Chin Han

In 2013, the Golden Horse Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. The ministry of Culture commissioned director Yang Li-chou to make a documentary about the history of Golden Horse. What is unique to this film is that it's not an ode to celebrities but about the role cinema plays in ordinary people's lives. It's a love letter to cinema, filmmakers and audiences.

Classic romance with a documentary approach based on the life of a historical figure - Liu Rushi, courtesan and poet. She will get married with famous scholar Quian Qianyi and together with him will oversee the fall of the Ming dynasty.

In December 1937, during the Second Japanese-Sino War, a Chinese doctor, his Japanese pregnant wife, their teenage daughter and their young son travel from Shanghai to Nanjing seeking shelter in the Capital during the Japanese invasion. The family faces the Rape of Nanking by the Imperial Japanese Army, with rapes, mass murder of prisoners of war and civilians including women, children and elders, and disrespect of international conventions.

중국계 미국인으로 CIA 정보요원인 장정(주윤발 분)은 중국인이라는 사실에 거의 자부심을 못느끼는 이민 3세대이며, 만나는 여자마다 반지를 끼워주려는 구제불능의 플레이보이이다. 어느날 중국에서 미국으로 건너오기를 희망한다는 중국의 국보적 초능력 소지자 청매(오천련 분) 구출 작전을 명령받고 중국으로 건너간다. 중국내에서 탈출자들을 도와왔다는 해방군지역대장 당령의 도움으로 소림사에 숨겨둔 청매를 만난 순간, 장정은 그녀의 매력에 사로잡힌다. 그리고 그들은 행복한 시간을 보낸다. 그러나 장정은 그를 지원하기로 하고 중국으로 건너온 동료이자 소꿉친구인 마이크와 당령이 중국이나 미국정부를 위한게 아니고 사리사욕을 위해 청매를 제3국에 팔아넘기려 한다는 사실을 알게된다. 청매는 장정의 안전을 위해 당령과 함께 떠나려하고 장정은 홀로 그녀를 구하기 위해 싸운다. 마침내 청매를 구출하지만 청매는 중국정부에 인도되어 연구소로 보내진다. 두사람은 기약없는 이별을 하게되고. 2년후 차츰 초능력이 사라져 이제는 정상인으로 살게된 청매가 장정을 찾지만 소식을 알길이 없다. 그러나 청매는 포기하지않고 반드시 언젠가는 장정과 만날 것을 꿈꾼다.

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.

완령옥은 1910년 상해에서 태어나 16세에 영화계에 데뷔, 19세에 상해의 영화사 연화에 입사했다. 그녀의 섹시한 매력과 기품있는 미모는 감독들의 눈에 띄었으며 영화에 출연 후 스타덤에 올랐다. 그녀는 비극의 여주인공 역을 주로 맡았다. 그러나 인기가 절정에 달했을 때인 25세에 자살하고 말았다. 그리고 그녀는 절설적인 존재가 되고 만다. 완령옥은 자산가의 아들 장달민과 친밀한 관계였다. 그러나 달민 부모의 반대로 결혼은 하지 못했다. 전쟁의 불안과 긴장이 중국일대에 널리 펴져 있을 때 홍콩에 연화촬영소 일행과 함께 있던 완령옥은 상해에서 기다리고 있는 모친과 양녀 소옥을 걱정했다. 그때 그녀를 위로 해 주었던 사람이 당계산 이었다. 완령옥은 자신이 하고싶은 배역이 있으면 어떻게 해서든지 하고마는 끈질긴 성격을 가지고 있었다. "3개 마등여성"도 그녀의 끈질긴 교섭으로 배역을 얻어내었던 것이다. 완령옥은 자신이 연기했던 배역과는 대조적으로 여려서 상처받기 쉬운 성격이었다. 그녀는 당계산을 사랑하고 그에게 의지했지만 그가 그녀를 사랑하면서도 부인과는 이혼할 의사가 없다는 것을 알고 절망했다. 그녀는 당과 동거생활을 시작한지 1년만에 자살하고, 당은 후년 대만에서 사업에 실패하고 노쇠하여 죽는다.

한 청년과 사랑에 빠진 소녀 소화는 아버지의 반대와 금족령으로 감금된 다락방에서 자살하면서 영화는 시작된다. 그녀의 열렬한 팬이라는 중년 남자 장능재의 만남은 이루어질 수 없는 사랑의 전주곡이 되고 일본 정부를 위해 일하는 매국노인 장능재와 사랑에 빠진 소화는 가장 친한 친구인 월봉과의 재회로 갈등하게 된다. 월봉의 애인은 항일투쟁가로 사랑과 우정의 사이에서 고뇌하지만, 아픈 현실을 그대로 받아들인다. 1945년 일본의 항복 선언으로 장은 체포되어 구속될 운명에 처하지만, 시골로 탈출한다. 사랑을 찾아 시골까지 내려간 소화는 그의 애정 행각을 알게 되고 그의 배신에 좌절한다. 월봉의 도움으로 기력을 회복한 소화는 자신의 분신과도 같았던 월봉의 죽음 앞에 처절한 고통을 맛보게 되고...

