Grace Chen Shu-Fang
Also Known As: Chan Suk-Fong, Grace Chen, Chen Shu-Feng, 陳淑芳, Shu-Fang Chen, Shufang Chen, 國民阿嬤, 陳笑, Chen Shu-Fang
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Taiwan
Birthday: July 02, 1939
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Gender: Female
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Grandma and Her Ghosts 2 – Baby Power
Overview: When Mei-chen’s son Doudou takes his son Doumio to Hsia’s on a research trip, Mei-chen flies into a panic. Mei-chen, who regards herself as a modern woman, cannot bear her mother Hsia believing in superstitions. Hsia’s house is not only derelict but unhygienic. What if something bad happens to her baby grandson? Mei-chen rushes to Hsia’s but accidentally time travels with Doumio back to Hsia’s childhood. Meanwhile, the spirit imprisoned by Hsia’s spell secretly escapes and emerges from the sea in the storm to seek revenge. The wind blows and the waves churn. Hsia’s magic power has waned with her old age. For her beloved family, Mei-chen musters the courage to reason with the aggrieved ghost while little Doumio comforts and tenderly strokes the ghost’s old wound. Will the joint effort bring peace back to the village?
Genres: Family Adventure Animation Fantasy
Original Language: zh
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Good Men, Good Women
Overview: An actress preparing to play in a historical epic is terrorized by someone faxing her pages from her stolen diary; has colorful flashbacks of her affair with a now-deceased man; and imagines black-and-white film-within-a-film scenes of the movie she is about to appear in.
Genres: Romance Drama History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1995-05-13
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My Best Friend's Breakfast
Overview: Xiang Wei-xin, a 17-year-old high school sophomore, regards eating as the most important and most healing thing in life. The first time she met her senior Tao You-quan was in the school's welfare agency. At that time, Xiang Wei-xin lost 5 yuan and could not buy her favorite pineapple bread. Tao You-quan made up the money for her, which made her feel deeply indebted to her.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2022-01-28
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The Absence
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2024-01-05
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Tales of Taipei
Overview: A heartfelt piece that tells the stories of Taipei streets, people and communities. From ten directors across the globe, creating ten unique stories of Taipei, through various backgrounds, delivering the same heartfelt message.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2024-08-30
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My Son Is a Genius
Overview: 1990 Taiwan film, directed by Li-Kuo Yang.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1990-01-01
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The Digger The Suona Player
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1988-01-01
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That Vital Organ
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1991-12-31
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The Hooligan Story
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Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1989-12-31
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The Woman of Wrath
Overview: A woman, married off to a butcher who routinely abuses her, is overpowered by the twin forces of patriarchy and tradition in Taiwan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1984-09-08
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The Young Moon Legend
Overview: Taiwanese Wuxia
Genres: Action Adventure Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1980-01-01
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Ownership of Nagen
Overview: 1991 Taiwanese film.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1991-07-11
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Scamsgiving
Overview: Jason and his mother, Yun, make big bucks together in Chinatown swindling money out of people since Jason was little. Along with the grocery store owner Andy who took them in since Jason was a baby, they decide to do one last big job. Their target is Mrs. Apple, the founder of Tao Lin, a world renowned porcelain company. Jason pretends to be that rich old granny's long lost grandson, and Mrs. Apple insists on bringing Jason back to Taiwan, so that Jason can officially reclaim his heritage. In Mrs. Apple's extravagant house, these foreigners start role-playing to infiltrate the Zong Family. Jason starts to feel the warmth of being a part of a family that he has never felt before. This has greatly affected Team America's plan, the three of them start to blame and fight each other. Their cover is about to be exposed, but somehow the truth of Jason's family mystery is revealed..
