Mark Lee Ping-Bing

Mark Lee Ping-Bing

Рождение : 1954-08-08, Taiwan

История

Mark Lee Ping-bing (Chinese: 李屏賓; born August 8, 1954) is a Taiwanese cinematographer, photographer and author with over 70 films and 21 international awards to his credit including 2 Glory Of The Country Awards from the Government Information Office of Taiwan and the president of Taiwan's Light Of The Cinema Award. Lee began his film career in 1977 and in 1985 he started his prolific collaboration with Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-hsien. Known best for his use of natural lighting utilizing real film and graceful camera movement, Lee received the Grand Technical Prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000 for In the Mood for Love. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mark Lee Ping-bing, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Профиль

Mark Lee Ping-Bing

Фильмы

Зачарованный
Self
Austin Lin opens the night of the 58th Golden Horse Award Ceremony, and pays his tribute to the magic of film, with a short film and the song “Contentment”.
Go 2 Brother!
Director of Photography
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.
Looking for A Lady with Fangs and A Moustache
Director of Photography
When an ambitious, skeptical young entrepreneur faces strange portents of impending death, he is thrust into a mystical world of ancient wisdom and traditional beliefs that points to a special woman as his only hope for life.
Single Cycle
Cinematography
Hong moves to Chongqing from Yinchuan with her six-year-old daughter Ye after her divorce. Ten years later, Ye is still emotionally attached to her father, but her mother's new boyfriend Liu eventually moves into their house. Ye is confused by Liu's attitude towards her and has a hard time deciphering its ambivalence. This causes her much anxiety. She reminisces about the past, and goes back and forth between a fragmented reality and her dreams, until the day her mother leaves with Liu. She decides to take the path of escape, as her mom did, and return to her hometown. However she soon comes to realize that her hometown had disappeared one night several years ago.
Visions of a Teacher
Himself
In this documentary we see Khyentse Norbu (director of The Cup, 1999) in Nepal during the filming for his latest film Looking for a Lady with Fangs and a Moustache, where he effortlessly switches between working with the hip film crew and performing ancient Buddhist rituals.
Мы и они
Cinematography
В 2007 году парень и девушка встретились в поезде по пути домой на празднование Нового года. Несмотря на то, что у молодых людей было много общего, их пути все-таки разошлись. Когда через 12 лет судьба сведет бывших влюбленных снова, обоим придется переоценить значение друг друга в собственных жизнях.
77 дней
Director of Photography
Ян чувствует, что жизнь загнала его в угол, и единственным выходом освободиться он видит путешествие в одиночку через необитаемую пустошь Цянтан – третью в мире по величине, причем, не поперек, как ее обычно пересекают экстремалы, а вдоль. Распланировав свое путешествие на 80 дней, Ян отправляется в путь, но его график тут же беспощадно ломают внешние обстоятельства – пустошь не желает подстраиваться под планы какого-то мелкого человечка.
Love Education
Cinematography
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.
Вечность
Director of Photography
Три поколения женщин. На протяжении 100 лет они пытаются сохранить и приумножить любовь. Их жизни меняются: появляются новые люди, отношения, ускользает красота. И только истинное чувство остается вечным.
Crosscurrent
Director of Photography
Mysterious, sublime and elegiac, director Yang Chao’s odyssey blends breathtaking images with fantasy, poetry and history to create a complex magical universe. From the Shanghai metropolis to the snow-capped Tibet mountain, Gao Chun steers his cargo up the Yangtze, a river that has nurtured a centuries-old civilization. He comes across An Lu, a beautiful woman who appears in a different identity at every port recorded by a poetry book. Longing for her company, he realizes she gradually turns younger as he journeys upstream. He starts to wonder whether An Lu is supernatural or he is traveling not only in space but also in time. After passing a pagoda that reverberates Buddha’s voice, a flooded town reappeared elsewhere, the grandiose Three Gorges Dam and many other places where lives have been transformed, he finally arrives at the start of the Yangtze, where he unveils the secret of his past and An Lu.
Убийца
Director of Photography
Китай, время правления династии Танг. Главная героиня — убийца, влюбившаяся в человека, которого ей приказано убить.
The Queens
Director of Photography
Based on the novel of the same name, the film follows three cosmopolitan women, an actress, a PR specialist and a gallery manager, all wrestling with the ups and downs of their romantic lives.
