New Taiwan Cinema in the 80s
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1. In Our Time (1982)
110 min | Drama
Four short films from four different directors, spanning from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Directors: Yi Chang, I-Chen Ko, Te-chen Tao, Edward Yang | Stars: Emily Y. Chang, Sylvia Chang, Chi Chen, Sheng-wen Lan
Votes: 788
2. The Green, Green Grass of Home (1982)
91 min | Drama
Da-Nian is a young man from Taipei. He goes to a remote village and works as a substitute teacher. He and Su-Yun, another teacher at the school, fall in love. There are several students in ... See full summary »
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Kenny Bee, Ling Chiang, Jing-Kuo Yen, Meifeng Chen
Votes: 561
3. Ku Lian (1982)
105 min | Drama
Patriotism motivates a Chinese American painter to return to motherland after civil war. He was accused to be capitalism during Anti-Rightist Movement, which caused him to flee. He goes exile into a wild bulrush in order to avoid the hunt.
Directors: Chin-Chuan Li, Toon Wang | Stars: Chung Fei Hsu, Kuan-Chen Hu, Hui-Lou Chen, Yu-Hsin Chen
Votes: 31
4. Kan hai de ri zi (1983)
100 min | Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Toon Wang | Stars: Hsiao-Fen Lu, Ming-Ming Su, Ju-Feng Ma, Sheng Chiao
Votes: 59
5. You ma cai zi (1984)
115 min | Drama
Ah-fei's mother, Hsin-chin, comes from a well off family headed by a doctor. Hsin-chin's marriage to a young engineer is not a happy one. Her circumstances change for the worse, and she can... See full summary »
Director: Jen Wan | Stars: Chiu-Yen Chen, I-Chen Ko, Ming-Ming Su, Shih Chang
Votes: 86
6. Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing? (1983)
100 min | Drama, Music
A poor army veteran in Taiwan adopts a daughter. She grows up and leaves him to enter show business. When she becomes famous she shuns her father and friends.
Director: Kan-Ping Yu | Stars: Linda Jui-Chi Liu, Yueh Sun, Shao-Kang Wu, Li-Chun Lee
Votes: 367
7. That Day, on the Beach (1983)
Not Rated | 166 min | Drama
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.
Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Sylvia Chang, Ming Hsu, Lieh Lee, David Mao
Votes: 1,454
8. The Sandwich Man (1983)
Not Rated | 105 min | Drama
Three vignettes from three different directors that tell stories of ordinary people during Taiwan's Cold War period.
Directors: Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Chuang-Hsiang Tseng, Jen Wan | Stars: Bor-Jeng Chen, Li-Yin Yang, Kuo-Feng Tseng, Te-Nan Lai
Votes: 778
9. The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)
99 min | Drama
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Doze Niu, Shih Chang, Chung-Hua Tou, Li-Yin Yang
Votes: 1,908
10. Growing Up (1983)
100 min | Drama
The story follows a young man as he changes from an intelligently aware youth, to a teenager with much less confidence than he once had, and finally, to a stable adult.
Director: Kun-Hou Chen | Stars: Chun-Fang Chang, Fu-Sheng Tsui, Doze Niu, Chuan-Wen Cheng
Votes: 402
11. Kidnapped (1983)
Drama
Director: I-Chen Ko | Stars: Sylvia Chang, Eddie Chan, Don Wong, Hsiu-Shen Liang
Votes: 15
12. Xiao ba ba de tian kong (1984)
101 min | Drama
A boy fell in love with a girl, then the girl left. Years later, the boy found that he is a father now.
Director: Kun-Hou Chen | Stars: Chih Chyi Li, Chih-Hsi Li, Chieh-mei Yang, Yu-Chi Chang
Votes: 31
13. Jade Love (1984)
105 min | Drama
Director: Yi Chang | Stars: Chuen Fu, Shao-Hui Ku, Ding-feng Lin, Hui-Shan Yang
Votes: 23
14. Old Mao's Second Spring (1984)
90 min | Comedy, Drama
Story of Lao Mo, a Taiwanese veteran who does not want to live a lonely life as an old man.
Director: You-Ning Lee | Stars: Yueh Sun, Chun-Fang Chang, Jen-Lei Chen, Pei-Hsin Chang
Votes: 36
15. An An (1984)
91 min | Comedy
Director: Ching-Chieh Lin | Stars: Doze Niu, Chung-Hua Tou, Hsia Chiang, Huang-Lung Hsiao
Votes: 7
16. A Summer at Grandpa's (1984)
93 min | Drama
A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister who spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Chi-Kuang Wang, Shu-Chen Li, Hsiu-Ling Lin, Mei-Feng
Votes: 1,741
17. Taipei Story (1985)
Not Rated | 119 min | Drama
Lung is a former member of the national Little League team who lives with his old childhood sweetheart Ah-chin, a traditional family woman. Although they live together, Ah-chin is weary of Lung's past liaison with another girl.
Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Chin Tsai, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, I-Chen Ko, Su-Yun Ko
Votes: 3,912 | Gross: $0.01M
18. Chao ji shi min (1985)
110 min
A young delinquent in Taipei.
Director: Jen Wan | Stars: Bor-Jeng Chen, Chih Chyi Li, Shu-Chen Li, Ming-Ming Su
Votes: 22
19. A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1985)
Not Rated | 138 min | Biography, Drama
The semi-autobiographical film on director Hou Hsiao-Hsien's childhood and adolescence, when he was growing up in Taiwan, living through the deaths of his father, mother and grandmother.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Chia-bao Chang, Neng Chang, Chih-Chen Chen, Han-wen Chen
Votes: 3,514
20. Kuei-mei, a Woman (1985)
152 min | Drama
This film tells of a woman's never-ending struggle to keep herself and her family fed and clothed.
