Sun Yueh

라대통은 나이 어린 아영을 사랑하지만 가슴 속에 접어두고만 있던 중 인신 매매조직에 납치될뻔한 아영을 구해낸다. 한편, 라대통의 친구 맥아는 우연한 기회에 소취를 알게 되어 그녀를 아내로 맞이할 결심을 하게 되지만 자신이 창녀임을 고백치 못한 소취의 마음은 무겁기만 하다. 맥아와 소취의 결혼에 친구들에게 소개 시키는 자리에서 소취와 잠자리를 함께 한 친구가 있어서 소취의 직업이 밝혀지지만 맥아의 열정은 모든 것을 이해하고 결혼식을 올리기까지에 이른다. 그러나 신방을 차리기도 전에 매춘조직이 들이 닥쳐 소취를 빼앗으려하자 맥아등은 완강히 싸웠으나 역부족으로 신혼 부부가 그 자리에서 살해되고 만다. 이에 분노한 라대통은 단신 폭력 소굴로 쳐들어가 두목을 때려 높히고 맥아와 소취의 복수를 하고, 그의 용감함에 반한 아영을 품에 안게 된다.

Adaptation of Huang Chunming's short story "The Two Signpainters".

Based on the book written by author Pai Hsien-yung and first published in 1983 in Taiwan. A-Qing, a young student is discovered during sex by a night watchman, young A-Qing is beaten and expelled from home by his violent abusive father. In a public park in Taipei he is found by Yang (a middle-aged photographer), who introduces him to three other teenage boys--all abandoned by their families because they were gay. They form a kind of surrogate family. When A-Qing meets Wang Kei-Lung, he falls madly in love.

비밀경찰의 희생으로 경찰이 딜레마에 빠진 가운데, 사건을 맡은 수사관 라우는 비밀 경찰 코를 선발하여 임무를 시작한다. 코는 포라는 갱단의 소두목에게 고용된 총잡이 갱으로 가장하여 사건에 뛰어 든다. 코를 감시하던 포는 마지막 관문으로 코에게 위조지폐를 사용케하고 경찰에 정보를 흘린 후 사태를 주시한다. 목표 보석상 습격을 하던 포와 그의 갱들은 매복해 있던 경찰들에게 포위 당하자 총을 빼들고 맞선다. 불을 뿜는 총격전에서 코는 시원이 밝혀지지 않은채, 동료경찰의 총에 희생당한다.

Taiwanese comedy.

Billionaire Suen falls seriously ill, he hopes to find his only son who has been missing for twenty years to inherit his fortune. Meanwhile, he tells his butlers to find a killer, to kill him when he is joyful, so that he won’t suffer too much from his illness. Suen meets a woman and asks her to move in, in return he promises to pass his fortune to her. Thief Yee, Scammer Tao, and Single Fong all flood in and assert that they are the son of Suen.

It is a school bus driver's last day at work. On a whim, he drives off to the seashore with the school's cook, a young teacher, and a busload of children. Facing an unhappy retirement, he seeks one great moment of happiness, which he finds on the road with the children. They encounter an aboriginal family, who invite them in for a feast, and then some young motorcycle riders, with whom they camp by the sea.

John Woo's melodramatic tragicomedy The Time You Need a Friend (1985) stands at the crucial crossroads in the director's career. Woo had been churning out innocuous comedies for more than a few years, and after establishing the "heroic bloodshed" genre, he'd never look back. But this tale of two comedians - estranged former pals who bury the hatchet for one last show together - blends the pathos and male-bonding of Woo's later dramas with the silliness and pratfalls that marked his early works. At their peak, Ku Ren and Shem Bien were an unstoppable screen comedy team, the undisputed stars of the silent era. But a major falling out has kept the duo offstage for decades. Despite the urgings of family and friends, Ku and Shem refuse to reconcile. As both men approach their twilight years, one last chance for a reunion presents itself in the form of a televised charity benefit. Ku Ren and Shem Bien struggle to come to terms with years of bitterness, and bring the house down once again.

