Ku Pao-Ming
Also Known As: Bao-ming Gu, 顧寶明 , Gu Baoming, Ku Pao-Ming, 顾宝明, Gu Bao-Ming
Biography: Biography not available
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Taiwan
Birthday: April 08, 1950
Deathday: March 19, 2022
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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The Great Conqueror's Concubine
Overview: Insurrection deposes the tyrannical first emperor of China during the evil Qin Dynasty. Warrior/general Xiang Yu and the cunning peasant Liu Pang join forces to win through civil war. Xiang Yu's weakness for Lady Yu combine with Liu Pang's treachery result in Liu founding the legendary Han dynasty
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-06-04
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The Warlords
Overview: The civil war in China has ruined many lives including General Pang's. A wounded General Pang is saved by a beautiful young woman along with two other men. Together they vow to eradicate the rebels.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2007-12-12
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Forever Young
Overview: Five orphans, five friends. They grow up together, still good friends, and travel to Thailand, where a witch doctor has invented a brew which returns one to childhood permanently. Robberts attack and force the five to test the brew. Rescue comes after four of them have shrunk into child sizes, leaving Bo the only adult. The doctor forgets how to reverse the process and the quintet return to Hong Kong. Teacher Wong takes the four children into a primary school.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1989-07-13
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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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One Step is Enough
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Genres: TV Movie
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-02-20
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Terrorizers
Overview: An uncompromising look into urban life from the eyes of a voyeuristic photographer, a rebellious teenager, and a married couple teetering on the edge of adultery.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1986-12-19
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The Personals
Overview: An attractive and successful doctor places a personal ad in a newspaper to try to meet (and eventually marry) Mr. Right. A succession of blind dates ensues, featuring men who are lonely, desperate, dangerous and perverted.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1998-03-13
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The Wooden Man's Bride
Overview: After her groom is killed in a bandit ambush, a young peasant bride must move into the home of her wealthy mother-in-law, Madame Liu. In a perverse tribute to her fallen son, Madame Liu imposes on her new daughter-in-law a life of domestic servitude. In the midst of her misery, the young widow finds new romance with another peasant, the gentle and brave Kui. But when Madame Liu discovers her infidelity, she vows to keep the lovers apart.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1994-02-05
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When Yesterday Comes
Overview: Following the success of The Long Goodbye, the Taiwan Catholic Foundation of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia has embarked on a second documentary film dealing with the plight of elderly people suffering from conditions like Alzheimer’s and other degenerative disorders resulting in memory loss. When Yesterday Comes takes the route of a compendium of four shorts by different directors.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2012-01-03
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Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land
Overview: Two drama companies happened to share one auditorium for rehearsal. Friction was inevitable. One of them played 'Peach Blossom', a comedy in medieval costume. Another played 'Secret Love', a sad story with contemporary setting. Though unreconciled in all aspects, they find themselves telling the same story: the story of Chinese people forced to leave home.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1992-02-14
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My Rice Noodle Shop
Overview: Carol 'Do Do' Cheng portrays the tough, eventful life of "Mama Boss" from childhood in pre-1949 Guilin to disillusionment in 1970s Taipei, where she struggles to run a noodle shop and contend with a host of colourful customers.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1998-09-11
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Heaven and Earth
Overview: Cheung Ye Pang (Andy Lau) is a Cantonese detective out to combat opium sellers. Encountering high-level corruption along with close friends being murdered, Pang sets out to stop the dealers.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-07-21
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A Home Too Far
Overview: In 1950s, Chinese Civil War ends with the defeat of Republic of China and the establishment of Communist China. The 93rd Division's soldiers take their families with them, exit southwestern China and enter northern Burma (Myanmar). The hike through forest is full of disasters and short of supplies, but the survivors reach and settle within border of Burma. They build a village, and ally with local armed gang to resist Burmese government's attacks. Later, the relocated government of Republic of China offers to take the soldiers and dependents to Taiwan, but some are disappointed with the government and decide to stay.
Genres: War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1990-08-28
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The Dynamite Trio
Overview: The most deadly fighter on earth, a man so dangerous in combat he only uses one hand, is after the greatest book ever written. This book, a tutorial in the "mantis fist", must be protected by an unlikely band of hero's.
