Wu Nien-jen
Also Known As: 吳念真, 吳明瑞, Wu Ming-swi, Nien-Jen Wu, Wu Nian-Zhen, Wu Niann-Jen, N. J. Wu, Wu Nien-Chen, Ng Lim-Chan, Wu Wen-Chin, 吳文欽
Biography: Wu Nien-jen (Chinese: 吳念真; born 5 August, 1952) is a Taiwanese screenwriter, director, and writer. He is one of the most prolific and highly regarded scriptwriters in Taiwan and a leading member of the New Taiwanese Cinema, although he has also acted in a number of films, like Edward Yang's film Yi Yi (2000).
Department: Writing
Place of Birth: Juifang, Taipei County, Taiwan
Birthday: August 05, 1952
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Gender: Male
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Caring for Black-Faced Spoonbill
Overview: A documentary took more than 30 years to pursue a migrating bird, black-faced spoonbill.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2023-03-24
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Yi Yi
Overview: Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother-in-law is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2000-09-20
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A City of Sadness
Overview: The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government in the late 1940s.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1989-10-21
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Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
Overview: Documenting Taiwan from an aerial perspective offering a glimpse of Taiwan's natural beauty as well as the effect of human activities and urbanization on our environment.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-11-01
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Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang
Overview: CHEN Ming-chang, exposed to Western music, from The Beatles to Bob Dylan, often taught himself to play and sing with a guitar when he was young. In the closed social milieu of martial law in Taiwan, he became immersed in music and yearned for freedom, arousing his desire to become a musician. Later, he decided to set out on a journey to learn more about the music that has been passed down through generations. Traveling around Taiwan, he learns traditional opera music from prestigious musicians and integrates it into his artistic creations, composing music and stories that belong to Taiwan…
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2023-11-17
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The Boar King
Overview: When Cho loses her husband Ying and her family business in a massive typhoon, she is devastated.Then the villagers begin receiving mail from Ying. Is he really dead?
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2014-08-28
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Fly, Kite Fly
Overview: The black kite, generally referred to as “the eagle” in Taiwan, used to be very widespread and so common that it is the main character in a well-known Taiwanese children’s game. However, it has now become so rare that very few people ever get to see it. SHEN Zhen-zhong, better known as “Mr. Kite” who vowed to safeguard this endangered bird, is determined that he spent the best 20 years of his life traveling throughout Taiwan to find out why the black kite is disappearing. From 1992 to 2015, the film documentary maker LIANG Chieh-te followed Mr. Kite’s journey. Through his camera lenses, the story of how, one person can cross the species barrier and totally devote himself to a cause with no regrets because of love.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-11-20
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I Love Mary
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1988-09-02
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My Egg Boy
Overview: Even in modern-day Taipei, women feel the societal pressure to get married and have children before the clock runs out. Thankfully, there is a solution: freeze your eggs and prolong your fertility until the right one comes along! Starring Ariel Lin, the film is a glimpse of what millions of working women struggle with: finding the balance between pursuing a career and marriage.
Genres: Romance Comedy Family Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2016-09-23
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Daughter of the Nile
Overview: Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and her father currently working out of town, it is up to Lin Hsiao-yang to take care of her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1987-08-22
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Island Etude
Overview: Ming-Hsang, a deaf college student, meets interesting people as he cycles around Taiwan before he graduates from college.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2006-11-22
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Taipei Story
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1985-05-01
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Kangaroo Man
Overview: "Kangaroo Man" is produced by China Film Co., Ltd., directed by Liu Yiming drama, Qiu Xinzhi, Chen Wenmin to participate in the show. The film tells the story of Li Maitian's wife Jane Li because of accidental pregnancy can not, surrogate also failed, Li Maitian decided to get pregnant, in order to achieve and cherish wish.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1995-01-07
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My Favorite Season
Overview: Bi Bao-Liang is a 29 year-old man who believes that he will have bad luck if he touches a woman before he turns thirty. Liu Xiang-mei is a beautiful woman who had a love affair with her married boss, and now she is pregnant. In order to give her child a family name, she decides to find a man to have a one-year marriage contract. Bi Bao-Liang is the perfect man she is looking for because he is afraid of women. However, their marriage does not follow what they've planned...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1985-03-05
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Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast
Overview: More than 20 years ago, there were three "Ban Dou" master chefs who dominated the catering business in Taiwan. However, the street banquet business has been in decline since Taiwan's economic boom. Master Fly Spirit wants to pass the family recipes and culinary skills on to his only child, Wan, but she desperately wants to run away from the family business and to become a film star.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-08-16
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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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Mahjong
Overview: Winston Chen, a prominent businessman, goes missing after racking up $100 million in debts to the Taipei underworld. Two enforcers sent to find him, and they track down his son, Red Fish, the leader of a street gang.
Genres: Comedy Drama Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1996-12-07
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Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2020-11-27
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