Taiwan's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1984

Taiwanese comedy.

A poor army veteran in Taiwan adopts a daughter. She grows up and leaves him to enter show business. When she becomes famous she shuns her father and friends.

2차 대전 전쟁 중 일본군에게 네 명의 장군이 인질로 잡히게 되자 연합군은 악마 중위를 고용해 네 명의 장군을 구하고자 한다. 악마 중위는 노순, 탈옥자 또 릴리와 빌리에게 임무를 성공하면 큰 상금을 주겠다고 조건을 걸어 이들을 데리고 장군 구출 작전에 나서는데, 도중 대우와 이뉴를 만난다. 그러나 악마 중위는 임무 수행 과정 중 죽고 만다. 나머지 넷과 돌멩이, 장관 여섯은 임무를 마지막까지 수행하기 위해 갖은 애를 쓰게 된다. 그들은 연녀족에게 붙잡히기도 하고 강시가 가득한 저택에서 밤을 지새우며 마지막까지 임무를 달성하기 위해 애를 쓰는데 일본군의 본거지에 도착하자 일본군들은 죽어있었다. 그들은 요새 밖에 숨어 있던 일본군에게 돈을 내놓지 않으면 모조리 죽여 버리겠다는 협박을 받게 된다. 싸우나 돈을 내어 놓으나 죽게 될 것이라는 생각에 그들은 일본군들과 싸우기로 결심하는데...

Taiwanese war film.

640년 당나라 고승 삼장법사가 손오공과 저팔계, 사오정을 데리고 천축국으로 경문을 가지러 떠난다. 3만 8천리의 먼 거리를 걸어서 여행하는 수난과 고행의 장도였다. 당나라를 떠나 열 네 나라를 지나 1만 1천리를 걸어 자치국에 당도한다. 수천의 스님들이 모두 삼천관이라는 사교의 궁전을 짓는대 동원되어 가혹한 노동을 당하는 것을 삼장법사 일행이 목격한다. 삼장일행은 녹력과 양력이라는 도술사와 비 내리기 시합을 해 손오공이 승리하여 왕에게 인정을 받아 혹사당하는 스님들을 구한다. 녹력과 양력은 삼장일행에게 복수하려고 거미요물인 주청룡과 합세하여 상대하나 손오공에게 역습을 받아 거미요물을 퇴치한다. 이에 녹력과 양력은 백골정이라는 마귀에게 도움을 청한다. 백골정은 여러 가지 변신술로 삼장 일행을 해하고저 하지만 손오공의 심안술에 들켜 실패로 끝나고 삼장일행은 고난의 여행길을 뚫고 천축국을 가지고 돌아온다.

In 1945, Japan had surrendered but the news did not reach a small village in China. The local guerrilla force still put up a hilarious fight with the Japanese command.

Taiwanese comedy.

Early ghost comedy from Cinema City.

Four girls graduate from high school with the hope of joining the army, even though that may clash with their parents' wishes...

A comedy about the advertisement business, set in modern Taiwan.

A movie company secretly films the lives of two conmen.

Robert Tai's first film as a director; uses footage from Best and Worst (1974). A ruthless rapist and jewel thief and his gang are brought to justice by a cop and a young avenger.

Action / adventure with a period / feudal setting and an emphasis on swordfighting.

당대 중국 최고의 명승이 비명에 죽은 원귀를 다음 세계로 환생할 수있도록 강마경을 번역했으나 출판키 위해 낙양에 유인칭을 초청한다. 노승은 유인칭이 떠나기 앞서 돌아가는 길에 원귀들의 습격을 염려하여 마력을 지닌 염주를 준다. 유인칭은 귀로에 아름다운 악낭을 만나 결혼하게 된다. 유인칭이 주위에 사람들로 부터 의심을 느낄때 주막집딸 의운을 알게 된다. 유인칭과 의운이 뜻밖의 하루밤을 지나게 되자 악낭은 유인칭을 가두고 의운을 죽이러 간다. 그러나 의운은 유인칭을 구한다. 의운과 악낭은 한 지방사령관의 내시로 원귀라 한다. 악낭은 강마경이 완성되면 악용하려하고 있었다. 의운은 유인칭을 도와 악낭을 얼싸안아 염주를 던지게 하여 환생의 희망을 포기한채 연기로 변해 사라진다.