Genres: Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Little Big Man
Overview: Little Big Man is a Taiwanese Comedy starring Eric Tsang.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1989-01-01
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Naughty Cadets 3
Overview: Naughty Cadets 3 aka Big Headed Recruit 3 is a Taiwanese Comedy staring Eric Tsang.
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1987-12-01
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The Naughty Cadets
Overview: Selected criminals are being trained to fill in vacancies for police.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1987-03-28
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Once Upon a Time
Overview: Carefree days, youth and summertime. It is on a day like that when Hsin-lun meets Wendy and Johnny meets Bessie. Love blossoms. Hsin-lun and Wendy are married but Bessie is jilted by Johnny. After college, Hsin-lun joins a construction company. He is unhappy, what with the company's corrupt ways and a domineering manager. On the point of resigning, he learns of a traffic accident in which Wendy and his brother are injured. Wendy has a miscarriage. The need for money changes Hsin-lun completely. He becomes part of a gang...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1981-12-17
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Zombie Fight Club
Overview: It's the end of the century at a corner of the city in a building riddled with crime - Everyone in the building has turned into zombies. After Jenny's boyfriend is killed in a zombie attack, she faces the challenge of surviving in the face of adversity. In order to stay alive, she struggles with Andy to flee danger.
Genres: Action Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2014-10-23
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A Centennial of Railways of ROC
Overview: A film produced by Taiwan Film Studio, which celebrated for the centenary of Chinese railroading.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1981-07-01
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Magic of Spell
Overview: Peach Boy and his mother live in a village. One day, there is a young man that suddenly comes to the village and asks Peach Boy to be his teacher because. At the same time, the elder of the devil palace wants to set Peach Boy to the deathtrap. They grasp children in order to have better martial arts skills. Peach Boy becomes righteous and indignant, he decides to exorcise the demons, but unexpectedly, his mother is killed by the devil. The battle between Peach Boy and the devil is unavoidable... (taken from the VCD release)
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Fantasy Horror Family
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1988-07-23
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The Clock
Overview: Suffering from dementia, Hsia flees the brand-new apartment where she now lives with her daughter and returns to her old home, only to relive the nightmare that she has long forgotten and buried.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-01-01
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Black Skin and White Teeth
Overview: A story of three childhood friends who grow up to live starkly different lives, and how their lives intersect - one being a cop, one a gang leader, and one a destitute gambler.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1987-02-12
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The Guardian
Overview: Taiwanese fantasy film from Yu Han-Hsiang, director of REVENGE OF THE SHAOLIN KID (1978), BURNING OF THE RED LOTUS MONASTERY (1982) and THE DWARF SORCERER (1974)
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1978-01-01
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The Village of No Return
Overview: In a remote village, a con man disguised as a Taoist priest introduces a memory-erasing device to residents — but a dangerous plot looms.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2017-01-26
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Wolves Cry Under the Moon
Overview: Episodic drama from Taiwan. Was nominated for nine awards at the Golden Horse Film Festival.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Ghost in the House
Overview: A young woman moves into a Japanese-style house that's haunted by the ghost of a grieving widow who wants her "daughter" (i.e. whatever female happens to move in there) to join her in the afterlife.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2005-01-01
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End of Summer
Overview: A coming-of-age family drama with a timid fifth grader, an orthodox middle-aged teacher, and a grumpy old man awakening to their true selves during the 1998 World Cup.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2017-11-18
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Emergency Police Lady
Overview: A group of police women keep the city safe. A normal day day includes everything from battling robbers to going undercover to break up a arms deal that threatens the city.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1989-05-31
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The Longest Night
Overview: Taiwanese war film based on a small-scale battle between the invading People's Liberation Army and the resisting Republic of China Armed Forces on a few small islands (including Dadan Island) in the Taiwan Strait in late July 1950.
Genres: War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1983-01-01
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Gambler's War
Overview: A rich young woman's world collapses in one night, when her apparently respectable businessman father is killed by gangsters, who turn out to be former members of his gang.
