Vivian Hsu
Also Known As: Xu Ruoxuan, Bidai Syulan, ビビアンスー, 비비안 수, 徐淑娟, Ruoxuan Xu, Pitay Syulan, ویوین هسو, ویویان هسو, Vivian Hsu
Biography: Vivian Hsu (born March 19, 1975 in Taichung, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese singer, actress, and model who has gained remarkable popularity in East Asia, mainly in Taiwan and Japan. Hsu rose to prominence in Japan, where she made her first appearance in 1995 and has become a highly-recognized celebrity with her countless appearances in media during the late 1990s. She was also the main vocalist for the Japanese dance band Black Biscuits. Black Biscuits released four singles, Stamina, Timing, Relax, Bye-Bye, and one album Life. All of these four singles reached the top 5 spots of the Oricon singles chart, and Life reached #6 in the album chart. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vivian Hsu, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Taichung, Taiwan
Adult: No
Birthday: March 19, 1975
Age: 50 years old
Gender: Female
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The Accidental Spy
Overview: A fun-filled story about an ordinary guy about to kick into an action-packed adventure. Jackie Chan plays a bored and unsuccessful salesman who never thought his life would amount to anything. All that changes one day when he becomes an instant hero by foiling an attempted bank robbery.
Genres: Action Comedy Thriller
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2001-01-18
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One Last Dance
Overview: T is a legendary killer operating in Singapore. His victims enter his life via a small red envelope in his mailbox. T is a professional killer: calm and cold-blooded, he is capable of all the violence necessary for his job. T's life is turned upside down when an important businessman hires him to kill all the criminals involved in his son's kidnapping.
Genres: Action Comedy Crime Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2007-01-11
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Dancing Without You
Overview: Vivian Hsu and Tony Yang (In Case of Love) star in My DNA Says I Love You director Robin Lee Yun Chan's latest urban fairy tale Dancing Without You. The theatrical version of a mini-series exhibited exclusively in metro stations in Mainland China, the whimsical romance drama is an inspiring and humorous tale of love, dreams, and dancing. The film also features the supporting appearances of Taiwan and Hong Kong stars like Tammy Chen, Gabriel Lan, Joelle Lu, Michael Tong, and Eileen Tung. On the eve of the premiere of Swan Lake, ballet dancer Xia Xuan (Vivian Hsu) is forced to withdraw from the troupe after spraining her ankle. Losing all hope, the dejected dancer strays into the forest by the lakeside. Just when she is about to attempt suicide, a young truck driver named Ludi (Tony Yang) pops out in front of her. Full of fanciful ideas, Ludi mistakes Xia Xuan for an alien and brings her home, taking care of her and rekindling her passion in life...
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2010-10-29
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Fire of Conscience
Overview: A police detective must solve a brutal murder to prove his partner's innocence and unearth the truth behind Hong Kong's police force. The investigation brings him to an unlikely collaboration with an inspector from the Narcotics Bureau, whose motives may not be what they seem.
Genres: Action Thriller Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2010-04-01
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Shaolin Popey
Overview: A high school loser dreams of winning the heart of the principal's daughter, but his chances are slim as long as her bruiser boyfriend's around. Fortunately, a chance meeting with a pair of Shaolin-trained kids (previously seen in DRAGON FROM SHAOLIN) gives him the fighting skills needed to come out on top. An unusual but entertaining blending of teen romantic comedy and martial arts slapstick
Genres: Action Romance Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1994-08-05
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If You Are the One
Overview: Qin Fen, a funny, honest, single inventor, met a girl called Smiley, who was in agony of her boyfriend's betrayal. They traveled to Hokkaido, tried to help Smiley cure her pain in heart, and both of them gradually found their true love and life redemption during the journey.
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2008-12-18
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Mama Boy
Overview: Xiao Hong is a shy 29-year-old man who works in an aquarium fish store and lets his overprotective mother boss him around in all aspects of his life. His cousin decides to take him to a seedy hotel where Sister Lele oversees the prostitution business.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2022-08-26
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The Sorcerer and the White Snake
Overview: The Sorcerer and the White Snake is an ancient Chinese fable about a woman demon who falls in love with a mortal is brought to life through the latest advances in CGI and action techniques.
Genres: Action Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-09-27
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New Perfect Two
Overview: Ah Bee, a former superstar motorcycle racer who gave up on the sport after a bad fall on the track left him physically and emotionally scarred. Now Ah Bee is a self-loathing, boozing, gambling layabout with a faithful girl named Maniu, a spunky tomboy who cooks his meals, launders his clothes and constantly reminds him of what a loser he is. Of course, she needles him in an adorably sassy way, making her one of those awesome in-the-movies-only girls who'll love a man faithfully even if he's a boozing, gambling layabout.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2012-01-20
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The Shoe Fairy
Overview: Dodo is indulged in collecting and wearing beautiful high heels until she encounters an accident and loses her legs.
