her heart and used her best friend Fang Qi Ran as an excuse to let Tao You Quan break up successfully. She believed that she was brave and repaid.
Ella viene de Los Ángeles
Sound Designer
Cuando su madre se enferma, Fen, de 13 años, se muda de regreso a Taiwán, donde tiene dificultades para adaptarse durante la epidemia de SARS en 2003.
Terrorizers
Sound Designer
La película está ambientada en un Taipei pre-Covid, donde un grupo de almas desencantadas se pierden en un mundo virtual paralelo.
Love After Love
Sound Designer
Cuenta la historia de una joven muchacha que viaja desde Shanghai a Hong Kong para estudiar, y que acaba dedicándose a seducir a hombres ricos y poderosos a las órdenes de su tía.
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
Sound Supervisor
On a dark night, Xueming hits a pedestrian with his car and flees the scene. Desperate to escape his feelings of guilt, he decides to approach the dead man's wife, Mrs. Liang. Meanwhile, the body is discovered—riddled with bullets. Chen, the detective in charge of the investigation, becomes obsessed with the case. Years later, all three remain caught in a tangled web of memories and lies, desperately searching for a truth that refuses to be revealed…
The Hand
Sound Designer
Hong Kong, 1960s. Zhang, a shy tailor's assistant, is riveted by his imperious client Miss Hua. Upon meeting her, she seduces him to make sure he will truly remember her when designing her garments. After this intimate first encounter, a rapport develops between the two.
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'
Self
A new documentary by Daniel Raim and Eugene Suen on the making of "Flowers of Shanghai," featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Mark Lee Ping-bing, producer and editor Liao Ching-sung, production designer Hwarng Wern-ying, and sound recordist Tu Duu-chih.
Whale Island
Sound Designer
Taiwan is an island country. Although it is surrounded by the sea, its people fear the sea since the politics, the history and the religious beliefs held on this island make people turn their backs to the sea. Oceanic literature author Liao Hung-chi and underwater photographer Ray Chin lead the audience out to the sea and into the water. They prompt us to understand the sea and to think about the possibility that the ocean might become our lives and the future of our country.
Taipei Suicide Story
Sound Mixer
A receptionist at a suicide hotel in Taipei forms a fleeting friendship over the course of one night with a guest who can’t decide if she wants to live or die.
Llevo tu nombre grabado
Supervising Sound Editor
En 1988, la ley marcial termina en Taiwán y dos escolares, A-han y Birdy, están a punto de entablar una relación amorosa ilícita después de conocerse en la banda escolar dirigida por un sacerdote canadiense llamado Oliver. Mientras todo el país conmemora al difunto presidente, los dos niños disfrutan de la presencia del otro mientras se despierta el afecto de A-han por Birdy. Sin embargo, la sociedad es homofóbica y la amenaza de violencia y vergüenza social que ejercen los adultos y sus compañeros adolescentes hace que los dos entren en conflicto a medida que se acercan más a representar físicamente sus pasiones mutuas.
The Rope Curse 2
Sound
Jia-min, que nació sensible a lo paranormal, intenta convocar a "Yi-A-Gu" con dos serpentinas. Huo-ge ayuda a Jia-min a dominar el espíritu cuando la situación se sale de control. Huo-ge posee poderes sobrenaturales, pero perdió su voluntad de exorcizar demonios durante una batalla con el demonio tailandés hace cinco años. A medida que continúa la ola de suicidios, la aldea se ve sumida en el caos. Está por comenzar otra batalla.
A Sun
Sound Director
sigue la historia de una complicada familia. A-Ho, el hijo más joven, siempre ha sido un chico problemático y su padre, A-Wen ha invertido todas sus esperanzas y expectativas en su introvertido hijo mayor, A-Hao.
Night Bus
Supervising Sound Editor
Late night, a commuter bus was speeding along the coastal highway when, suddenly, a loud and panicky scream pierced the night’s silence. This wealthy and elderly lady had just woken to find her precious necklace stolen. What follows was a series of intriguing turn of events, chaotic mob justice, vengeful lynching, as the truth behind the theft unfolds. The film climaxes as the commuter bus went ablaze, burning and glittering against the pitch-dark coastal sky.
Balloon
Sound Designer
On the Tibetan grasslands, Darje and Drolkar live a serene and ordinary life with their three sons and the grandfather. A condom sparks a series of embarrassment and dilemma, breaking the harmony of the family. What matters more in the circle of life and death, soul or reality?
