Cheng Kuo

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

조조의 100만 대군에게 큰 타격을 입은 유비 진영. 유비의 책사 제갈량(금성무)은 손권(장첸)과의 동맹을 제안하지만 손권은 조조 대군의 규모 때문에 망설인다. 제갈량은 손권의 마음을 움직이기 위해 손권 휘하의 제일명장 주유(양조위)를 먼저 공략한다. 무기도 격한 언쟁도 없지만 제갈량과 주유의 팽팽한 심리대결은 긴장감을 더하고, 주유는 기예 대결을 통해 제갈량과의 연합을 결심하고 자신의 주군, 손권을 설득한다. 한편, 적벽으로의 출정을 앞둔 주유를 바라보는 그의 아내 소교는 자신을 흠모하는 조조의 100만 대군에 맞서야 하는 남편, 주유의 안위가 걱정되지만 이를 차마 말하지 못하는 가운데, 유-손 연합군은 적벽으로 향한다. 이제, 모두가 승리를 꿈꾸는 그곳…적벽에서의 전쟁은 막이 오르는데…

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...