Genres: Fantasy Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2005-10-09
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Sleepless Fashion
Overview: A Devil Wears Prada comedy and Meryl Streep’s role played by Chinese actor Alan Tam, best-selling 80s pop singer from Hong Kong. Zhou Xiaohui is a rising star in journalism that won professional recognition from Alex and joined Ming Shang Magazine three years ago. However, Alex gradually begins to feel exposed to threats from Zhou Xiaohui so Alex plans to set him up and get him fired. Zhou Xiaohui is so angry that he leaves Ming Shang with Assistant Editor Yinghong and Xiaopang and starts his own fashion magazine called Modern Magazine, which is financed by his best friend Wuyang.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-10-21
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The Star and the Sea
Overview: The film is a moving portrayal of renowned Chinese composer Xian Xinghai's impoverished childhood in a lowly "Danjia" fishing village in Macau at the turn of the century, and his mother's struggles to bring him up with love despite the hardship. It is also a heartening tale of young Xinghai's fight for success, from the awakening of his musical talent at the bottom of Macau society, to the blossoming of his musical flair in Singapore.
Genres: Drama Music
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2009-12-07
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Super Mischieves
Overview: The Shaolin master asks his three students to find the stolen Kung Fu scroll back from a castle, which is full of monsters.
Genres: Action Adventure Comedy Family Thriller
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1995-07-20
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Machi Action
Overview: What happens when a costumed universal space hero is put out to pasture? Or, rather, the actor portraying him is?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-01-18
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Shoot, My Darlin'
Overview: A contract killer accepts a final assignment: to act as a bodyguard for a Chinese girl wanted by a criminal organization...
Genres: Action Drama
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 1997-08-30
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Saving Mother Robot
Overview: Taipei, late Dec 2012. The city is going through an unprecedented winter heatwave, with temperatures in the 30s. Eight-year-old Tiger (Antoine) lives with his divorced mother, Cao Yi (Vivian Hsu), 36, who is struggling to make ends meet with her job as a magazine editor and reduced alimony payments from her ex-husband (Tang Kuo-chung). Tiger, who has a hyper-active imagination and sees his mother as a run-down robot who needs a new model, is not very bright at school and worries his art teacher (Mini Yang) with the dark pictures he draws in class.
Genres: Drama Family
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-08-09
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Rhythm of the Rain
Overview: Allen and his friends find new light in their music career when a company is interested to help his band release an EP. Allen also falls in love with Yujie, and meets his old lover somewhere down the road. Then, Yi Le (Allen’s friend) has a love interest towards Yujie.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-10-04
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The Knot
Overview: They fell in love; Chen Qiushui was 20. Wang Biyun was 18. When Qiushui fled Taiwan after the 228 Massacre, Biyun gave him a gold engagement ring and they promised to meet again. Qiushui served as an army doctor during the Korean War, where he met Wang Jindi, a nurse from Shanghai who fell in love with him instantly. Years had gone by, Qiushui married Jindi and settled in Tibet. While in Taiwan, Biyun buried Qiushui's mother and continued to pray for his return. Flashback to modern time, Biyun is living in New York. Her niece played by Isabella Leong, a writer, has travelled to Tibet to find out what happened to Qiushui. Through the pictures she sends back via internet, Biyun finally gets to see the familiar face once again.
Genres: Drama Romance War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2006-11-26
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Juliets
Overview: A triptych reinterpreting Shakespeare's classic character Juliet. The three stories are directed by 3 different directors; Juliet's Choice (By Hou Chi Jan), Two Juliets (By Shen Ko Shang), and Another Juliet (By Chen Yu Hsun) Juliet's Choice : In the 70's, Ju worked in a printing store where a boy with a banned article changes her life. Two Juliets : Mei is told that in the 80's, a woman faked insanity to be locked up just to wait for her lover. Another Juliet : In 2010, "Juliet" tries to commit suicide but a TV commercial crew gets in the way.....
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2010-12-03
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Hunting List
Overview: Chu Chi Kit returns to HK from Taiwan after many years in hiding, and immediately resumes his relationship with old flame May and rejoins his old friend Cramp in a drug operation. But times are different, and their big boss Lui now cares more about business than loyalty.
Genres: Action Crime
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1994-10-03
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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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Devil Angel
Overview: Chi Kit worked in a stock company. One day, the stock market crashed and Chi Kit ran into bankruptcy. He called his girlfriend Siu Suen and told her everything. Siu Suen loved Chi Kit so much that she took all her savings and ran away with him to Singapore to hide away from their debts. Unfortunately, Chi Kit met a wealthy woman with an interesting proposal, and it changed everything.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1995-11-09
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Oh My Ghost! Oh My God!