Pájaros Suburbanos
Sound Designer
Tras producirse un hundimiento de la tierra en un área suburbana, un equipo de ingenieros con Hao al frente tiene que hallar la causa. Tras días deambulando en busca de respuestas, Hao entra en una escuela donde encuentra un diario que cuenta la historia de un niño y la separación de su grupo cercano de amigos. Según avanza la investigación, Hao descubre que el diario contiene profecías de su propia vida.
Spring Tide
Sound Director
Journalist Guo lives together with her mother and daughter in the same residence. The relation of three generations looks placid but there is actually a fierce undercurrent of rebellion and resistance.
Jinpa
Sound Designer
Stoic truck driver Jinpa picks up a silver dagger wearing hitchhiker in the desolate Kekexili plateau. The stranger suddenly reveals he’s going to kill the man who murdered his father.
Cities of Last Things
Sound Designer
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.
Xiao Mei
Sound Designer
A film about the tormenting presence of absence. A young shop girl named Xiao Mei suddenly vanishes from her usual existence, without explanation or trace. Has she dissolved, or perhaps redeemed herself somehow? Nine people from her immediate surroundings try to fill the empty space left behind by this supposedly insignificant young woman. In a kaleidoscope of meandering memories, projections, confessions, interpretations, incantations and helpless speculations through which the young escapee wanders aimlessly, they attempt to solve the mystery of her disappearance.
To Heaven, to Gather
Sound
A vast, blue sky. An endless mountain path. This is not an excursion, but the journey of three-year-old Xiao Wu and her lamb to the orphanage where they will be abandoned.
Bao Bei Er
Sound Designer
Jiang Meng nació hace 19 años en Nanjing con el síndrome de VACTERL. Sus padres la abandonaron. Con la ayuda de su madre de acogida y del director Wang, Jiang trabaja en un hospital como limpiadora. Un día Jiang se encuentra con un hombre que llega al hospital con un recién nacido. Se entera de que el bebé es una niña que tiene el síndrome de VACTERL y de que el padre ha decidido no tratar a su hija.
Back to the Good Times
Sound
Ha pasado casi un año desde el fallecimiento de la abuela, y la familia Zheng está ocupada preparándose para los rituales conmemorativos. Hwa Jia es dado de baja del servicio militar y felizmente se reúne con Wei. A la mañana siguiente, sus padres los pilla en la cama juntos y se ponen nerviosos.
Take Me to the Moon
Sound Designer
Zheng Xiang reunites with the members of his high school band and reminisces about their lead singer and his past love, En Pei, whose pursuit of her dreams ended in tragedy. He regrets encouraging her to join the pageant, wondering if she would have died if he hadn't done so. Drunk after the memorial, he's suddenly transported back to the past, where he sets out to stop En Pei from making the same mistake.
The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful
Sound Designer
Tang conspira con el Gobierno y empresas privadas para obtener beneficios para su familia, pero un día el proyecto de desarrollo inmobiliario en el que está involucrada sale mal y los miembros de una familia cercana a ella resultan víctimas de un espeluznante homicidio.
Love Education
Sound Editor
When Huiying hears that her mother's dying wish is to be buried next to her husband, she discovers that his remains are in the countryside and cared for by his first wife. A conflict ensues, and Huiying's daughter, an intrepid reporter, breaks the story as the three women search for proof of love.
The Great Buddha+
Sound Designer
Pickle es un guardia de seguridad nocturno de una fábrica de estatuas. Su compañero, Belly Bottom, trabaja de reciclador por la mañana y el mayor placer de Pickle es ojear las revistas pornográficas que Belly Bottom recoge. Picotear y ver la televisión forma parte de sus aburridas vidas, hasta que un día se rompe la televisión y su vida cambia por completo.
Mon Mon Mon Monsters
Sound
Acosado violentamente por sus compañeros de clase, Shu-Wei Lin ha sido castigado junto a los bullies de la clase. Los cuatro chicos deben pasar las tardes cuidando a gente mayor, a la que pretenden robar. Una noche, topan con un par de monstruos, y secuestran al más pequeño, iniciando así un ciclo sin fin de acoso y tortura, del que no escapará nadie.
52Hz, I Love You
Sound Director
'Cape No. 7' director Wei Te-Sheng returns to his melodic roots with Taiwan's first musical, '52Hz, I Love You.'
