Hsiao Hou Tao
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Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: December 29, 1947
Deathday: February 02, 2020
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Ah Cao Leaves Mountain
1969-03-19
Ah Cao Leaves Mountain
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1969-03-19
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Found
2016-01-02
Found
Overview: A beautiful female doctor who is well cared for and a gay man raised by a single mother, at the golden age of her career, encounters the impact of her father's need for a liver transplant to renew his life at the same time.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2016-01-02
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The Time You Need a Friend
1985-01-10
The Time You Need a Friend
Overview: John Woo's melodramatic tragicomedy The Time You Need a Friend (1985) stands at the crucial crossroads in the director's career. Woo had been churning out innocuous comedies for more than a few years, and after establishing the "heroic bloodshed" genre, he'd never look back. But this tale of two comedians - estranged former pals who bury the hatchet for one last show together - blends the pathos and male-bonding of Woo's later dramas with the silliness and pratfalls that marked his early works. At their peak, Ku Ren and Shem Bien were an unstoppable screen comedy team, the undisputed stars of the silent era. But a major falling out has kept the duo offstage for decades. Despite the urgings of family and friends, Ku and Shem refuse to reconcile. As both men approach their twilight years, one last chance for a reunion presents itself in the form of a televised charity benefit. Ku Ren and Shem Bien struggle to come to terms with years of bitterness, and bring the house down once again.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1985-01-10
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Happiness Tumbler
2011-04-11
Happiness Tumbler
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Genres: TV Movie Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-04-11
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寒武紀
寒武紀
Overview: 相依為命的父親死了， 吳曉瑛依著父親的遺言， 心不甘情不願地去投靠母親白瑜珍， 但是二十年的親情隔閡， 讓母女關係充滿著對立和不信任。 白瑜珍繼承了父親遺留下的園藝公司， 物質生活優渥，情感自主， 白瑜珍經營的個人形象， 是吳曉瑛一個貧窮環境女孩所無法理解的成人世界。 但是吳曉瑛並不想找回親情， 她不懂自己心裡幽微的希望， 她只是疑惑，明明能愛人、能照顧人的白瑜珍， 為什麼吝嗇地不愛父親，不愛自己？
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Original Language: zh
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Bottom of the 6th
2011-01-30
Bottom of the 6th
Overview: Su Zhengde, a middle-aged policeman who has no hope of promotion, eavesdropped on insider news of professional baseball signing and gambling in his duty. He wanted to raise money to send his daughter to study abroad, and he struggled between love and morality. Ada, a fat little brother who lives opposite Zhengde's house, plays baseball in order to become the real man in his mother's mind, but his real dream is to be a dancer. In order to realize his dream, Ada goes hungry and saves money to participate in dance competitions, hiding from her fierce and strict mother. On this day, Zhengde hesitated whether to give up morality and go all out? Ada is still waiting for her mother to understand how he wants to dance! The dreams of two generations, the middle-aged Zhengde and the young Ada, are waiting for the opportunity on the sunny autumn afternoon...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-01-30
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A Flower in the Rainy Night
1983-10-07
A Flower in the Rainy Night
Overview: A girl, who was sold by her stepfather at the age of 14, has had been a prostitute for 14 years. Her family, despite enjoying a comfortable life with her help, avoids her. She thus decides to have a son of her own and succeeds by sheer determination. She is now hopeful that her son will have a life better than hers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1983-10-07
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How Young?
2003-01-01
How Young?
Overview: Taiwanese movie
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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The Three Famous Constables
1983-01-01
The Three Famous Constables
Overview: The plot it involves getting rid of the Devil Clan, a gang of very efficient robbers who have never been caught. The depredations must have gotten more blatant because two constables, played by Pearl Cheung Ling and Tin Hok are both tasked with eliminating them. Pearl Cheung recruits Lam Gwong-Wing who is either the third constable of the title or an informant. Lam is a bit of a goof—he would rather lounge in luxury with beautiful young women peeling grapes for him than go after the Devil Clan—which seems to make a lot of sense—but he reluctantly goes along with her after she threatens him. Lam is literally grabbed away from her by the constable played by Tin Hok for his war for his parallel operation. There is a third figure, neither a constable nor a Devil Clanner. He is Wolf Warrior who simply shows up and kills people—lots of people.
Genres: Fantasy Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Steamrolling
1982-07-23
Steamrolling
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Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-07-23
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Winter Break
1989-01-01
Winter Break
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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18
1993-09-14
18
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1993-09-14
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The Scalper
1986-01-01
The Scalper
Overview: The 'scalper' is a cinema ticket-tout skirting the law and police harassment to make a living for herself and her three children in downtown Taipei.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1986-01-01
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Coffin Ship
1965-07-29
Coffin Ship
Overview: Taiwanese horror movie from 1965.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1965-07-29
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My Father Is Not a Thief
1987-06-27
My Father Is Not a Thief
Overview: The family of a man falsely accused of car theft goes through tremendous abuse and turmoil in an attempt to free him from imprisonment.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1987-06-27
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Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing?
1983-04-01
Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing?
