Mo Tzu-yi

The Embers (2024)

In 2006, Detective Chang leads a police investigation into a murder committed in a public marketplace. Chang discovers the victim's father has ties to several other families with dead or missing members, and a grim espionage case buried for 50 years in Tai ...

Murmur of Memories (2023)

An astronomer's failed research and withering family leads him spiraling down the memories of his painful childhood and the dreams of his past life. ...

Goddamned Asura (2022)

On his 18th birthday, Jan Wen shoots randomly at the crowds in a night market for unknown reasons. The tragic incident causes a strong impact on the lives of his family and friends, the victims and the witnesses. However, if there was a chance for them to ...

The Black Kite (2021)

At the end of WWII, the Nationalist party of Republic of China, also known as the Kuomintang (KMT), took control of Taiwan and imposed martial law for 38 years. This period is known as the White Terror, where anyone suspected go being a Communist agent was ...

Dear Tenant (2020)

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. ...

The Luggage (2020)

A father accidentally kills his daughter and flees with her body in a suitcase. But when his luggage is unexpectedly stolen, in order to get it back, he turns himself in to the police... ...

Afterimage for Tomorrow (2018)

Each vision lasts a light time. ...

Elena (2015)

A violin teacher from a working-class background embarks on a brave journey in search of true love. The absurd process gradually makes her realize that returning to her true self is the only shortcut to happiness. ...

Design 7 Love (2014)

Seven people with seven love stories. They ignite the love and hate hidden under the table. In this battle of love, who will survive and who will lose? When the boundary between lies and truth has blurred, who can tell if the others are sincere or not? Whe ...

Canopy (2014)

Wartime, 1942. Singapore. An Australian fighter pilot shot down in combat awakens suspended in the treetops. As night devours day, he must navigate through dangerous jungle in search of sanctuary. ...

Cross (2012)

Meet Leonard, a man who will help you die with a smile on your face. A young attorney meets his client for the first time, a serial killer known as the "Smiley Face Killer", whose victims all died with a smile on their faces. ...

Forever (2010)

Joey, a talented video consultant, shares the art of marrying a man through her romantic 'faux' wedding videos, which are screened to young singles all over Singapore. The idea of fantasy and reality is blurred when she falls madly in love with a handsome ...

One Night: Choice of Evil (2010)

The lives of five lost souls; an unassuming valet, a femme fatale, a mob boss looking for redemption, a foreigner with a painful past and a suicidal waitress, collide in one night of life-changing choices in this neo-noir offering. ...

Pinoy Sunday (2009)

The discovery of a discarded sofa, in Taipei city, transforms a routine Sunday into a capricious adventure of perseverance and self-discovery for Filipino guest workers Manuel and Dado. ...

Snowfall in Taipei (2009)

May, a woman singer from the mainland of China, suddenly loses her voice and has conflicts with Ah Lei, her producer and secret lover. In anger she goes to Old Town of Jingtong where she meets Xiao Mo, a warmhearted man. Xia Mo helps May find a place to st ...

A Place of One's Own (2009)

Moody, atmospheric ghost story starring Mason as a retired tradesman who purchases an old mansion that has been vacant for 40 years because it is believed to be haunted by the spirit of a young woman who had died there. Unaware of the mansion's reputation, ...

Taipei 24H (2009)

Taipei 24H divides 24 hours in Taipei into 8 shorts. It opens with Cheng Fen-fen's upbeat and comedic "Share the Morning", and ends with Lee Kang-sheng running the final leg of this relay with "Remembrance" at 4am. Well-known director Tsai Ming-liang makes ...

Secret Sea (2009)

A letter from an old friend brings Mo back to the familiar seaside which he would rather forget, a place away from the city. During his high school days, something happened while he was out with friends one night. What happened at the seaside that summer? ...

L-O-V-E. (2009)

Four love stories by four talented Taiwanese first-time directors – well-known lyrist, Vincent Fang Wenshan; TV host, Huang Zijiao; online novelist, Jiu BaDao; and commercial director, Chen Yixian. ...

Candy Rain (2008)

Four separate vignettes about lesbian relationships and dating, ending with a summation about relationships. ...

Artemisia (2008)

A woman who believes she chose an unconventional path in her life is startled to find her children are stepping further beyond society's boundaries. Ai-tsao is a widow who is nearly 60 years old; her husband, over twenty years her senior, has been dead for ...

The Most Distant Course (2007)

Three young souls, with different purposes, comes to the coast and search for the meaning of their life, a journey considerably longer than any of them has taken before. ...

Do Over (2006)

Do Over follows five characters over twenty four hours on the last day of the year. As the interrelated stories proceed, the connections between the lives of the five characters begin to reveal themselves and their stories unravel. By depicting five differ ...

Somewhere Over the Dreamland (2003)

Somewhere Over the Dreamland adopts a portmanteau form to provide a realistically poetic depiction of the sad fate of two generations of aboriginals as alienated laborers in Taipei city. ...

Wadan's Wine Bottle (2002)

Birdland (2001)

In hope to find his lover, a Mainland Chinese A-Fei, comes to Taiwan. He is mistaken by others to be a missing taxi driver. Seeing all those roads named after Chinese provinces, A-Fei believes he can surely do this. ...

The Pact of Choshui River (1999)

Spring Cactus (1999)

Rebellious girl Lan leaves home at a young age, and the cruel reality forces her to sell her body in order to get by. Her hope of happiness and freedom vanishes the moment she stabs her priest husband. After being released from prison, she meets Blackie, h ...

Too Young (1997)

Mo Tz-yi is a high-school youth who likes to hypnotize himself by listening to tapes, intending to explore the world beyond. Chen Wen-yi, a student who failed in class before, cares about nobody and nobody cares about him. Mo begins to shift his attention ...

Fantasia (1996)