Overview: Japanese diva Juliet unexpectedly finds a photo of her parents taken by a certain spiritual lake after her mother’s passing. To fulfill her mother’s wish, she embarks on a journey to reminisce about her mother’s roots in Taiwan. Juliet enlists her old friend to help her team up the mountain and they encounter supernatural phenomena and become trapped in thick fog. However, the true horror awaits as Juliet’s hidden secrets unwittingly attract evil spirits…
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: zh
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Sex Appeal
Overview: Huihua, a music school freshman, is raped by Professor Lee. She files a suit against him with the help of another professor, who involves his attorney friend, Fang Anyu. As the film focuses on the secondary abuse inflicted on Huihua, it narrows in on the characters’ inner lives. Why does Fang Anyu defend Huihua while his marriage crumbles? Why does attorney Lin so actively defend her husband? Above all, Huihua’s complex psyche is evident in the words, "I may have loved Professor Lee," changes the film into something beyond a simple courtroom drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2014-10-06
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Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
Overview: An indigenous clan-based people living in harmony with nature find their way of life threatened when violent interlopers from another culture arrive, intent on seizing their natural resources and enslaving them. Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag is Part one of the two-part, four-hour Taiwanese edition of the film Warriors of the Rainbow.
Genres: Drama Action History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-09-09
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L-O-V-E...... Love
Overview: A super rich tycoon (Michael To) decides to become an ordinary person and joins a sushi bar. He and the other three people in the bar (Jerry Lamb, Natalis Chan, Eric Kot) go on a girl-hunting spree and meet up with girls participating in a beauty contest (Shu Qi, Angie Cheung, Vivian Hsu, Teresa Mak)
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1997-06-27
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Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
Overview: After the uprising at Wushe, Mona Rudao faces a guerrilla war against the militarily superior Japanese and Seediq clans. He and his followers must fight for their dignity and honor so that they can truly be "Seediq Bale" or "real men." Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge is Part two of the two-part, four-hour Taiwanese edition of the film Warriors of the Rainbow.
Genres: Action Drama History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2011-09-30
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Lock Me Up, Tie Him Down
Overview: A housewife's, Tiffany, world is turned upside down by a stranger who breaks into her apartment and tells her that he abducted her husband of eight years while he was on a business trip in Hong Kong. Adding to the bizarreness of the situation, the kidnapper, who says his name is tells Tiffany that he doesn’t want any ransom money. Instead, to secure her husband’s freedom, she will have to take on the role of his wife for a week.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2014-03-04
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Hot Summer Days
Overview: In "Hot Summer Days" a hot summer heat wave engulfs the Chinese territory, while the movie covers the lives of various characters during that time. There's chaffeur Wah who tries to woo foot masseur Li Yan via text messages, air conditioner repairman Ah Wai interested in biker girl Ding Dong, a master sushi chef who spurns the love of writer Wasabi, country hick Da Fu who tries to impress teddy bear factory worker Xiao Qi Angela Baby by standing out in the hot noon sun for 100 days, & photographer Leslie Guan & assistant attempting to track down a woman who they believed cursed the photographer into blindness ...
Genres: Drama Comedy Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2010-02-11
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Your Place or Mine!
Overview: Your Place or Mine! explores the difficulties of finding true love in the modern Hong Kong setting via the encounters of two advertising executives, Wai and Patrick. Wai is a faithful guy who often falls for the girl that he grooms. However he is often dumped by them once they found fame and someone better than him. Just when he was about to give up on finding true love, he met an innocent fish ball seller and a tough boss who both falls for him and left him even more undecided in love. Patrick on the other hand is a playboy who keeps a girlfriend at home while frequently has one night stands outside. Can a colleague who has crush on him since school days change his cheating ways?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1998-09-25
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Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Overview: [INTERNATIONAL VERSION] Mouna Rudo was born and raised among the Seediq people, an indigenous tribe in Taiwan, and as he grew to be a man he became a member of the Seediq Bale, a courageous band of native warriors. However, Rudo's way of life is threatened under the yoke of occupying forces from Japan, who took over the nation in 1895. As Rudo sees the traditions and honor of his people stripped away, he realizes the time has come to fight back, and in 1930 he brings together a group of former Seediq Bale soldiers, many of whom have been reduced to infighting, and molds them into a revolutionary army. Rudo and his comrades make their stand when they confront Japanese occupation troops at a youth athletic event, leading to a violent confrontation between the Seediq forces and their oppressors.