Genres: Family Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2023-01-20
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A Drifting Life
Overview: After his wife dies during childbirth, Ku-cheng leaves his children behind in their rural village while he finds work on a construction site in the city. He develops a relationship with a widow but despite their intimacy, he refuses to remarry.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1996-05-01
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Sequin
Overview: A-Tsui, the owner of an old grocery store, is always bored with the dull life with his wife. One day, A-Tsui happens to make a call for a prostitute. He seems to be a little clumsy in the city with the young prostitute before they get caught by the prostitute’s boyfriend.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2017-10-22
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Ming Ghost
Overview: A story of a girl haunted by the ghost of her mother, after witnessing her murder.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1990-12-29
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Red Envelope
Overview: A newly-wed American Andy picks up a red envelope on the ground near a Taiwanese night market. What he discovers inside the envelope is a family saga that binds two worlds.
Genres: Drama Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2024-06-06
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The Frog Ville
Overview: Could little Heymon lead his friends escape from terrors safely? Yet, the journey for seeking the refuge must go on.
Genres: Family Animation
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2014-04-23
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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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Blood Revenge
Overview: Chaozhou police constable Chiang and his wife are brutally killed by five escaped convicts whom he brought to justice three years ago. Their daughter Feng (Lu Hsiao Hui) is lucky to escape, and she sets out to avenge the murder of her parents. With the aid of martial arts expert Chuan (famous action star Philip Ko), Feng tracks down the thugs one by one and kills them with her "8-Step Successive Killing Kicks" kung fu.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1974-07-10
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Welcome to the Happy Days
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-07-18
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The Boys from Fengkuei
Overview: Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for work. They find an apartment through relatives, and Ah-Ching is attracted to the girlfriend of a neighbor. There they face the harsh realities of the big city.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1983-07-13
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The Time to Live and the Time to Die
Overview: An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1985-08-03
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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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The 18 Bronzemen
Overview: During the Manchurian invasion of China, the son of the Ming Dynasty General takes refuge in the Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts, so that he may seek revenge for his dead father. But he must first endure the rigorous test of the temple's legendary 18 Bronzemen.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1976-04-01
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The Killer from China
Overview: An honorable assassin from the Mainland arrives in Hong Kong on an assignment to blow gaping holes in the unlucky members of a Triad gang.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Dust in the Wind
Overview: 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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1986-05-09
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Heroine Kan Lian Chu
Overview: The good guys, a trio of swordsmen, gradually collect allies, including one by marriage. The groom must depart along with his bride but she must pass 3 tests before leaving. Then the group has to survive a series of traps before facing the villain.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1977-01-20
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Wild Sparrow
Overview: Little Han lives in the mountains with his great-grandmother, Auntie Han-hsiao. In rainy days, Little Han sits in front of the fireplace listening to Auntie Han-hsiao’s colorful and mysterious tales. One day he sees an injured and dying sparrow. With sadness, he digs a small cave and buries it.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2020-07-24
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Mystery in the Mist
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Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2019-01-06
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Gatao
Overview: Qing Feng is the top lieutenant under gang boss Yong. Three years ago, his good friend Xiong went to jail for him in the name of brotherhood. Upon his return, Xiong is immediately favored by Yong, which plants a growing rift in his friendship with Qing Feng. Over on the rival gang side, U.S.-educated Michael returns to Taiwan to take over for his late father and applies ruthless business strategies to expand his turf. With his eyes set on a profitable property development project, Michael will stop at nothing to eliminate Yong and take over his turf.
