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Films from the country "taiwan", sorted by revenue
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Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing? (1983)
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Musical
The movie centres around the lives of a speech-impaired army veteran and his adopted daughter. He works as a bottle recycler either buying used bottles or picking up discarded bottles with his tricycle wagon. He lives within a shanty ghetto part of the city with his woman companion who is dependent on him bringing back a bottle of saki every evening. He is affectionately known as "Uncle" in the ghetto.
Soul (2013)
, 1h51Directed by Chung Mong-hong
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Actors Jimmy Wang Yu, Chen Shiang-chyi, Leon Dai
Ah-Chuan travaille dans un restaurant japonais de Taipei. Suite à un malaise, il est transporté dans la maison familiale, dans les montagnes, afin de s'y reposer. Son comportement est alors inquiétant, puisqu'il ne reconnaît plus ni son père, ni sa sœur.
Pinoy Sunday (2009)
, 1h22Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy
Actors Bayani Agbayani, Jeffrey Quizon, Alessandra De Rossi, Lu Yi-Ching, Meryll Soriano
Dado Tagalog and Manuel dela Cruz are two Overseas Filipino workers employed with Giant Bicycles in Taiwan. While Dado misses his wife and daughter back home, he has been dating a Personal Care Assistant named Anna. Meanwhile, Manuel has hopelessly been in love with a club hostess named Cecilia. One Sunday after Church, a chain of events occurs between the two friends. Manuel tries to ask Cecilia out on a date when he spots her at a hair salon. He does her a favor by buying mango ice drinks for Cecilia and her companions, only for them to flake out on him. Dado foolishly decides to break up with Anna on her birthday, which he had forgotten all along.
Forgotten (2012)
, 1h50Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Christopher Lee
Wei'an (Ruby Lin) and Pinzhong (Christopher Lee)'s marriage start to fall apart due to the lack of communication and personality differences. When Wei'an goes to meet Pinzhong for the couple's divorce negotiation, only to find the presence of his former lover, she storms out and gets hit in a traffic accident. Wei'an survives with some unexpected side effects: she has lost her memory, and reverted to the simple, endearing woman she was 10 years ago, reminding why he loved her in the first place...
Blue Cha Cha (2005)
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities, Films about autism
Actors Tarcy Su, Leon Dai, Lu Yi-Ching, Yang Kuei-Mei
À sa sortie de prison, Ah Yu rencontre deux hommes puis retrouve une amie plus âgée qui tient un bar. Un jour elles voient sur le quai un spectacle de marionnettes. Lao-Yao, le marionnettiste, souffre d'autisme.
The Pound Puppies (1985)
, 1h37Directed by Ray Patterson, Alan Zaslove
Origin Taiwan
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Adrienne Alexander, Dan Gilvezan, Gail Matthius, Don Messick, Alan Oppenheimer, Ron Palillo
That Day, on the Beach (1983)
, 2h39Directed by Edward Yang (楊德昌)
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Sylvia Chang, Terry Hu, Wu Nien-jen, Hou Hsiao-hsien
Deux amies qui ne se sont pas vues depuis de nombreuses années se retrouvent à Taipei. L'une qui est devenue une pianiste de renom rentre d'Europe, l'autre démarre une nouvelle affaire.
, 1h30Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy
Dans un petit village de montagne, un nouvel instituteur arrive.
All the King's Men (1983)
, 1h49Directed by King Hu
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Action
Actors Cheng Pei-pei, Tien Feng
Les derniers jours de l’empereur Taizu, empoisonné par son médecin personnel malgré la protection de son entourage... King Hu signe une fable amère sur le pouvoir, stylisée à la manière des spectacles de l’Opéra de Pékin.
Play While You Play (1981)
, 1h30Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Anthony Chan
Une photographe rencontre un aveugle.
Cute Girl (1980)
, 1h30Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Action, Romance
Actors Anthony Chan
Issue d'une famille riche, une jeune fille, amoureuse d'un jeune homme de condition modeste, est forcée de se marier avec le fils d'un industriel.
Raining in the Mountain (1979)
, 2hDirected by King Hu
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Wuxia films
Actors Xu Feng, Paul Chun, Tien Feng, Hsiao Ho
Dans la Chine de la dynastie Ming, le Supérieur du monastère bouddhique de San Pao (Trois Joyaux) doit se choisir un successeur. Parmi les hauts dignitaires invités pour l’assister dans cette lourde tâche, certains convoitent ardemment le parchemin inestimable abrité par le Temple : les soutras du Mahayana écrits par Xuan Zang. Mensonges, trahisons, tentatives de vols et meurtres accompagnent les cérémonies d’intronisation. Mais finalement seule la voie du Bouddha prévaudra.
Parking (2008)
, 1h55Directed by Chung Mong-hong
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama
Actors Chang Chen, Kwai Lun-mei, Leon Dai, Chapman To, Jack Kao
On Mother’s Day in Taipei, Chen-Mo (Chang Chen) makes a dinner date with his wife (Gwei Lun-mei), hoping to improve their estranged relationship. While he is buying a cake on his way home, a car double-parks next to his, preventing his exit. For the entire night, Chen-Mo searches for the owner of the car and encounters a succession of strange events and eccentric characters: an old couple living with their precocious granddaughter who have lost their only son; a one-armed barbershop owner cooking fish-head soup; a mainland Chinese prostitute trying to escape her pimp’s cruel clutches; and a Hong-Kong tailor embroiled in debt and captured by underground loan sharks.
Spider Lilies (2007)
, 1h34Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Rainie Yang, Ivy Chen
Jade is a webcam girl, who broadcasts herself nightly on the internet to anonymous users. She seeks a tattoo, which leads her to the studio of tattoo artist Takeko, who also happens to be Jade's childhood crush. Jade becomes entranced by a large tattoo of golden flowers—spider lilies—on Takeko's arm. She wants the same design, but Takeko refuses, telling her that the flowers are cursed.