Overview: A poor army veteran in Taiwan adopts a daughter. She grows up and leaves him to enter show business. When she becomes famous she shuns her father and friends.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1983-04-01
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The Mystery of Chess Boxing
1979-01-01
The Mystery of Chess Boxing
Overview: Evil Chun Shan uses chess boxing and a five-element ninja style to terrorize the martial arts world until he is challenged in a series of battles, then destroyed.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1979-01-01
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Sacrifice to Desolate Spirits
1980-03-21
Sacrifice to Desolate Spirits
Overview: Upon their invasion of Taiwan in 1874, the Japanese team up with a sinister tong to hold a martial arts tournament in a plot to root out and assassinate the region's top resistance fighters, thereby breaking the spirit of Chinese patriotism. Two local kung-fu masters prove more than a match for the invaders.
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-03-21
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Taoism Drunkard
1984-11-29
Taoism Drunkard
Overview: A Taoist priest is ordered to find a Cherry Boy to appease his temple's ancestors. The boy in question is a young man who lives with his grandmother, trying to protect a sacred writ from a bright red, snarling bad guy. And let's just say insanity follows!
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1984-11-29
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That Day, on the Beach
1983-04-11
That Day, on the Beach
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1983-04-11
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Queen Bee's Revenge
1981-12-23
Queen Bee's Revenge
Overview: A woman seeks revenge against the people responsible for her sister's death.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1981-12-23
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Gangland Odyssey
1988-06-25
Gangland Odyssey
Overview: A Chinese drama
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1988-06-25
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A Pirate of Love
1977-09-17
A Pirate of Love
Overview: A Pirate of Love is a taiwanese Romance starring Charlie Chin and Sylvia Chang
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-09-17
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Step Back to Glory
2013-02-07
Step Back to Glory
Overview: A true story of the unrelenting endurance and perseverance of a group of passionate teenage girls, in a film that firmly grasps audiences and tugs at the heartstrings with an emotionally charged story of tug-of-war, “Step Back to Glory”, stands out from all of the other Cinderella-story movies in its faithful portrayal of a real-life event. The film, directed by Zhang Bo-rui, tells the story of a group of young teenage girls from the Jingmei Girls High School tug-of-war team and their arduous journey from failure to success.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-02-07
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The Vampire Dominator
1984-12-12
The Vampire Dominator
Overview: Taiwanese horror film.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1984-12-12
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The Child Delivery in the Coffin
1980-10-17
The Child Delivery in the Coffin
Overview: Taiwan horror / ghost story.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-10-17
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Iron Neck Li
1981-01-01
Iron Neck Li
Overview: Iron Neck Li (Chi Kuan Chun) signs on as a personal bodyguard for a Chinese prince. The potentate plans to visit the lawless island of Formosa, where criminals lie in wait -- highwaymen who would love to take a crack at the rich prince. But garden-variety brigands are the least of Li's worries when he encounters a powerful clan. Li must now put everything on the line to save the young prince.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1981-01-01
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Requital
1992-11-19
Requital
Overview: 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.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1992-11-19
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The Spring Outside the Fence
1985-08-10
The Spring Outside the Fence
Overview: The rebellious and free-spirited Li Lin and the introverted Wu Ai-hua are best friends who grow up together in the military dependents' village. However, they both fall in love with pilot He Kang, their mutual childhood friend. After He Kang is killed in a crash, the village only reminds the heartbroken girls of the tragedy. They escape to Taipei and work as hostess and accountant, earning a living from American soldiers on leave from Vietnam. The girls reunite with Michael, an American flight instructor, at the club. Michael ardently pursues Li Lin, but struggling to forget He Kang, Li Lin rejects Michael' s proposal. Having taken different paths, the two girls eventually return to their childhood village, reminiscing about the bonds of the past.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1985-08-10
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Dad's Suit
2019-03-22
Dad's Suit
Overview: An elderly Taiwanese farmer faces new struggles when his children attempt to put him into aged care.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2019-03-22
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The Flute Player of Wrath
1982-08-20
The Flute Player of Wrath
Overview: Taiwanese Kung Fu actor Yip Fei, (Snuff Bottle Connection) stars in this superb swordplay film from Taiwan. A swordsman known for his flute playing style: dispatches his foes in the bloodiest of ways.
Genres: Adventure Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-08-20
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Myth of a City
1985-08-28
Myth of a City
Overview: It is a school bus driver's last day at work. On a whim, he drives off to the seashore with the school's cook, a young teacher, and a busload of children. Facing an unhappy retirement, he seeks one great moment of happiness, which he finds on the road with the children. They encounter an aboriginal family, who invite them in for a feast, and then some young motorcycle riders, with whom they camp by the sea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1985-08-28
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情竇初開
1978-09-16
情竇初開
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-09-16
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18 Weapons of Kung Fu
1980-06-06
18 Weapons of Kung Fu
Overview: Li Tai must endure terrible hardship under his sadistic Kung-fu master in order to perfect his fighting technique. The ambitious young man finally has a chance to prove himself when his old master meets his match and Li has to use the eighteen secrets of kung fu to fight the challenger.
Genres: Drama Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-06-06
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