Genres: Drama History War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2012-05-10
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好孩子
Overview: Mou (NG Kei-lung) is a homeless teenager. One day a litter girl sticks to him. Mou accidentally fought with a group of guys who are filming movies. He became one of the replacements in the movie and meet actress Gigi TSUI (TSUI Yuk-suen). With Gigi's help, Mou has the chance to go back to school on agreement that he can be the Top 5 in the class. However, it is a hard job for Mou who hates lessons. He takes the short cut by dating the principal's daughter Icy and cheating in the examination. He was at the top of the class and got the love from Gigi but his plan has been unveiled by Icy. Then Mou falls to a life where his daily life is just the duplication of his yesterday...
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1999-04-01
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Chivalrous Legend
Overview: After Japanese soldiers kill 12-year-old Ten-din's (Shiao Sheih Long) mother during an invasion, Ten-din must hide in order to save his own life. He takes refuge with a Peking opera company, where he perfects his fighting skills and turns into a kung fu expert. He later uses his skills to help those in need, by robbing the rich to help the poor. When Ten-din's actions are discovered, a group is sent out to intercept him and his friend Ying.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1998-05-01
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Doubles Match
Overview: Hu Guan-yu is passionate about table tennis. He trains with his best friend Huang Xuan, hoping to make the Olympic national team. When a new coach arrives, the team's atmosphere shifts, and they gradually drift apart. A year later, Guan-yu wins the junior national team qualifier. His opponent in the final: Huang Xuan.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2024-10-25
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Dragon from Shaolin
Overview: A youthful Shaolin initiate inadvertenly separated from the rest of gang joins forces with dashing adventurer (Biao) on a request to protect a priceless artifact from his greedy brother.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1996-07-05
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We're No Bad Guys
Overview: Plane (Ekin Cheng), a troubled cop who hits the skids when his girlfriend Carrie (Gigi Leung) is killed by a stoic hitman named Angel (Alex Fong). One year later he finds himself saddled with new partner Turkey (Jordan Chan), an immature cop who is in love with up-and-coming idol singer Tinny Chung (Vivian Hsu). There are the usual growing pains as the two partners learn to like and trust one another. Plane meets Tinny's friend Mandy, her looks resemble Carrie's and they fall in love. Angel then returns to settle old scores.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1997-09-25
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Heavenly Legend
Overview: Based loosely on the Monkey King legend, but set before he was sent to languish under a mountain for 500 years. The movie mainly focuses on two kids, a young Piggie (played by a fat kid with quite good makeup and a deadly fart weapon) and a young martial art master whose identity I didn't quite recognise. They get caught up in the affairs of The Dragon Princess Of The West Sea who rebels against her father by refusing to marry the Dragon Prince of The East Sea (or something like that!), and along with the Monkey King they have to fight various "fairies" (immortals) to ensure that justice is done.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1997-06-01
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Adventurous Treasure Island
Overview: Kids are sucked into their TV and have to fight pirates to return home
Genres: Fantasy Family
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1996-08-02
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The Tag-Along: Devil Fish
Overview: When a spirit medium is called to exorcise a demon from a possessed man, he is unknowingly captured in the act by two students looking to document the process. When the students accidentally release the devil fish demon into the world, it is up to them and the spirit medium to send it back to the hellish world from where it came.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2018-11-23
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The Files of Young Kindaichi: Lost in Kowloon
Overview: Korean foreign exchange student Kim Yong-Dong (Seung-Ri) studies in Hong Kong and works part-time at a hotel. A murder then takes place in the hotel and Kim Yong-Dong is the prime suspect. Hajime Kindaichi (Ryosuke Yamada) works to uncover the truth.
Genres: Drama Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2013-01-12
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好孩子
Overview: A-Wu (Nicky Wu) is a high school dropout who uses tricks to get food and sympathy from others. He's destined for life in the streets, until he met Chichi (Vivian Hsu), an up-and-coming actress, who gives him hope and motivation to change the past and clean up his act. With Christmas around the corner, will romance be far behind for them?
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1999-07-20
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Mayday Life
Overview: Mayday Life Tour is linked by four distinct segments and the story is unveiled in “Yesterday’s Rumbling Fun”.
Genres: Music
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2019-05-24
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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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The Confidence Man JP – Episode of the Princess –
Overview: Set in Langkawi, Malaysia, professional scammers Dako (Masami Nagasawa), Boku-chan (Masahiro Higashide), and Richard (Fumiyo Kohinata) target the Fuu Family for their next heist. Raymond Fuu, who was the head of the Fuu Family, passed away and he left behind 10 trillion yen. Dako, Boku-chan and Richard scheme to gain the inordinate inheritance. --asianwiki
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2020-07-23
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A Chilling Cosplay
Overview: The police investigate the murder of a young woman whose corpse was frozen and dressed up like a doll.
Genres: Thriller Action Drama Horror
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2013-10-29
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A Bright Moon
Overview: This film is the biographic story of Li Shutong (Master Hongyi), a celebrity in modern Chinese culture.
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 2005-08-05
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Naked Angel
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Original Language: cn
Release Date: 2003-01-01
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