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Language
中文
Description
This take on the traditional wuxia film, set in 9th century China, centers on Nie Yinniang, a young woman who was abducted in childhood from a decorated general and raised by a nun who trained her in the martial arts to be an assassin who is directed to slay corrupt government officials. After 13 years of exile, she is returned to the land of her birth with orders to kill her betrothed husband-to-be and she will have to choose between sacrificing...
4) Vive l'amour
Publisher
Fox Lorber
Pub. Date
1998
Language
中文
Description
Bizzare love triangle in Taipei, Taiwan between a chic real estate agent, a street merchant, and the young gay man who spies on the couple's trysts.
Publisher
Shan Shi Ying Ye = Sino Movie
Pub. Date
2001
Language
中文
Description
The boys from Fengkuei: 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.
A summer at grandpa's: After their mother becomes hospitalized,...
Series
Language
中文
Description
A love story between a guy and a girl from southern part of Taiwan. The guy went to Taipei to work after graduated from junior high. The girl followed him the next year. They worked hard and encouraged each other. Somehow, there is an affection between them since they grew up together. For three years, the guy went for military service. The girl married someone else before he came back. The guy regreted very much but never blamed the girl.
Language
English
Description
A tai-chi master and widower moves from Beijing to a New York suburb to live with his only son. With a daughter-in-law who has no use for him and an ever-changing society, problems quickly arise. He is forced to call upon his tai-chi teachings and it's "pushing hands" to give him the balance needed to survive in this poignant and comic tale.
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