대사찰 "삼보사" 주지스님인 지암선사는 90고령으로 자기 임종이 다가왔음을 알고 수제자인 혜동, 혜문, 혜사스님 중에서 계승시키려고 각계 시주들에게 통보하여 종정회의를 열어 결정하기로 한다. 대사찰인 삼보사 장경각에는 국보 같은 책 한 권이 있는데 현장법사가 쓰신 "대승기신론" 이란 귀한 보물책자였다. "대승기신론"을 손에 넣으려고 계략과 사건이 속출한다. 이 무렵 억울한 누명으로 유배된 구명이라는 젊은이를 구해내어 심중을 보매 불도에 귀화한지는 얼마 안 되었으나 선과인의 참됨을 보고 혜명이란 법명을 부여하여 삼보사 주지로 계승시킨다. 주지로 계승된 혜명스님은 중생들이 탐하였던 법전 "대승기신론"을 촛불에 태우며 법전의 가치는 그 문맥의 가르침에 있는 것, 읽혀 배우는데 의가 있다는 말을 남긴다.

During World War II, Japanese soldiers invade a small Chinese town. Li immediately takes out four of the soldiers who want to steal some chickens. The story then follows the bumbling Japanese soldiers and their commander until Li shows up again for a big forest brawl in yet another classic foot and fist battle. The film finally ends when the mean spirited Japanese give up on the war!

On his wedding night Mar Tien Lang, a prosperous businessman and instructor of 'The Magic Kick' technique, is attacked in his villa by the vilainous Fang Kang.

Two hitmen arrive in a small town, each becoming aware of the other due to a mix-up over intended targets. One killer (Yi Chang) falls for a girl (Chung-Erh Lung) whose brother (Dong Wai) is in trouble. This leads Chang to investigate the employer of the other killer (Don Wong).

The evil Ching government has taken over and is out to rid the land of the remaining Ming rebel patriots, including the still surviving Ming Prince. Unknowingly, the evil Ching overlord and his men capture the incognito Prince and throw him in jail. Hearing word of the Prince's capture, Shao Chang and Fang Ping mount a rescue effort to get the Prince before his identity is found out.

A headless ghost haunts a mountain village.

Taiwanese martial arts movie by Karen Yang Chia-Yun

Three young martial arts brothers, played by Chi Kuan-chun, Alexander Fu Sheng and Leung Kar-yan, go in search of fellow patriots dissatisfied with Imperialist foreigners and wind up joining a rising sect of the Boxers, led by an opportunistic conman. Named as such for their use of martial arts, these boxers are revolutionaries who believe that spirits protect their bodies from foreign guns. They even dupe the Empress Dowager, who gives them her royal blessing to fight the foreigners.

Jimmy Wang Wu plays an outsider caught between two gangs.

It's China early 20th century and the country thrives on illegal gambling. The Department of State Security is sending Captain Chang (Dorian Tan) under the guise of the son of the former owner to infiltrate a casino run by criminals. Awesome and fantastic kicking from the Legendary Flash Legs Tan.

Wang Yu plays a military captain who forms a bond with orphaned Chia Ling. Together they comb the Taiwanese countryside in search of the person or persons who murdered Chia's father.

Intrigue involving corrupt warlords and rebel spies in the Chinese provinces. Rebels take on the warlord power with brains and fearlessness.

Blackie Ko is framed for murder and rape by a corrupt mayor who wants to protect his wayward son, who was the real culprit of the crime. Enter undercover cop Tong Lung, who discovers the truth about the frame up. He, then frees Blackie and together they wage war on the mayor and his army of fighters.

Alan Tang is forced into a swirling dilemma between two antagonistic drug smugglers. Double crossed, he manages to emerge triumphant. See this kung fu extravaganza explodes in a bloody spectacle of wrath rage and vengeance as Bruce takes Dragon Town.