Место, известное лишь нам одним
Director of Photography
Писательница Цзинь Тянь переживала самый тяжёлый период в жизни. Жених бросил её перед свадьбой, и любимая бабушка ушла из жизни. Цзинь едет в Прагу, где бабушка прожила большую часть своей жизни. В этом невероятном городе она встречает Пэн Цзэяна. Тем временем загадочная история любви, которую бабушка скрывала долгие годы, начинает раскрываться.
Cексуальная привлекательность
Director of Photography
Хуэйхуа, первокурсница музыкальной школы, изнасилована профессором Ли. Она подает на него иск с помощью другого профессора, в котором участвует его друг-адвокат Фан Анью. Поскольку фильм фокусируется на вторичном насилии над Хуэйхуа, он сужается до внутренней жизни персонажей. Почему Фан Аньюй защищает Хуэйхуа, когда его брак рушится? Почему адвокат Лин так активно защищает своего мужа? Прежде всего, сложная психика Хуэйхуа проявляется в словах «Возможно, я любил профессора Ли», превращающих фильм в нечто большее, чем простая драма в зале суда.
The Rooftop
Director of Photography
Wax and his friends are the happiest kids in the city of Galilee. Living on the rooftops of this bustling metropolis, sometimes life can be tough, but they still churn out songs all day, and dance under the stars at night. But when Wax meets his dream girl, a billboard beauty named Starling, fate takes him on a wild ride through the high and low parts of the town he loves.
Ренуар. Последняя любовь
Director of Photography
Лазурный берег, 1915 год. Седовласый Огюст Ренуар получает известие о том, что любимый сын Жан ранен на фронте. Единственное, что скрашивает горькое отшельничество художника, — присутствие рядом молодой рыжеволосой натурщицы. Ослепительная Андре становится последней музой мастера и наполняет его мир новыми красками. Не удивительно, что вернувшийся с фронта Жан страстно влюбляется в удивительную красавицу…
Love
Director of Photography
Eight people try to end their loneliness by searching for that one person to love, who can make their life complete.
Черный и белый: Начало
Director of Photography
Ву — молодой полицейский, только недавно закончивший академию и теперь рвущийся в бой. Его начальник, впрочем, не одобряет такое рвение и после того, как рутинная погоня за грабителями превращается в разгром, отправляет Ву на психологическую экспертизу — проверить, нет ли у него проблем с избыточной тягой к насилию. Ву временно отстранен от службы, но проблемы сами его находят — он становится случайным свидетелем бойни, которую устраивают вооруженные до зубов люди в черном вертолете.
Mural
Director of Photography
Mural tells the story of Zhu Xiaolian, a poor scholar who travels to the capital to take an examination. During this trip, Zhu becomes distracted by a mural and enters into the fantasy land depicted therein. There he meets the fairies who inhabit this fantasy land and encounters love and hate.
Норвежский лес
Director of Photography
37-летний Тору слышит в гамбургском аэропорту мелодию песни Beatles «Norwegian Wood» и переносится мыслями в свою юность — в 60-е годы, когда он был токийским студентом тяжело переживавшим смерть своего лучшего друга, совершившего самоубийство…
Once Upon a Time in Tibet
Director of Photography
Set during the Second Sino-Japanese War(1937-1945), the US army brings supplies to China by flying over the Himalayas. A love story then ensues between an American pilot and a Tibetan girl who saved his life when his airplane crashed.
Love in Disguise
Director of Photography
Famous from an incredibly young age, DMH (Wang Lee Hom) has only ever known a celebrity pop star existence. Yet, despite all the glamour, there is still something lacking in his charmed life - true love. With the help of fellow musician and friend WZB, DMH disguised himself as a regular Joe in the hope of finding true love. While incognito, DMH and WZB stumble across the performance of a classical Chinese orchestra and DMH is immediately captivated by the melodies of the guzheng soloist, LMQ (Crystal Liu Yi-Fei), a student at the Shanghai Conservatory, whose affections lie with the accomplished but arrogant virtuoso, ZXZ. In his attempt to spend more time with LQM, DMH promises to help LQM get together with ZXZ. As DMH and LQM grow closer, it becomes increasingly difficult to conceal his identity.