The Road to Mandalay
Sound Designer
Two illegal Burmese migrants fleeing their country’s civil war find love with each other while struggling to survive in the bustling cities of Thailand.
The Tenants Downstairs
Sound
A loafer inherits an apartment block and lets out the place to a group of tenants, including a lusty gymnastics teacher, a geeky college student, a single father with his young daughter, a gay couple, a writer and a sexy female office worker. An incredible story is about to unfold as they start their lives in the same building.
Hang in There, Kids!
Sound Designer
In a secluded indigenous tribe, 3 kids who grew up in the mountains and the woods. They are all very optimistic, energetic and playful; yet, they are also troubled by their own family issues. Their handicapped teacher opened an after school session to help them with their schoolwork. For the children, it's like a ray of love shone on them. The teacher has a beautiful voice, but never sings. One day, the 3 kids find a tape of their teacher's recording and are amazed by her voice. They decide to bring this tape to Taipei.... What changes will this trip bring to all of their lives?
Wansei Back Home
Sound
'Wansei' refers to those Japanese who were born in Taiwan during the colonial period. After WWII, they were repatriated to Japan. It took the director 12 years to conduct the interviews and five years to shoot. It tells the stories of not only Wansei themselves but their friendships, family ties and bravery when facing the harsh adversity.
Office
Sound
Two assistants, Lee Xiang and Kat, start new jobs at the financial firm Jones & Sunn. Lee Xiang is an earnest young man who naively enters the world of high finance with noble intentions. Kat on the other hand has a secret.
Underground Fragrance
Sound Designer
Retrato de una sociedad, la china, en plena transformación. Pengfei no muestra el Pekín del desarrollo y los rascacielos, sino sus profundidades; la capital subterránea en la que los destinos de tres personas de cruzan.
The Assassin (La asesina)
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
China, siglo IX. Nie Yinniang regresa a casa de su familia tras años de exilio. Educada por una monja que la inicia en las artes marciales, es una auténtica justiciera cuyo objetivo es eliminar a los tiranos. Su maestro le encarga la misión de matar a su primo Tian Ji'an, gobernador disidente de la provincia militar de Weibo. Nie tendrá que elegir: sacrificar al hombre que ama o romper definitivamente con la "Secta de los Asesinos”.
The Assassin (La asesina)
Sound Editor
China, siglo IX. Nie Yinniang regresa a casa de su familia tras años de exilio. Educada por una monja que la inicia en las artes marciales, es una auténtica justiciera cuyo objetivo es eliminar a los tiranos. Su maestro le encarga la misión de matar a su primo Tian Ji'an, gobernador disidente de la provincia militar de Weibo. Nie tendrá que elegir: sacrificar al hombre que ama o romper definitivamente con la "Secta de los Asesinos”.
Elena
Sound Designer
A violin teacher from a working-class background embarks on a brave journey in search of true love. The absurd process gradually makes her realize that returning to her true self is the only shortcut to happiness.
Murmur of the Hearts
Sound Director
Mei falls for an underachieving boxer, and begins years of soul searching in the city, where she reunites with her estranged brother under unexpected circumstances. What was remembered and forgotten are lessons that have profound consequences.
Meeting Dr. Sun
Sound Director
Two factions of Taipei's poorest high school students both plot to steal their school's iconic statue of the famed philosopher Dr. Sun to make some much-needed money-but when their plans clash and they find themselves at war, they have to question: what are they really fighting for?
Aberdeen
Sound Designer
Ching atraviesa una crisis vital, agravada por el hecho de que su marido la engaña con una joven. El hermano de Ching cree vivir con menos problemas, pero lo cierto es que está obsesionado con la belleza y esto es un lastre para su esposa, una modelo que comienza a envejecer. Ambos mantienen una fría relación con su padre. Humor negro y fantasía salpican esta oscura radiografía de la familia.
Stray Dogs
Sound Designer
Harto del ajetreo de la vida moderna y del estrés continuo, un hombre de familia decide cambiar radicalmente de hogar y de estilo de vida. Su vida debe dar un vuelco y siente que la única manera de poder educar a sus dos hijos cómo a él le gustaría es llevarlos al corazón de Taipei.
Soul
Sound
La historia sigue a A-Chuan, jefe adjunto de un restaurante japonés, que tras un mal día, se derrumba psicológicamente sin causa aparente. Ante la incapacidad de una explicación coherente, y un diagnóstico de trastorno psicológico, los médicos le aconsejan que regrese a su pueblo natal en las montañas, bajo el cuidado de su padre de 70 años llamado Wang.
