Mei Fang

Jiaoren Of The South China Sea (2021)

On Chen Ah Shui's wedding night, his bride was kidnapped by a jiaoren, the merpeople from Chinese mythology who produce pearls from tears. He promises the village chief to capture one alive. He sets sail to a small island in the South China Sea and finds o ...

Laugh for 24 Hours (2016)

Bong-tshio is your ordinary countryside grandma, raising four kids in an impoverished environment; however, the kids that grew up and started their own families do not respect her, fostering her in turns for one month, while bargaining with each other abou ...

The Assassin (2015)

9th century China. Ten year old general's daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed i ...

10 Plus 10 (2011)

10+10 is a project initiated by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival to demonstrate the solidarity between Taiwanese film-makers. 20 directors are invited to make a 5-minute short film each on the theme of the "Uniqueness of Taiwan," but allowed total fre ...

Rail Truck (2010)

A tale of two islands and growing up as a stranger in a strange land, told with an artistry that recalls Hou Hsiao-Hsien at his best. Based on Ryunosuke Akutagawa's short story of the same title (1922), Kawaguchi's film moves the original early 20th-centur ...

Somewhere I Have Never Travelled (2009)

Color blind girl A-Kuei feels alienated and misunderstood. She is raised by her grandmother who would rather believe she is possessed than hear her feelings. The only person in the village who understands her is her bookworm cousin A-Hsien. He tells her th ...

Orz Boyz (2008)

More than just naughty, they play tricks on classmates, tease girls at school, fight with other boys, and lie to everyone until their teacher breaks down. They are named Liar No. 1 and Liar No. 2. The most important act planned in their life is to go to th ...

Three Times (2005)

In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three different periods of Taiwanese history and governance. ...

Cop Abula (1999)

Cop Abula arrests a pregnant illegal immigrant, Xiao Qing, who came from mainland China to look for the father of her baby. Upon arrest, Xiao Qing gives birth to a baby girl in the police station, causing disorder in the place. Abula takes care of her and ...

Good Men, Good Women (1995)

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 abo ...

The Warning of Taiwan Strait War (1995)

A City of Sadness (1989)

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987. ...

The Digger The Suona Player (1988)

Farewell to the Channel (1987)

A young man is pulled into crime and then murder. He falls in love with a beautiful young prostitute who sells herself to a brothel to pay off his debts. When the young man tries to buy her contract from the brothel owner, he kills one of the bosses' thugs ...

The Missing People (1987)

An insight into the lives of young prostitutes and a drug addict. ...

Dust in the Wind (1986)

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. Th ...

The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985)

An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland China. ...

Taipei Story (1985)

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 hi ...

A Summer at Grandpa's (1984)

A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents. ...

Nature Is Quietly Beautiful (1984)

North South West East (1984)

A Flower in the Rainy Night (1983)

A girl, who was sold by her stepfather at the age of 14, has had been a prostitute for 14 years. Her family, despite enjoying a comfortable life with her help, avoids her. She thus decides to have a son of her own and succeeds by sheer determination. She i ...

That Day, on the Beach (1983)

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. ...

The Green, Green Grass of Home (1982)

A substitute teacher from Taipei arrives in a country village to teach a class of mischievous students. He soon falls in love with nature, country life and a fellow teacher at the school. ...

Play While You Play (1981)

A photographer travels with her boyfriend to a seaside village in Penghu. There she strikes up a relationship with a blind man. When they reencounter one another back in Taipei, where he is preparing to undergo an operation to restore his sight, their conn ...

A Centennial of Railways of ROC (1981)

A film produced by Taiwan Film Studio, which celebrated for the centenary of Chinese railroading. ...

Golden Fists of a Duo (1981)

A crime drama directed by Cheung Chi-Chiu. ...

Love Comes from the Sea (1980)

Romantic drama by Karen Yang Chia-Yun ...

Cute Girl (1980)

The daughter of a wealthy man takes French lessons so she can go to France with her fiancée, but ends up falling for a poor man who studies civil engineering. ...

Drunken Fish, Drunken Frog, Drunken Crab (1979)

Rare drunken film, featuring Alan Liu and Hsu Buh Liao: as two likable swordsmen, who get injured by the white haired general whilst trying to save a young damsel in distress. ...

An Unforgettable Day (1979)

Taiwanese romantic drama set in a mining town starring Brigitte Lin. ...