Дрезина
Director of Photography
Юмико Яно вместе со своими сыновьями, Ацуси и Токи, отправляется из Токио с прахом покойного мужа в его родной дом, расположенный в горной деревушке на юге Тайваня. Юмико, вышедшая замуж против воли своих родителей, после смерти мужа вынуждена полагаться только на себя. Ее сын Ацуси, ощущая себя «посторонним» в моноэтнической Японии, бунтует против общества и своей матери. Но в сельском доме, окруженные заботой стариков, которым пришлось пережить немало драматических политических перемен и стать свидетелями разрушения традиционной системы ценностей, мать и сын вновь находят то, что их соединяет. Отправляясь в путешествие на старомодном грузовике-дрезине, Ацуси познает окружающий мир по ту сторону дома и школы и приходит к пониманию того, что значит быть «сыном» и «старшим братом».
Let the Wind Carry Me
Himself
Focusing on Mark Lee Ping-bin, one of the most talented and prolific cinematographers in Asia, the movie details the itinerant lifestyle of a deeply observant and philosophical artist and the tolls that his profession takes on his family life.
Надувная кукла
Director of Photography
Она всего лишь надувная кукла, которую холит и лелеет малосимпатичный владелец. Ежевечерние предания утехам с искусственной женщиной столь чувственны, что в один из дней оживляют ее. Очаровательная девушка, чей разум по-детски наивен и чист, начинает постигать окружающий мир. Блуждая по городу, она знакомится с симпатичным продавцом видеомагазина и влюбляется в него.
Murderer
Director of Photography
A Hong Kong-set mystery centered on a detective who has been framed for a series of gruesome murders.
Claustrophobia
Director of Photography
Pearl has quietly fallen in love with her boss Tom, who’s married with a family. Without warning, Tom asks Pearl to interview for another job. Wounded, Pearl demands that Tom terminate her. The gauntlet has been thrown down. In a space as small, crowded and claustrophobic as the office, love doesn’t grow - it incubates and breeds, like a virus.
Заложник смерти
Director of Photography
Натан, влиятельный нью-йоркский адвокат, тяжело переживает расставание со своей возлюбленной Клэр. Дело принимает странный оборот, когда в жизни Натана появляется таинственный доктор Кей. По словам Кея, он способен видеть будущее, а особенно сильно он ощущает будущую смерть.
Нью-Йорк, я люблю тебя
Director of Photography
Вслед за Парижем, фоном для новых короткометражных фильмов связанных одной вечной темой выбран не менее известный город, Нью-Йорк.Двенадцать пятиминутных фильмов о любви в том самом большом городе сняла плеяда известных режиссеров и актрис мирового кинематографа.
The Sun Also Rises
Director of Photography
A polyptych of interconnected stories in different time-zones, shifting between a Yunnan village, a campus, and the Gobi Desert.
Секрет
Director of Photography
В первый день в новой школе во время прогулки внимание Луня привлекает соло на пианино. Он следует за музыкой и в старом классе музыки встречает красивую девушку. Это Юй, одна из одноклассниц Луня. Она всегда опаздывает в школу и садится за последнюю парту. Они становятся близкими друзьями и проводят много времени вместе. «Что за мелодию ты играла при нашей первой встрече», — спрашивает Лунь. «Это мой секрет», — шепчет ему в ответ Юй.
Flight of the Red Balloon
Director of Photography
The first part in a new series of films produced by Musée d'Orsay, 'Flight of the Red Balloon' tells the story of a French family as seen through the eyes of a Chinese student. The film was shot in August and September 2006 on location in Paris. This is Hou Hsiao-Hsien's first Western film. It is based on the classic French short The Red Balloon directed by Albert Lamorisse.
Reflections
Director of Photography
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.
The Matrimony
Director of Photography
A woman finds the key to a room in the attic that her husband forbids her from entering. When she opens the door, she is confronted with the haunting existence of the woman her husband refuses to forget.
After This Our Exile
Director of Photography
After his mother flees the family home, a son turns to thieving in order to support his father, an abusive sort who is addicted to gambling.
Весенний снег
Director of Photography
Начало двадцатого века. У Киёaки, молодого человека из аристократической семьи, есть все, что можно пожелать, но ему хочется чего-то большего. Слишком поздно он понимает, что то, чего он хотел, было совсем рядом.
Three Times
Director of Photography
In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three different periods of Taiwanese history and governance.