Genres: Action
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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7½ Detectives
Overview: Taiwan Comedy directed by Kevin Chu Yen-Ping and starring Eric Tsang and Stanley Fung.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1988-07-09
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Naughty Cadets on Patrol
Overview: Selected criminals are being trained to fill in vacancies for police.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1987-07-04
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The Jade Badger
Overview: A marriage between nobles in Ancient China sets the stage for murder, monsters, and mutilation as the invited guests search for a secret hidden treasure. A search that leads them through dark evil forests, opulent palaces, and each other! When two sick and twisted killers enter the fray it is up to our hat wearing hero to straighten things out and put the warlords, henchmen, and evil ninja six feet under! But is he working for the law, or himself?
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1982-01-01
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Little Genius Soldier
Overview: Taiwanese army comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1988-09-24
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The War Dogs
Overview: 4th installment to the Naughty Cadets series.
Genres: Action Comedy War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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My Missing Valentine
Overview: Xiao Chi, a driven girl who's been looking for love, gets asked out by a hot guy on the eve of Valentine's Day. As she anticipates her first date, she wakes up the next morning and finds that the Valentine's Day has mysteriously passed.
Genres: Comedy Romance Fantasy Mystery
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2020-09-18
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Angel Heart
Overview: Having spent a harrowing time in prison, Miao Wei looks up both former, casual lovers but also his childhood sweetheart Wennie. It's not long until they're married and off on a perfect path together but Miao Wei takes scars from his prison time into his intimate moments with Wennie. Claiming he loves her too much, the relationship begins falling apart in dangerous ways...
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1995-05-25
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Classmate Party
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1988-08-08
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Shaolin Popey III: China Dragon
Overview: Two agile Hong Kong martial arts kids join up with a pair of bungling Chinese-immigrant beach bums on the sunny shores of Hawaii, where they divide their time between sophomoric kung-fu kid hijinks and their designated mission--tracking down a missing book whose secrets have fallen into the hands of a power-hungry villain.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1995-01-28
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A Complete Life
Overview: A man returns home from years on the run to find his wife having died of cancer and his son getting a divorce after his grandson's birth. The once mighty gangster ends up living in a nursing home where he finds the warmth and love of a younger woman. As he tries to break the news of his May-December romance to his son, he finds out that his son is now living with a man claiming to be a "close friend." Three generations of Wu, the grandfather who hates to lose face, the father who thinks love trumps all, and the rebellious grandson, collided as they dealt with love, friendship, and family.
Genres: TV Movie Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-05-05
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Yours and Mine
Overview: This is a four-part anthology comedy. The themes of four parts are: car, house, body and friendship. The central characters are a plastic surgeon Chen, a nurse, an experienced maid, three energetic teenagers and a young couple. The stingy surgeon Chen treats a car and a man so differently that he could be a perfect example to show how treasonously modern people treat their cars and how indifferently they treat other people. The maid Ying is like a knight on her "iron horse" (a bicycle), fighting in the city. Every day she rushes home after work to wait up for a husband never returns. The new nurse has problem with her colleague because they support different idle. What she also doesn't know is the reason why her brother's girlfriend sends her free lunchbox so often. The truth is that her brother's girlfriend wants to get plastic surgery in the clinic. Almost everyone here is not satisfied with his/her body. Moreover, they try to change their body with quite violent ways.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1997-06-21
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来去少林
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Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2003-09-05
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Flying Dagger
Overview: The well-known "Flying Dagger" Chung and his nephew Lam lived on rewards from apprehending bandits. Chung refused the love of "Great Coquette" Lady Fung. Therefore, Fung always mess up Chung's business for revenge. Flying Fox, the country's number one bandit, had stolen the millionaire Tsao's evidence of being a traitor. Hence, Tsao employed Chung to catch the bandit. Flying Fox's wife, Flying Cat seduced Chung to save her husband, which caused jealousy and a severe fight with Fung. Meanwhile Lam was kidnapped by Tsao. Chung and Fung finally realized that Tsao was the head of East Wing. They united together to beat against Tsao...
Genres: Fantasy Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1993-03-27
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Island of Fire
Overview: Someone in a prison run by a corrupt warden fakes the deaths of convicts to later use them as expendable assassins. A police officer is sent into the prison to gather evidence of the corruption.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1990-03-28
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Shaolin Popey II: Messy Temple
Overview: Fun-loving young Shaolin initiates get the better of two bungling assassins hired to chop off the right hand of their crochety master, who commands magical kung-fu powers.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-12-04
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