Genres: Crime Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2015-07-05
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Dear Tenant
Overview: A boy lives with his Grandma and Mr. Lin, the tenant who looks after him and Grandma. But when Grandma passes away, the boy's uncle returns to Taiwan and discovers that ownership of the apartment was transferred to other people.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2020-10-23
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Guo Mie
Overview: A karaoke-addicted elderly woman (Chen Shu-Fang) lives her life by the Taiwanese saying, “Guo Mie,” which translates to “as long as you devote your life to the creation of one thing, and do whatever you could, everything will turn out.” But her philosophy is seriously put into question as she struggles to come to terms with the loss of her estranged husband. She attends the funeral only to encounter his younger lover and then finds out that her children might have kept in touch with her late husband secretly behind her back. Director Joseph Chen-Chieh Hsu said that the story is based on his grandmother, who was forced to raise eight kids by herself after her husband ran away. The student short film was shot in his home country of Taiwan. Selected as a 2017 Student Academy Awards Finalist, the short also appeared in the 2018 Asian American International Film Festival. It’s the first time that lead actress Shu-Fang has sung in a film in over 40 years.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2018-03-27
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Little Big Women
Overview: A story about a karaoke-addicted old woman struggling with her self-worth and a sense of betrayal at her long-lost husband's funeral where she encounters his younger and more sophisticated girlfriend while she finds out her kids might have been secretly in touch with her late husband all these years.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2020-11-06
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Night Bus
Overview: Late night, a commuter bus was speeding along the coastal highway when, suddenly, a loud and panicky scream pierced the night’s silence. This wealthy and elderly lady had just woken to find her precious necklace stolen. What follows was a series of intriguing turn of events, chaotic mob justice, vengeful lynching, as the truth behind the theft unfolds. The film climaxes as the commuter bus went ablaze, burning and glittering against the pitch-dark coastal sky.
Genres: Animation Thriller Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2019-10-20
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Out of the Blue
Overview: Teenagers Jielong and Tangmi secretly love each other, but Tangmi vanishes after they spend a night out together. Jielong has to turn back to focus on his studies and enter university. Unexpectedly, Tangmi resurfaces with a newborn baby.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1984-06-30
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His Matrimony
Overview: This is a story located in a small town in Taiwan during the 50's and 60's. Mei-Hsia is from the most prominent family in town. Yun-Lang works in the local peasant assocation. They like each other, but Mei-Hsia is afraid to tell her mother about their seeing each other. They wait till Yun-Lang sends a matchmaker to Mei-Hsia's family. There was no way that Mei-Hsia's family would agree to their marriage. Mei-Hsia's parents send her to a relative in the northeast of Keelung, in an attempt to stop them from seeing each other, but Yun-Lang follows her there. Mei-Hsia's relative doesn't stop them until Mei-Hsia's mother finds out. Now their love is an open affair. This time, it's the Mei-Hsias turn to propose a marriage between the two families. To everyone's surprise, the Yun-Langs turn it down. Mei-Hsia and Yun-Lang planned to elope, but they failed. She kills herself. At last, Yun-Lang can call Mei-Hsia his wife by marring her memorial tablet.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1985-08-23
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Who Killed Cock Robin
Overview: An ambitious journalist who witnessed a hit-and-run years ago reboots his investigation led by newly emerged clues. As he beats the clock to save the only survivor after her sudden disappearance, layers of unimaginable dark truths around a corrupted system start peeling.
Genres: Mystery Thriller Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2017-03-30
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March of Happiness
Overview: 1945-1947, Taiwan. A teenage couple were deeply in love despite objections from the girl’s family. Their tragic story is played out in travelling troupes, tea-houses and western-style cafes, with the backdrop of Japanese occupation and the 28 February Incident.
Genres: Drama History Romance War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1999-09-09
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Final Exam
Overview: With a week before final exams and summer vacation, a substitute teacher must prove himself worthy of rehiring.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2021-08-20
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New Turn
Overview: Looking for her long-lost twin sister, a woman from Hong Kong bikes around Taiwan, joined by three complete strangers, one from Hong Kong, one from Taiwan, one from China, each biking around the island for his/her own reasons.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2021-05-14
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Days Before the Millennium
Overview: In the 1990s, many young women from Southeast Asia, carrying their hopes and dreams, were married off to this faraway island of riches... Through a two-part narrative, the film contrasts the past and the present of Taiwanese society. Can these immigrant women across different eras break free from their predicaments in this foreign land to rediscover themselves? Can they as well as the locals, live truly free lives?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2022-07-22
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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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Betelnut Beauty
Overview: A cute coed leaves her mother's home and gets involved with a pastry chef who has links to the local criminal element.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2001-06-20
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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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