Wu Nien-jen — Playwright (9)
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The Fellow Who Rejected College (1979) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb Douban
拒絕聯考的小子
director: Chin-Liang Hsu actor: Sylvia Peng Hsueh-Fen / Wong Fook-Sat …
other title: 拒絕聯考的小子
The college entrance examinations are viewed as the be all and end all for Taiwanese high school students. A top student sends shock waves through his family and friends when he decides not to take them.
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Super Citizen Ko (1995) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
超級大國民
director: Wan Jen actor: Ko I-chen / Su Ming-ming …
other title: 超級大國民 / Die große Schuld des Bürgers Ko …
At an old age, a former political prisoner is determined to find out where his fellow sufferers have laid since their secret execution, while Taiwan embarks on a tumultuous path of democratization.
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A Borrowed Life (1995) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB Douban WikiData IMDb
多桑
director: Wu Nien-jen actor: Tsai Chen-Nan / Jun Fu …
other title: 多桑 / Father
Sega's children, born into post-war Chinese rule, can't relate to their father's love for Japanese culture, having grown up under Japanese rule before WWII.
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The Woman of Wrath (1984) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB Douban
殺夫
director: Tseng Chuang-Hsiang actor: Pat Ha Man-Jik / Yang Li-Yin …
other title: 殺夫
A woman, married off to an abusive butcher, is overpowered by the twin forces of patriarchy and tradition in Taiwan during circa 1920 to 1945.
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Dust in the Wind (1986) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
戀戀風塵
8.2 (8 ratings) director: Hou Hsiao-hsien actor: Chien-wen Wang / Hsin Shu-Fen …
other title: Dust in the wind - Polvere nel vento / Poussières dans le vent …
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.
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Song of the Exile (1990) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb WikiData TMDB Douban
客途秋恨
director: Ann Hui actor: Maggie Cheung / Lu Hsiao-Fen …
other title: Le Chant de l'exil / Canción del exilio …
Set in the early 1970s, it tells the story of a Chinese-Japanese student who returns to her native Hong Kong after graduating from a university in London. Once she arrives back home, she and her family begin to fight, largely due to cultural and societal conflicts between her mother and herself.
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Hill of No Return (1992) [Movie] IMDb Douban NeoDB TMDB
無言的山丘
9.3 (10 ratings) director: Wang Tung actor: Yang Kuei-mei / Wen Ying …
other title: Wuyande Shanqiu
In 1920s Taiwan, Jou, a controversial woman with a tragic past, seeks to change her life after falling for a man named Che. Meanwhile, a man named Wei seeks to buy the freedom of Fumiko, a dying young woman.
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That Day, on the Beach (1983) [Movie] NeoDB TMDB WikiData IMDb Douban
海灘的一天
7.1 (8 ratings) director: Edward Yang actor: Sylvia Chang / Terry Hu …
other title: Hai tan de yi tian / 海灘的一天 …
Two friends who haven't seen each other for thirteen years reunite. One is a successful concert pianist just back from a European tour and the other has just started a new business.