Walker
Sound Designer
In 2012, the Hong Kong International Film Festival invited Tsai Ming-Ling to make the opening short film. Having grown up with Hong Kong's popular culture, Tsai Ming-Liang decided to pay homage by making a "Walker" film, contrasting the Walker's slowness with the frenzied pace of Hong Kong's cosmopolitan life. The film ends with a song by Hong Kong actor and singer Samuel Hui, who was Tsai Ming-Liang's idol during his youth. The film was invited to be the closing short film for the Cannes Film Festival in 2012.
Girlfriend Boyfriend
Sound Designer
Mabel, Liam and Aaron have been friends since childhood. Their bonds of friendship are tested when, years later, they realize their friendship is the only reason they have made it through emotional hardships and extreme tragedies.
Return Ticket
Sound Designer
All the way, Cao Li has come alone. From Fuyang to Shenzhen. From Shenzhen to Shanghai. From Shanghai to home? Leaving hometown is her choice, the choice out of no choice. Returning home is her dream, the dream getting blinded by the neon lights in the city.--
Great Wall, My Love
Sound Editor
Chun, 28, Taiwanese, goes on a conflict-packed search journey with her Chinese guide, Ming, to find her father's long-lost first love, XiuQian, in China. Chun's father had promised XiuQian 60 years ago that he'd definitely come back to marry her. But not until recently, Taiwan and China were hostile to each other, he was never able to fulfill his promise. Chun and Ming grew up on two sides of the Taiwan Strait and were brought up with different values. They don't hesitate to cut each other down to size. Their turbulent romance unfolds in tears, laughter and a clash of values. The love story of two generations, across the Taiwan Strait, told with touching drama and biting comedy, is a poignant and entertaining road movie.
Buddha Mountain
Sound Director
In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.
The Fourth Portrait
Sound
Ten year-old Xiang faces a lonely future after his father dies. Just when he thinks he's going to spend his life in the orphanage, his estranged mother shows up. And his life changes forever... A loveless mother, a hateful stepfather, a chilly home. Where's Xiang heading to? He finds comfort in drawing and his work reveals his longing for care and affection. Life is full of hope again when he meets the old school janitor who doesn't show his kindness easily and a portly man who has crazy ideas and is haunted with nightmares of his brother. A scary truth is about to be unmasked. Will Xiang be able to depict his own image in the fourth portrait?
Au Revoir Taipei
Sound
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.
Hear Me
Sound
A delivery Boy falls for a young girl who is hearing impaired. Comparing themselves with water birds and trees, together they are going to break the barrier and pursuit their dreams and take their relationship to the next level.
Su mi ma sen, Love
Sound
Chie Tanaka, playing herself, meets Huai-chung Wu, whom I presume is playing himself, after she loses her wallet. From that point on, the rest of the movie is about two restless and unhappy people spending the day together, falling in love, and learning to relate to each other without caring that they were strangers that morning.
Candy Rain
Sound Designer
Four separate vignettes about lesbian relationships and dating, ending with a summation about relationships.
Parking
Sound
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.
Reflections
Sound Designer
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.
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
Sound
Rawang, an immigrant from Bangladesh living in awful conditions, takes pity on a Chinese man, Hsiao-kang, who is beaten up and left in the street. Rawang lovingly nurses him on a mattress he found. When he is almost healed, Hsiao-kang meets the waitress Chyi. His love for Rawang is put to the test.
Do Over
Sound
Do Over follows five characters over twenty four hours on the last day of the year. As the interrelated stories proceed, the connections between the lives of the five characters begin to reveal themselves and their stories unravel. By depicting five different characters at emotional crossroads, Do Over examines the struggle of overcoming our greatest fears; the unknown of what lies ahead in the future, the fading value of our existence in the present, and most of all, irreversible mistakes made in the past that may catch up to us.
Eternal Summer
Sound Designer
Three high school students experience the perks and pitfalls of love in director Leste Chen’s sensitive tale of friendship and yearning.
Tiempos de Amor, Juventud y Libertad
Sound Designer
Tres épocas (1966, 1911, 2005) y tres historias, interpretadas por la misma pareja de actores, Shu Qi y Chang Chen. Un cuento sentimental que evoca la triple reencarnación de un amor infinito.