잃었던 사랑과 가족을 찾아가는 즐거운 모험담. 악착같이 돈을 모으며 만족한 삶을 살던 미스 보위는 갑자기 고아가 된 조카를 떠맡게 된다. 설상가상으로 잊고 지냈던 첫사랑이 20만에 모습을 나타낸다. 성공을 위해 얼음처럼 지냈던 보위는 서서히 타인들에게 가슴을 열지만 예상치 못했던 난관에 부딪히고 만다. <축복>은 욘판 감독의 작품 중 화면의 아름다움보다는 이야기의 즐거움을 선사하는 작품이다. 여성이기 때문에 겪을 수 밖에 없는 사회적 차별과 성공만을 추구해 왔던 중년 여성의 외로움과 고민이 생생하게 살아 숨쉬며, 어린 조카와의 관계를 통해 배우게 되는 가족의 의미가 코믹하면서도 사랑스럽게 펼쳐진다.

1985 film by Li Hao

Towards the end of the Vietnam war, the US is running low on drivers for their supplies so they bring in a new lot of recruits and have to train them to survive in the dangers of wartorn Vietnam. The recruits are trained briefly by an American officer but are quickly handed off to their South Vietnamese officers and are made to go out into the dangers of Vietnam without getting the protection they need by the Americans who are more concerned with withdrawing their own troops instead of protecting the South Vietnamese

The plot follows a group of women who struggle in Hong Kong, most of them illegal immigrants from mainland China.

Chih-Ting and Chia-Lin, two students in Pingtung Girls’ Senior High School, are bosom friends. Their close friendship attracts jealousy from other classmates; thus rumors about them being lesbians spread. When this groundless rumor victimizes Chih-Ting and costs her best friend, it becomes too much to bear. In the 70s, the Taiwanese mainstream society regarded homosexuality as a negative variation of sexuality and imputed the cause of homosexuality to growing up in an unhealthy environment. However, the two protagonists’ friendship remains the heart of the story. Their unspoken emotional undercurrents are left for the audience to infer.

Peter Yu (Chin Han) goes on a business trip to the Philippines leaving his lovely wife and two children behind him. While conducting business there he saves a desperate girl from a number of pursuers. The girl is Marianna (Anna Malai) and she’s the cause of a deadly rivalry between two native tribes. The leader of one of the tribes wants to marry her, but Marianna and her tribe want nothing to do with them. Marianna escapes to HK where she finds Peter and persuades him to hire her as a maid so that she can hide out. Nancy (Sally Yeh), Peter's wife, isn't too keen on the idea especially when she discovers her husband’s infidelity. Nancy leaves HK to visit her relative in the Philippines and Peter follows to make amends. They decide to go on a road trip where hopefully they can begin anew. Their scenic tour goes askew immediately and soon turns into a horrific nightmare; as they too are pursued by the tribe that is after Marianna.

Also known as Girls' School.

The "Lost Generation" is an obsolete term against the Land of the Brave, in which the younger generation awakens to the fact that their community and their nation are in need of their dedication for brighter prospects. Permeated with enchanting music and campus folk songs, the film will surely animate lofty sentiments of movie-goers.

Taiwanese thriller.

A pretty nurse falls for her wheelchair-bound patient, and love triumphs over a series of misunderstandings caused by jealousy.

Taiwanese romance film.

Taiwanese romantic comedy film.

A young college student goes to work in the country after graduation and falls in love with a girl there, where they start to raise a family but experience relationship problems because of their different backgrounds.

Taiwanese romance film.

Pairs of best college friends, Shen Jung (Brigitte Lin) and Li Lun-mei (Chelsia Chan); Chen Cheng-hsiung (Chin Han) and Fang Juei (Alan Tam) meet at the tennis courts. Fang Juei likes the ebullient Li Lun-mei, but after hearing the contemplative Cheng-hsiung at a school concert, is smitten by his talents and looks. However, as fate would have it, Cheng-hsiung is after the studious and gentler Shen Jung.

While taking pictures in a remote forest, a young photographer encounters a beautiful, mysterious girl. The photographer soon discovers that the girl has been missing and is being held captive in the forest.

While taking pictures in a remote forest, a young photographer encounters a beautiful, mysterious girl. The photographer soon discovers that the girl has been missing and is being held captive in the forest.

Chia-wen and Hsiao-fen are childhood friends. Chia-wen is the son of a rich landlord and Hsiao-fen is the daughter of a poor couple who works on the rich lanlord's land. Even as children Chia-wen and Hsiao-fen love each other deeply. Chia-wen is sent to school in the city. After graduation Chia-wen returns to the countryside and plans to make his childhood friend Hsiao-fen his wife. Chia-wen's father disapproves of the marriage between Chia-wen and Hsiao-fen and disowns Chia-wen. With the disapproval of their marriage, Chia-wen takes Hsiao-fen and they run away together. Unmarried, Chia-wen and Hsiao-fen live together and struggle to make a living.