Letter from an Unknown Woman
Director of Photography
Peking, 1948. A winter night. A man returns home to find a letter awaiting him written by a woman before her death. in the letter she tells him the story of her love for him -a life-long passion that has not diminished over time, but one that he has never known. her story spans 18 years from the moment she -then a 13 year-old girl- sets her eyes on her new neighbor. she tells their brief but passionate love in her youthi the hardship she goes through raising their child alone, and their final encounter after the war, during which the man fails tor ecognize her and one which leaves her in despair. Now having lost her son, she no longer has the courage to live on. Only in a letter is she capable of telling him everything, for the first and the last time. shaken by the letter, the man searches his memory for the nameless woman.
Café Lumière
Director of Photography
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.
A Sight for Sore Eyes
Director of Photography
When she was seven, Elise Gardet witnessed her mother’s brutal murder. Ever since, she has tried to forget this unsolved crime. Now she’s 18 and beautiful, but her bourgeois family and her stepmother’s anxiety are suffocating her.
May & August
Cinematography
In December of 1937 two young girls aged 9 and 4, May and August, lived blissfully with their parents in Nanjing. Unfortunately, the outbreak of the war totally changed their lives. May's parents were killed by the Japanese soldiers, and the girls taken to a refugee camp. Once May's uncle learned of the tragedy, he retrieved the two girls from the camp. But when the Japanese invaders took full control of the city, May and August would then have to learn to be strong to face all the upcoming challenges.
Springtime in a Small Town
Director of Photography
In a mansion decimated during World War II, a frustrated, bored housewife, Yuwen, is torn between caring for her ailing husband and her longing for a former sweetheart, a doctor who has come to treat her husband.
Visible Secret 2
Director of Photography
The newlyweds Jack and Ching move into a new apartment. Jack gets smacked by a car and goes into a coma, but a miraculous recovery occurs. Jack begins having visions of death around the house and he finds Ching has begun to act strangely. Jack relays his suspicions to Ching, but she thinks he might be "troubled". September, an female friend of Jack's, joins him on a fact-finding hunt. What they find isn't too comforting, as it seems that Ching may have more than a few secrets from her new husband
Принцесса
Director of Photography
Талантливый дизайнер Джокер работает в компании, производящей компьютерные игры. Полным ходом идет разработка новой игры, но ее создатели никак не могут найти подходящий образ главной героини. Однажды Джокер видит в баре девушку Линг и понимает, что она — идеальная кандидатура. Руководство не одобряет выбор Джокера, и тогда он решает создать собственную игру о принцессе Ди с главной героиней, похожей на Линг.
Миллениум Мамбо
Director of Photography
Фильм рассказывает о молодых людях в Тайване первого года нового тысячелетия — 2001 года, которые прожигают жизнь, встречаются и расстаются под ритмы мамбо. Вики и ее дружок Хао-Хао все время ссорятся. Хао-Хао требуется постоянно убеждаться в том, что Вики, любящая погулять и повеселиться, ему не изменяет. Он роется в ее сумочке, проверяет записи на мобильнике и даже обнюхивает, пытаясь определить, где она была и чем занималась. А при малейшем подозрении пускает в ход кулаки. И хотя у Вики есть верный друг, мафиози Джек, всегда готовый протянуть ей руку помощи, она постоянно возвращается к ревнивому и грубому Хао-Хао…
Forever and Ever
Director of Photography
Based on a true story, Xiao Fu was contracted HIV virus through blood transmission due to hemophilia. He made his difference by writing a book before his death to change the public's view toward patients with HIV.
Любовное настроение
Director of Photography
Гонконг, 1962 год. Господин Чоу с женой и госпожа Су с мужем одновременно въезжают в соседние квартиры и однажды обнаруживают, что их супруги изменяют им друг с другом. Чоу и Су пытаются понять, как начался этот роман, и постепенно сближаются, но не хотят давать волю чувствам.
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
Director of Photography
Hanoi comes across almost picture-perfect in director Tran Anh Hung's beautiful, elegiac tale about the lives and loves of three Vietnamese sisters. A mood characteristic of Hung's films is set early on with the vivid sounds of birds, insects and water and the way the lighting enhances the subtle use of color. They all combine to gem-like effect here.
Пылкое сердце
Director of Photography
Когда ей было 17 лет, Шэо Жоу влюбилась в мальчика из своей школы, однако мама запретила ей общаться с ним, так как боялась, что детская любовь закончится в роддоме. Спустя восемь лет бывшие влюбленные вновь встретились, на этот раз уже в Токио, но судьба снова была против их союза — один из них уже был связан узами брака.