El sabor de la sandía
Sound Designer
En un tiempo de fuerte escasez de agua, los espacios televisivos se dedican a instruir acerca de los diversos métodos para ahorrarla al tiempo que promueven la ingestión de zumo de sandía en su lugar. Sin embargo, todo el mundo tiene sus propias soluciones cuando se trata de encontrar agua. Shiang-Chyi coge botellas vacías y las llena con agua robada de los aseos públicos; mientras tanto, Hsiao-Kang, ahora actor pornográfico, trepa al tejado en plena noche para bañarse con el agua que pueda lograr en los depósitos. La supervivencia es dura, pero todavía lo es más soportar la soledad. Cada uno de nosotros es una nube silente, que pende solitaria sin jamás tocar a los otros. Cierto día, Shiang-Chyi halla una sandía y más tarde se encuentra a Hsiao-Kang en el parque. Ella recuerda que le había comprado un reloj de pulsera. No le había visto desde aquella transacción, y se pregunta qué está haciendo en su inmueble. Se enamoran. Francia Taiwan
Love's Lone Flower
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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.
Holiday Dreaming
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Lo que en principio parecían unos días de vacaciones para dos jóvenes soldados que están a punto de licenciarse terminan convirtiéndose en una misión a la caza de un compañero novato que ha desertado llevándose su arma. Mientras uno de ellos no quiere renunciar a la diversión y la ociosidad, el otro aprovecha la expedición para rastrear el paradero de su amor de adolescencia, una joven con la que está obsesionado desde que ha soñado que había muerto. La encuentra en un sanatorio mental, donde ha sido internada después de sufrir una crisis al suspender un examen. Los tres se embarcan entonces en un periplo hacia un pequeño pueblo pescador y en su afán por escapar de la realidad descubrirán las razones de la deserción de su compañero.
Café Lumière
Sound Designer
Making her way through life by forming superficial relationships, Yoko keeps everyone at arm's length, whether it's her father and stepmother or Hajime, the owner of a small bookstore who could be the father of her unborn child. Yoko seems most at home when she's riding the train, speeding around the city with only her thoughts to entertain her.
Love of May
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Ah Lei is the younger brother of Stone, a guitarist of Mayday. He is also the administrator of Mayday's fansite, in charge of replying to fan letters and emails. One day, he befriended a girl named Zhao Xuan through a chatroom. He told her that he's actually Ashin, the lead vocal of Mayday. She started writing letters to him, believing that he was Ashin. Finally, Xuan's peking opera group from school gets to leave Harbin and travel to Taiwan to perform. The two promised to meet in a library, but Ah Lei didn't have the courage to meet up with her. He decides to follow her around, but did not expect that she followed him back, and that she saw through his lies all along.
20 30 40
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Relata la historia de tres mujeres cuyas vidas amorosas son tan turbulentas como impredeci-bles. Xiao Jie (Lee Sinje) es una veinteañera que viaja por primera vez a Taipei. Ahora que ha se ha indepen-dizado está dispuesta a realizar su gran sueño de convertirse en una famosa estrella de la música pop. Cuando conoce al mánager Brother Shi (Anthony Wong), Xiao cree haber encontrado a al-guien que la ayudará a conseguir sus ambiciones. Pero su independencia tendrá inesperadas y peligrosas consecuencias. Xiang Xiang (René Liu) es una treintañera que se encuentra atrapada entre el amor de dos hombres: un hombre casado y un joven amante. Lily Zhao (Sylvia Chang) es una divorciada cuarentona que disfruta de la vida y de los ligues sin compromiso. Un día, Lily conoce a un atractivo soltero llamado Jerry (Tony Leung Ka-Fei). El único problema es que éste tiene una aventura con una chica joven.
Good Bye, Dragon Inn
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La película tiene lugar en un viejo cine de Taipei en el que se va a proyectar la épica película de artes marciales de 1967 dirigida por King Hu, Dragon Inn. No será una proyección más, será la última antes de que se cierren sus puertas para siempre.
My Whispering Plan
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The Skywalk Is Gone
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A young woman wandering around meets a young man going to a casting call for a pornographic film.
Blue Gate Crossing
Sound Designer
Yueh-chen has an obsession with her classmate Shihao, but is too shy to confess to him directly. She sends in her best friend, Kerou, to act as a go-between, and Shihao ends up falling for Kerou, who is not sure what to think of him.
Princess D
Sound Designer
Joker is a computer programmer working on a 3-D adventure game starring a virtual idol. Stuck for inspiration, he ends up finding it in Ling, a bartender at a dance club. While in a drug-induced stupor, Joker imagines Ling to be the perfect image of his virtual girl. He's immediately smitten, but more important, he now has a model for his virtual heroine: Princess D.