Taiwanese romance film.

영국에서 드라마를 공부한 단펭은 여동생의 사망을 조사하기 위해 대만으로 돌아온다. 단펭은 여동생이 자살한 이유가 그녀를 차버린 남자친구 지앙 화이 때문이라 의심한다. 원한을 품은 단펭은 지앙 화이와 그의 유치한 남동생을 유혹하며 복수를 꾀하기 시작한다. 그러나 이 와중에 그녀는 적과 사랑에 빠지게 되는데...

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

In "Morning Fog", Brigitte Lin plays Tu Hsiao Meng, a spirited young woman who's had an unenviable life full of hard knocks. The daughter of a single parent, Hsiao Meng had to give up school and enter the work force to make ends meet. She finds a job as a nursemaid to an invalid boy, and charms everyone around her with her gorgeous smile and agreeable personality. But not everyone is a fan of Hsiao Meng. She makes an enemy out of Shih Mei Ni, who happens to be Hsiao Meng's rival for the affections of Tai Ya Luen (Chin Han). She's also wealthy and higher in station than Hsiao Meng, which is yet another strike against the lovely, but lower class working girl. Can Hsiao Meng rise above her situation and triumph over the odds?

A rich man's son loses his father's fortune in business ventures. His determination to turn over a new leaf wins him the love of a pretty model.

A young girl, her life in despair, finds confidence in life again through the encouragement of her lover and relatives.

Chao Ta-jung and Yuan-yuan met at the seashore by chance. Ta-jung was impressed with Yuan-yuan's compassion towards those who were less unfortunate even though she had given him a hard time. They soon fell in love and decided to get married but due to Yuan-yuan's heart problem, there is a possibility that she may not conceive.

Taiwanese romance film.

A young doctor, regardless of his family’s objection, had decided to marry his beloved one. When he discovered that he had contracted a terminal disease and had only a few months to live with, he left his house without a word and came to a rural village. When the doctor saw the run-down medical facilities in the village, he thought he should contribute his best to provide medical assistance to those needy during his lifetime. Hence, he started a medical clinic, which in a short time, his name was spread wide and far. Meanwhile, his beloved girl friend finally found him in the village. Upon hearing his terminal disease, she insisted to marry the dying doctor…

Story from Qiong Yao's novella collection "Shui Ling"

Taiwanese romance film.

Entangled in two emotions, suffering yourself also hurt others, experienced the pain of love, can learn how to cherish.

Love turns into heartache as a young man worries about the insanity that runs in his family and whether his baby will be affected by it.

TUAN Wan-lu is a naïve and carefree young woman raised in the family of a professor and doted on by her protective older brother and childhood friend KU Yu-lan. Though Wan-lu is deeply attracted to MENG Chiao, their romance is thwarted by the taunts of MENG Chiao’s mother. At the same time, she discovers she is actually the illegitimate daughter of a club hostess. In the face of this double blow, she decides to marry Yu-lan, the one who has always been there for her. Caught between MENG Chiao’s persistent wooing and her own wavering heart, how will Wan-lu will find her way out?

A talented woman painter falls in love with a gallery owner, who is married. His son falls in love with her niece at first sight. The painter gets along well with the gallery owner's grown son and daughter. In order to keep their family united, his son and daughter ask her to withdraw from her love relationship, and she promises to do so to save the gallery owner's marriage.

As battle rages in Shanghai, a single battalion of soldiers led by Xie Jinyuan is ordered to hold back the Japanese forces at the Sihang warehouse. Girl scouts risk their lives to deliver food and medicine to the defenders.

A taiwanese romance set during the summer starring Brigitte Lin.

The Unforgettable Character is a 1975 Taiwanese romantic drama film directed by Chang Mei-chun and written by Chiung Yao.

Lo Wen (Chin Han) is enamored of his college sweetheart Xiao Yu (Brigitte Lin), and the two wish to get married as soon as they possibly can. But Lo Wen's uncle and Xiao Yu's parents are opposed to an immediate union, both thinking that the couple is too young to properly make a life for themselves. Determined to prove the adults wrong, the young couple create their "House of Love", a cheap home the two plan to renovate into their dream residence. They plan to get part-time jobs and make their own way in the world, but the going is tougher than they imagined. Can two young lovers make it in the real world without the help or support of their families?

Sex For Sale is a sexual journey of desire where Chin Han plays a male model thrust into sexual situations he's not prepared for.

A journalist meets three girls with the same appearance but different identities. Finally, it turns out that these girls are the same person. Why does she use different identities? As the journalist tries to get the answer, he falls into the labyrinth of love.

Brigitte Lin's debut film is a melodrama in which her character gets involved in a socially unacceptable relationship and then forced into marriage.

A young boy witnesses his mother’s cheating ways and, after the death of his sick father, grows to despise her. When he’s adopted by another family, the road to reconciliation proves achingly difficult.