Шанхайские цветы
Director of Photography
Шанхай, 1880 годы, четыре шикарных борделя (цветочные дома): у каждого есть мадам, куртизанка в молодости, старые слуги и созревающие девочки на обучении. Мужчины собираются вокруг столов с едой, играя в пьяные игры. С опийной трубкой в руке. Женщины живут внутри темных панельных стен. Душная атмосфера, как будто Чехов был в Китае. Меланхоличный Ванг клиент Кримсон; оставит ли он ее ради юной Жасмин? Эмеральд планирует выкупить свою свободу, с помощью клиента Ло. Перл, стареющий цветок, воспитывает своенравную Джейд, которая думает, что ее возьмет замуж молодой хозяин Жу. Женщины увядают или смотрят сквозь пальцы или теряют надежду.
Eighteen Springs
Director of Photography
In 1930s Shanghai, a young office girl falls in love with a factory worker in the same company.
Спецгруппа
Director of Photography
Лин — полицейский в штатском из пронизанного преступностью района Монгкок, который проваливает операцию по борьбе с проститутками с материка. Он влюбляется в легкомысленную проститутку, которая говорит ему, что любовь всей ее жизни — убийца, который однажды спас ее жизнь в перестрелке.
Out of the Blur
Cinematography
14 vignettes without dialogue.
Buddha Bless America
Director of Photography
When a military contingent of "mythic" Americans arrive for war games in a little farming village in South Taiwan in the late 1960s, a veritable flood of hilarious cultural and linguistic misunderstandings is loosed on both sides.
Прощай юг, прощай
Director of Photography
На шее у Гао – большая семья и безответственный друг-шалопай по прозвищу Тупоголовый. Парню надоело такое существование. Он мечтает купить ресторан в Шанхае и жениться на своей девушке. Для того чтобы добыть денег, он задумывает аферу. Все идет как по маслу до тех пор, пока темпераментный Тупоголовый не вступает в конфликт с теми, с кем лучше было не ссориться.
Падшие ангелы
Camera Operator
Киллер работал с Агентом три года. Однажды он взял и ушел в пустоту ночных улиц Гонконга. Среди ирреального света фонарей и недосягаемых крыш небоскребов герой встречает странных людей: девушку, ищущую таинственно пропавшего бойфренда, немого торговца, привлекающего внимание покупателей к своим товарам не самым обычным образом…
Summer Snow
Director of Photography
Tells the story of the relationship between a widower with Alzheimer's disease and his daughter-in-law, May Sun, who is a housewife in her forties trying cope with the upheavals in her family.
Heaven and Earth
Director of Photography
Cheung Ye Pang (Andy Lau) is a Cantonese detective out to combat opium sellers. Encountering high-level corruption along with close friends being murdered, Pang sets out to stop the dealers.
Вин Чун
Director of Photography
Девушка по имени Вин Чун на пару со своим старым другом и женихом Леунгом Пок-То, расправляются с бандитами, возглавляемыми вожаком по прозвищу Летающий Шимпанзе. Но получается это только после того, как монахиня покажет Вин Чун основы нового стиля.
The Puppetmaster
Director of Photography
In the first half of this century, young Li Tienlu joins a travelling puppet theatre and subsequently makes a career as one of Taiwan's leading puppeteers.
Легенда 2
Director of Photography
Возвращение легендарного мастера Востока на поле битвы. На этот раз ему предстоит сражение не на турнире, а на просторах своей страны. Фонг Сай-Юк вступает в тайное общество «Красного Лотоса», которое борется за свержение правителя династии Манчу. Но на пути к достижению цели он должен пройти не только через трупы врагов, но и через испытание своих чувств. Бой продолжается, и за каждым темным углом может таиться враг.
China Heat
Director of Photography
A special police unit of women fights drug smugglers from Asia to New York. A trio of globe-trotting women led by the glamorous Tie Hua spread mayhem and beauty as they search for the cold-hearted international drug lord Hong Gang. In their wake, they leave a string of broken hearts -- and a trail of broken bones. Sibelle Hu, Alan Lan, Sherry Han, Cindy Mong and Michael Despasquale Jr. co-star in this martial arts action adventure filmed in the style of Charlie's Angels.