Princess D
Editor
Joker is a computer programmer working on a 3-D adventure game starring a virtual idol. Stuck for inspiration, he ends up finding it in Ling, a bartender at a dance club. While in a drug-induced stupor, Joker imagines Ling to be the perfect image of his virtual girl. He's immediately smitten, but more important, he now has a model for his virtual heroine: Princess D.
July Rhapsody
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Lam es un profesor de instituto que enseña su gran pasión, la literatura china. Casado desde hace veinte años, con dos hijos adolescentes, el matrimonio de Lam parece perfecto a ojos de los demás, pero nada más lejos de la realidad. Cuando el antiguo profesor y mentor de Lam vuelva a hacer acto de presencia en su vida trayendo consigo los fantasmas del pasado todo comenzará a desmoronarse, al tiempo que a Lam le será cada vez más difícil resistirse en caer en la tentación de tener una aventura con una atractiva alumna que está enamorada de él y no tiene ningún pudor en hacérselo saber.
July Rhapsody
Foley Editor
Lam es un profesor de instituto que enseña su gran pasión, la literatura china. Casado desde hace veinte años, con dos hijos adolescentes, el matrimonio de Lam parece perfecto a ojos de los demás, pero nada más lejos de la realidad. Cuando el antiguo profesor y mentor de Lam vuelva a hacer acto de presencia en su vida trayendo consigo los fantasmas del pasado todo comenzará a desmoronarse, al tiempo que a Lam le será cada vez más difícil resistirse en caer en la tentación de tener una aventura con una atractiva alumna que está enamorada de él y no tiene ningún pudor en hacérselo saber.
July Rhapsody
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Lam es un profesor de instituto que enseña su gran pasión, la literatura china. Casado desde hace veinte años, con dos hijos adolescentes, el matrimonio de Lam parece perfecto a ojos de los demás, pero nada más lejos de la realidad. Cuando el antiguo profesor y mentor de Lam vuelva a hacer acto de presencia en su vida trayendo consigo los fantasmas del pasado todo comenzará a desmoronarse, al tiempo que a Lam le será cada vez más difícil resistirse en caer en la tentación de tener una aventura con una atractiva alumna que está enamorada de él y no tiene ningún pudor en hacérselo saber.
July Rhapsody
Sound Designer
Lam es un profesor de instituto que enseña su gran pasión, la literatura china. Casado desde hace veinte años, con dos hijos adolescentes, el matrimonio de Lam parece perfecto a ojos de los demás, pero nada más lejos de la realidad. Cuando el antiguo profesor y mentor de Lam vuelva a hacer acto de presencia en su vida trayendo consigo los fantasmas del pasado todo comenzará a desmoronarse, al tiempo que a Lam le será cada vez más difícil resistirse en caer en la tentación de tener una aventura con una atractiva alumna que está enamorada de él y no tiene ningún pudor en hacérselo saber.
Millenium mambo
Sound Designer
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.
¿Qué hora es?
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Un vendedor de relojes deambula por las calles de Taipei. Su padre acaba de morir, su madre está enferma y él se encuentra inmerso en una aburrida y deprimente vida. Fortuitamente, un día se topa con una muchacha que se dirige a Paris y quiere comprarle un reloj que le de la hora de las dos ciudades. Inmediatamente se establece una fuerte conexión entre ellos.
Betelnut Beauty
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A cute coed leaves her mother's home and gets involved with a pastry chef who has links to the local criminal element.
Deseando amar
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Hong Kong, 1962. Chow, redactor jefe de un diario local, se muda con su mujer a un edificio habitado principalmente por gentes de Shanghai. Allí conoce a Li-zhen, una joven que acaba de instalarse en el mismo edificio con su esposo. Ella es secretaria de una empresa de exportación y su marido está continuamente de viaje de negocios. Como la mujer de Chow también está casi siempre fuera de casa, Li-zhen y Chow pasan cada vez más tiempo juntos y se hacen muy amigos. Un día, ambos descubrirán que sus respectivos cónyuges los están traicionando.