Kung Fu combined with acupuncture is used with great effect to defeat Japanese invaders in an Eastern Town in China.

Hong Kong comedy directed by Li Han-Hsiang.

A mob henchman finds himself double-crossed by his employers.

This is a fantastic rare basher from Taiwan with an all-star cast. Non-stop bloody action from start to finish.

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Chong has been dedicating to run the Hotel Esquire for more than thirty years. Business is booming. However, a double room rented by a newly married couple is said to be haunted. Business thus declines sharply. Chong employs a private detective to look into the matter first, and then a taoist to play exorcism. But nothing has changed. One day, Chong and a tenant see a woman in weird dressing go into the room. They then plot to catch the backstage manipulator of this haunting event.

Tsu Hong Wu is a highly fictionalized fantasy retelling of the early years of Zhu Yuanzhang’s life that was obviously geared toward younger audiences. The tale actually begins in Heaven, where the various gods are busy paving the way for a new emperor. The very basic facts of Zhu Yuanzhang’s life are ostensibly correct, but it takes a rather unexpected turn into traditional giant monster territory, with a Taoist priest summoning a gigantic red-haired ogre (amusingly referred to as ‘superman’ in the subtitles) to destroy our heroes, who are in turn rescued when a golden dragon (the animal manifestation of one of the deities from earlier in the film) rises from the ocean to do battle with said ogre

In Chinese folklore a white snake symbolizes a woman, especially an evil type of woman, while a black bull typifies a man, robust, strong and virile. "Black Bull and White Snake", a film version of Young Nien-ts'u's best-selling novel of the same title, is exactly about a white snake-woman, having been sold into prostitution at an early age, is rescued by a black bull of a man only to fall back into the gutter again. A production from the Grand Motion Picture Company, "Black Bull and White Snake" stars Chiang Ching and newcomer Tien Yeh.

Have no other info than it was part of Golden Horse's 100 Greatest Chinese-Language Films.

A swordsman and swordswoman fight to protect Lady Liu who is trying to return to power. She's traveling in a coffin, the heroes can only hope they all aren't sent home in one.

Great independent Kung Fu movie with James Nam, of 5 finger of death playing the good guy. Much like some of the better American Westerns of the 50's and 60's. Some very poignant scenes in this film, highly recommended!

Taiwanese spy thriller. Agent No 1, a super sleuth from Chungking, is sent to Nanjing to investigate the murder of a Japanese general, which leads to even more intrigue and skullduggery.

A gang of bandits close in on a walled village, and send inflitrators into the village disguised as herb sellers. A mysterious stranger appears and roots out the bandits.

Storm over the Yangtze River tells the true story of undercover intelligence agent "Yangtze Number One" and his colleagues in Jianli County of Hubei Province, who risk their lives to carry out the "Dead Bridge Plan" to secure the "Yangtze 180 Blockade". Li Lihua gives an iconic performance as a strong and charming agent of an intelligence unit, engaging in a risky mission to save her unit chief-cum-lover, who is regarded as a traitor but actually is a double-dealing agent against the Japanese occupation. The film garnered four awards at the 1969 Golden Horse Awards, including Best Leading Actor and Best Leading Actress.

Tien Yua, most well known for being the bad guy in Wang Yu films, especially the One Armed Boxer is the good guy here. Frankie Wei is in it as his rival. This is a rare film.

Taiwanese super swordsman, Kong Ban stars as the mysterious knight, a young hero dedicated to catching the villains of the martial arts world.

The winters in Northern China could become rather bitter and harsh especially if one must endure it alone. Hoping to spend his last winter in solitude, a timid man must declare his love for his sweetheart before her family forces her to be married off.

A newly appointed court official is shocked at the corruption he witnesses.

Life in Fung Yang Village is rather rigid & traditional. Women seem to take the blame if a bad deed is committed. In this male dominated society, a young woman is forced to leave her village & her family after being raped.

Winner of the Golden Horse Best Feature Film Award in 1967.

Taiwan's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1964