Twilight in the Forbidden City
Director of Photography
Manfred Wong spins this period tale about the life of imperial eunuch Lau Lou-hay, after the emperor was forced out of the Forbidden City. After saving the life of anti-imperial soldier Wu Chung (Felix Wong Yat-wah), Lau (Max Mok Siu-chung) agrees to help him capture the imperial seal, the symbol of political legitimacy in China at that time. Though both manage to cozy up to General Cheung (Kent Cheng Chuk-see), the guardian of the seal, their plan eventually fails. Wu helps Lau flee from Cheung's clutches and, upon learning that he is a eunuch, makes the lad his 13th wife. At the Wu estate, Lau is forced to deal with more than his share of political intrigue, particularly in dealing with Tak Cheung (Norman Law Man), the lead eunuch in the household.
Joe-Goody
Cinematography
Jen, nicknamed Ah Dai, had been a rebellious child. He fled home the age of 16. A few years later, he became the driver of the leader of the Underworld, Mr. Lin. He was deeply moved by the kindness and care Mr. & Mrs. Lin showed him, grateful enough to do anything for them in return. Ah Dai observed the conflicts and struggle for privileges in the Underworld, and its strange interactions with the police.
My American Grandson
Director of Photography
A 12-year-old boy from America experiences the clash of cultures and the generation gap when he visits his grandfather in Shanghai.
Клетка тигра 2
Director of Photography
Молодой юрист Девид отмывает деньги для главаря одной из банд Чайнтауна. Когда он перевозит наличные в Гонконг, его грабят, а напарника убивают. Жизнь Девида висит на волоске, и, если он не вернет деньги, — ему смерть. Ситуация осложняется еще больше, когда кто-то организует массовые разборки, между поделившими Чайнтаун группировками. В этом аду Девид, кажется находит след «тигра-одиночки», развязавшего бойню…
The Dull-Ice Flower
Director of Photography
Ku Ah-ming is a 4th grader at Chungshan Elementary School in Shuiyu Township, Taiwan. Despite being not very good in most subjects at school, he is very talented in art and has a great imagination, though most teachers don't know what he's expressing in his artwork.
City Kids 1989
Director of Photography
The pressures of the gang-ridden Hong Kong streets threaten to tear two teenage friends apart. A provocative look at misunderstood youth and juvenile delinquency on the urban streets of Hong Kong.
Runaway Blues
Director of Photography
Before he was crowned one of the "Four Heavenly Kings", Andy Lau starred in the 1989 gangster film Runaway Blues. He plays Lam, a Taiwan gangster who flees to Hong Kong after killing a rival gangster. Hiding at his uncle gang boss Lip's place, he gets embroiled in more gang conflicts and is forced to be an informant for the police. Lam runs away to Guangzhou and Macau with Lip's mistress, causing an enraged Lip to be hot on his trail.
Hero of Tomorrow
Director of Photography
When Lee Sam, a ten-year veteran of the Hong Kong underworld, is released from prison, he dispatches two enemies and goes into hiding in Taipei where his old friend Billy is a boss. Billy is a hothead whose rivalries with other gangs put Sam at risk. After bailing Billy out a couple of times, Sam tries to get out of the Mob life. He retires to the coastal town of Tainam, works as a fishmonger, and falls in love with the sister of Crow, a 20-year-old who wants to work for Billy. Can Sam quit violence for good, start a family, and protect Crow?
Sir, Tell Me Why?
Director of Photography
The story of how a high school teacher overcomes all the problems and difficulties with problem students as well as other unfavorable circumstances in his teaching.
Strawman
Director of Photography
During the last years of Japanese occupation in Taiwan, as tenants from the preceding generation, the family of Chan brothers was suffering from poor harvest. With a deaf old mother, a mental disordered sister whose husband was killed in war, and a bunch of children, it was not hard to imagine that they were really poor. One day, a heavy unexploded bomb fell down from the sky on two brothers' farmland. The brothers brought the bomb to the Japanese police as a "gift for the Emperor of Japan". Unfortunately, the Japanese were frightened by the bomb and order them to throw it into the sea. They could do nothing but obeyed the order. The bomb exploded when thrown into the sea. A great number of dead fishes came out of the sea. The two brothers collected the fishes back home. When they saw their exciting family enjoy the fishes, they felt that God is fair.
Dust in the Wind
Director of Photography
A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school, and A-yun works as a helper at a tailors. Everyone thinks they are meant for each other, and so do they. They fail to see time and fate are beyond their control.
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
Director of Photography
The semi-autobiographical film on director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's childhood and adolescence, when he was growing up in Taiwan.
Run Away
Cinematography
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
Director of Photography
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.
The Outsiders
Director of Photography
A young male student develops a very close relationship with a teacher when both outsiders become ostracized from their town.