Yi Yi
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NJ Jian, su esposa Min-Min y sus dos hijos forman una típica familia de clase media, que comparte su apartamento en Taipei con la anciana madre de Min-Min. NJ tiene 45 años y trabaja como socio en una empresa informática que el año anterior obtuvo importantes beneficios, pero que pronto podría quebrar si no cambia de estrategia. Las cosas empiezan a ir mal para los Jian cuando el hermano de Min-Min, Ah-Di, se casa. De alguna manera entre todos los problemas que tienen deben aprender lo hermosa que es la vida y cómo hay que cuidarla, sea cual sea la situación que nos toque vivir.
Lament of the Sand River
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To achieve his dream of being a trumpet player, a man leaves his hometown and works in a touring operetta troupe. He falls in love with a girl but then contracts tuberculosis, forcing him to give up the trumpet.
Flores de Shanghai
Original Music Composer
Filme centrado en las relaciones entre cortesanas y hombres poderosos en el marco de suntuosos burdeles de Shanghai en 1880.
Jam
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The lives of two young thieves, a mob hitman and a film producer are entangled when the two thieves steal a car that had already been previously stolen to been used as a getaway car.
JIA MIEN CHAO REN
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Such a life
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'Such a Life' is quite a sad film. It is set in the sixties, in a village on the west coast of Taiwan, where many are succumbing to 'black foot', a disease caused by drinking contaminated well water. The only 'cure' is to amputate the afflicted limb, and to avoid drinking the contaminated water. Many in the village were already sick, and few could afford to have tap-water installed. At the center of the story is Ah Chung, who lives with his grandfather, who has already lost one leg to 'black foot'. In the same village also live an opera family, who are finding things increasingly difficult there, an oyster farmer, who complains that his oysters are being poisoned by a nearby pharmaceutical plant, and an assortment of children who enjoy swimming in the sea, and who bully Ah Chung. A significant portion of the action also takes place in the village school, where Ah Chung is having trouble keeping up with the fees.
Love Go Go
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Infused with a few moments of pathos, this off-beat comedy centers on a trio of Taiwanese outcasts who go looking for love.
Yours and Mine
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This is a four-part anthology comedy. The themes of four parts are: car, house, body and friendship. The central characters are a plastic surgeon Chen, a nurse, an experienced maid, three energetic teenagers and a young couple. The stingy surgeon Chen treats a car and a man so differently that he could be a perfect example to show how treasonously modern people treat their cars and how indifferently they treat other people. The maid Ying is like a knight on her "iron horse" (a bicycle), fighting in the city. Every day she rushes home after work to wait up for a husband never returns. The new nurse has problem with her colleague because they support different idle. What she also doesn't know is the reason why her brother's girlfriend sends her free lunchbox so often. The truth is that her brother's girlfriend wants to get plastic surgery in the clinic. Almost everyone here is not satisfied with his/her body. Moreover, they try to change their body with quite violent ways.
Happy Together
Sound Editor
Lai Yiu-Kai y Ho Po-Wing viven una apasionada relación. Viajan desde Hong Kong a Argentina, pero la llegada al nuevo país parece transformar las cosas y Ho, de repente, abandona a Lai. Éste comienza a trabajar como portero de un bar, con el único afán de reunir el dinero suficiente para volver a su país. Un día Ho reaparece, pero las cosas ya no son iguales...
Wolves Cry Under the Moon
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Episodic drama from Taiwan. Was nominated for nine awards at the Golden Horse Film Festival.
Adiós sur, adiós
Sound Recordist
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.
A Drifting Life
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After his wife dies during childbirth, Ku-cheng leaves his children behind in their rural village while he finds work on a construction site in the city. He develops a relationship with a widow but despite their intimacy, he refuses to remarry.
The Peony Pavilion
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A high school student and a pop singer meld reality with fiction as they both fantasize themselves as characters in a Ming dynasty tale of seduction - "The Peony Pavilion."
El maestro de marionetas
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Un famoso maestro de marionetas oriental narra la historia de su vida.
Dust of Angels
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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.
Un día de verano
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Taiwan, años '60. Los jóvenes taiwaneses, aunque dominados por China, se sienten deslumbrados por los Estados Unidos y organizan bandas para afirmar su identidad. La versión original duraba 237 minutos, pero por motivos comerciales Yang la recortó para su exhibición hasta los 188 minutos.
Canción del exilio
Sound Recordist
Película autobiográfica en la que la directora Ann Hui habla de la relación con su madre.
Ciudad doliente
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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).
Neverending Memory
Sound Designer
Yeh's directorial debut film pays tribute to the golden years of Taiwanese-dialect films in the 1960s.
