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The Revenge of Two Exorcists (1975)
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other title: Tao Hua Nu dou Zhou Gong
THE REVENGE OF THE TWO EXORCISTS (1975) is another rarity; this one from Lai Sheng Ying, a cinematographer turned director. Based on a Chinese folk tale, according to the article, all the stars are new faces and a portion of the film was shot in Japan.

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Play While You Play (1981)
風兒踢踏踩
other title: Cheerful Wind / 風兒踢踏踩
A photographer travels with her boyfriend to a seaside village in Penghu. There she strikes up a relationship with a blind man. When they reencounter one another back in Taipei, where he is preparing to undergo an operation to restore his sight, their connection intensifies.

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Lover on the Wave (1978)
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Chen Kun-Hou actor: Joan Lin Feng-jiao / Ronald Chin Han
other title: 我踏浪而來
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.

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The Assassin (2015)
刺客聶隱娘
★ 7.3 10 ratings
other title: The Assassin (La asesina) / 刺客聶隱娘 …
9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.

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Taipei Story (1985)
青梅竹馬
★ 8.1 13 ratings
Edward Yang actor: Chin Tsai / Hou Hsiao-hsien …
other title: Una historia de Taipei / 青梅竹馬
A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the future, but Lung is stuck in a past that combines baseball and traditional loyalty that leads him to squander his nest egg bailing her father out of financial trouble.

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Three Times (2005)
最好的時光
★ 8.3 7 ratings
other title: Três Tempos / Tiempos de Amor, Juventud y Libertad …
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.