Cheng Kuo

Three men and an adopted son struggle in Taiwan after escaping China in 1949.

En China, hacia el final de la Dinastía Han (208 d.C.) Cao Cao, el temible Primer Ministro (y gobernante de facto) convence al veleidoso Emperador Han de que declare la guerra a los reinos de Xu, al oeste y al este, y al reino de Wu, al sur. Su objetivo, según dice, es la unificar China por el bien del país, pero, en realidad, sus motivos son bastante más egoístas. Tras convencer al Emperador, Cao Cao lleva a su ejército de casi un millón de soldados a la guerra. Su primer objetivo es el Reino de Xu, de reciente creación, gobernado por el benevolente líder Liu Bei. Al llegar al Reino de Xu, las fuerzas de Cao Cao, superiores numéricamente, derrotan fácilmente al ejército de Liu Bei. Los ciudadanos de Xu huyen bajo la protección de las tropas de Liu Bei y de sus dos generales de mayor rango (y hermanos de sangre): Guan Yu y Zhang Fei, que se quedan atrás a riesgo de sus propias vidas para salvar a los campesinos que intentan escapar

Episodic drama from Taiwan. Was nominated for nine awards at the Golden Horse Film Festival.

A meek, middle-aged schoolteacher is put in charge of a class of trouble makers. Unable to withstand the torments they put him through, he runs away to a Shaolin temple. At the temple, he studies martial arts under the guidance of an old master. With his new skills, he returns to school and whips his misbehaving students into shape.

In Taiwan, a young woman, Lin-Lang, is released from prison after serving ten years for terrorist activity. She had turned to bomb making in grief after her mentor and lover, An Rong, who was also her university professor, was arrested for political activity and, she presumed, executed. In prison, she learns Rong is alive, and she maintains her spirits and sanity for the years in her cell by holding imaginary conversations with him. When she is released, she discovers he is married, has a child, and lives conventionally. She finds him; he's not happy to see her. How she reacts to losing the center of her life becomes the subject of the film.

A multi-lingual tour guide who owns multiple passports one day drives his wife and daughter to a desolate seashore town and checks in a secluded, spacious, ruins-like hotel. From that moment on, he throws himself into gambling, tossing the dice with local residents all day. Sometimes he wins big, but sometimes he loses all. Feeling neglected and uncomfortable, his wife and daughter soon leave him and return home. He stays and wanders in this fishing village and gradually immerses himself in the surroundings—a place rife with immoral vagabonds, outlaws and weirdoes.

Five young people, Ding-tsu, Mei-huei, Nai-bao, Ching-tsu and San-mao are good friends. They don't like school and always cause trouble. Since Ding-tsu's parents are getting divorced, he feels depressed and decides to go on an island journey. The four other young people and Mei-huei's friend Hsiu-hsiu also join him in the journey. On the way, they have to face many challenges...