Split of the Spirit
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A ghost takes over a dancer's body in order to find those who killed her, and thus her revenge.
The Game They Call Sex
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The whole story revolves around a woman from marriage, marriage to divorce encounter sexual problems as the main axis, reflecting the Taiwan society in this regard subjective and objective taboos. The first paragraph of the description of the actress Xiao Xiaomin arranged with the parents of the scholar if strong engagement after the agreement with the high school students often travel, and finally cancel the engagement. The second paragraph to write her marriage in order to fight for a wounded into her young Wu Dawei testify to her husband's misunderstanding, but also the end of the divorce. The third paragraph to write her commitment to kindergarten education work to recognize the disabled young boy odd, she did not dare to face the problem of love, but the other's cheerful outlook touched her.
Run Away
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Kidnapped by a group of bandits and raped by their chief, Dan Zhu slowly develops feelings for the perpetrator. Echoing the social realism of Taiwanese new wave filmmaking, director Wang Tung revisits the wuxia genre, with the emphasis on psychology rather than action.
Spring Daddy
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Zang Guang-xing is a veteran soldier from Mainland China who married a young Taiwanese woman. He has been working as a supervisor in a construction company for seven years. Everyday he rides the same motorbike to work. He suffers enough misery from riding that motorbike, and dreams of buying a car. So he asks around for decent second-hand cars. His son doesn't like any car he chooses. His wife, a typical Taiwanese woman who lives frugally, shaves any penny she can. She is the one who pays for the family's new car. They go out on trips happily, and become the envy of the neighborhood. Zhang thus gets the new car he's always dreamed of, but he starts to worry about it getting dirty, because it's simply too new, too nice for him. The car thus becomes his son's vehicle. He rides the old bike to work again, just like he has during all these years.
Super Citizen
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A young man from the country comes to Taipei to search for his sister from whom he has heard nothing during the past year. Beginning in a tenement slum, the young man travels through the city's lowlife, where street hustlers sell fake Rolex watches and other contraband, gangs fight each other, and the ubiquitous sex businesses ply their trade. The young man befriends a rich teenage girl and a young prostitute as he and a hustler who knew his sister search for her through a trail of clues leading to restaurants, dance joints, and brothels.
My Favorite Season
Original Music Composer
Bi Bao-Liang is a 29 year-old man who believes that he will have bad luck if he touches a woman before he turns thirty. Liu Xiang-mei is a beautiful woman who had a love affair with her married boss, and now she is pregnant. In order to give her child a family name, she decides to find a man to have a one-year marriage contract. Bi Bao-Liang is the perfect man she is looking for because he is afraid of women. However, their marriage does not follow what they've planned...
Una historia de Taipei
Original Music Composer
Debido a la imposibilidad de ascender laboralmente, Chin decide buscar otro trabajo. Su ambición contrasta con la de su pareja, un comerciante cuya única pasión es el béisbol y quizá también una antigua novia, con la que se ha vuelto a encontrar en un viaje de negocios en Tokio.
Una historia de Taipei
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Debido a la imposibilidad de ascender laboralmente, Chin decide buscar otro trabajo. Su ambición contrasta con la de su pareja, un comerciante cuya única pasión es el béisbol y quizá también una antigua novia, con la que se ha vuelto a encontrar en un viaje de negocios en Tokio.
Ah Fei
Sound Designer
The startling contrast between old and new Taiwan is the subject of Wan Jen's epic of traditional identities coming into conflict with an urban life, emphasizing the situation of women.
In Our Time
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Four vignettes, each set in different decades from the 1950s through the 1980s, deal with protagonists at different stages of life between childhood and young adulthood.
The Bloody Mission
Editor
Two brave swordsmen fight for supremacy in the martial world and for the hand of a mysterious maiden in this lavish sword picture from kung fu icon Raymond Liu.
If I Were for Real
Sound Recordist
Taiwanese film about the dark days of the Cultural Revolution and the young people who were destroyed by it, centered on a group of students who perform Nikolai Gogol’s play The Inspector General.
The Voice of Algal Reefs
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Pierce
Sound
Jie doesn’t get along with his cult-going, homophobic mother, which makes harboring a secret crush on his boys fencing club teammate difficult. When his violent and troubled older brother, who was an avid fencer himself, returns suddenly after seven years, Jie is drawn to him and sees him as the savior from his unbearable mother. As his brother struggles to deal with his situation, Jie will find out just how far he is willing to go for him.