Director: Yi Chang | Stars: Hui-Shan Yang, Hsiang-Ping Hu, Li-Chun Lee, Ming Liu
Votes: 219
21. Jie hun (1985)
Drama
Director: Kun-Hou Chen | Stars: Chieh-mei Yang, Ching-Huang Yang, Chiu-Yen Chen, Min Wu
Votes: 26
22. Zui xiang nian de ji jie (1985)
100 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bi Bao-Liang is a 29 year-old man who believes that he will have bad luck if he touches a woman before he turns thirty. Liu Xiang-mei is a beautiful woman who had a love affair with her ... See full summary »
Director: Kun-Hou Chen | Stars: Sylvia Chang, Tsung-Sheng Lee, Ching-Ting Hsia, Kuan Kuan
Votes: 74
23. Yang chun lao ba (1985)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Toon Wang | Stars: Chun-Fang Chang, Chuen Fu, Kuen Li, Hsiu-Ling Lin
24. The Terrorizers (1986)
109 min | Crime, Drama
A metaphysical mystery about the lives of three couples in Taipei that continually intersect over a span of several weeks.
Director: Edward Yang | Stars: Cora Miao, Li-Chun Lee, Shih-Chieh King, Pao-Ming Ku
Votes: 5,504
25. Sha Fu (1986)
100 min | Drama
Director: Chuang-Hsiang Tseng | Stars: Patricia Ha, Ying Bai, Shu-Fang Chen, Chien-liang Chen
Votes: 122
26. This Love of Mine (1986)
110 min | Drama
A housewife whose life only revolves her husband finds herself being cheated. She becomes angry and neurotic and can't accept the fact at all. Finally, she realizes that the only choice she... See full summary »
Director: Yi Chang | Stars: Hui-Shan Yang, Hsia-Chun Wang, Elten Ting, Cynthia Khan
Votes: 29
27. Liu lang shao nian lu (1986)
Drama
Director: Kun-Hou Chen | Stars: Linda Jui-Chi Liu, Hsiao-Fen Lu, An-Ke Tung, Chieh-mei Yang
28. Wo men dou shi zhe yang zhang da de (1986)
Drama
Director: I-Chen Ko | Stars: Terry Hu, Ming Hsu, Fu-Mei Chang, Hsu-wen Chang
Votes: 54
29. Wo erh Han-sheng (1986)
96 min | Drama
A low-keyed film about a mother's relationship with her growing son. The middle-class Mrs. Pan lives in Taipei, is married to a mainlander, and has two children, her son Han-sheng and a ... See full summary »
Director: Yi Chang | Stars: Hsia Jiang, Hsing-Wen Li
Votes: 8
30. Wo'men de Tiankong (1986)
Drama
Director: I-Chen Ko | Stars: Chiu-Yen Chen, An-Shun Yu, Shu-Chen Li, Ah-Lu Chan
Votes: 6
31. Dust in the Wind (1986)
Not Rated | 109 min | Drama, Romance
A young couple leave their mining town home for Taipei where they struggle to eke out a living in an industrial wasteland.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Grace Chen, Shu-Fang Chen, Shu-Fen Hsin, Chi-Ying Kao
Votes: 3,186
32. Gui hua xiang (1987)
112 min | Biography, Drama
Ti Hung's parents die when she is twelve. When she is sixteen, she determines to change her fate, swearing to forget about the poverty. Based upon her famous clever hands at embroidery and ... See full summary »
Director: Kun-Hou Chen | Stars: Hsiao-Fen Lu, Hsiu-Ling Lin, Simon Yam, Emil Chau
Votes: 72
33. Be My Lovely Child Again (1987)
101 min | Drama
The story of a little girl who has blood cancer but wants to live a normal life just like any other kid.
Director: Ching-Sung Liao | Stars: Che-Pu Pan, Shan-Ju Lin, Mei-Ju Chou, Shu-Fen Hsin
Votes: 27
34. Farewell to the Channel (1987)
A young couple make their merry way through the island of Taiwan, in the style of 1930s Americans Bonnie and Clyde.
Director: Jen Wan | Stars: An-Shun Yu, Fennie Yuen
Votes: 10
35. The Two of Us (1987)
95 min | Drama
After a married couple get a divorce, the ex-husband is left to raise his 6-year-old son.
Director: You-Ning Lee | Stars: Feng Shih, Ming-Ming Su, Che-Pu Pan, Hou-Tao Hsiao
Votes: 9
36. Strawman (1987)
94 min | Comedy, Drama, History
Chronicles the last days of Japanese rule in a Taiwanese village, in a quasi-comical style.
Director: Toon Wang | Stars: Chun-Fang Chang, Po-Chou Chang, Sheng-Li Cho, Chun-Hsiung Ko
Votes: 322
37. Huang se gu shi (1988)
99 min | Romance
The turbulent life of Chu Hsiao-Min and her growth from girl to woman.
Directors: Sylvia Chang, Kuo-Chao Chin, Shaudi Wang | Stars: Chu-chuing Chang, Shih Chang, Sylvia Chang, Emil Chau
Votes: 36
38. Daughter of the Nile (1987)
Not Rated | 93 min | Crime, Drama
The eldest daughter of a broken and troubled family works to keep the family together and look after her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Lin Yang, Fan Yang, Shu-Fen Hsin, An-Shun Yu
Votes: 1,204 | Gross: $0.00M
39. Yuan nu (1988)
106 min | Drama
It tells a tragic story in the early 20th century of China, a beautiful girl Yin Di got married to a sick wealthy man through an arranged marriage, despite the fact that she actually loves ... See full summary »
Director: Fred Tan | Stars: Patricia Ha, Ming Hsu, Emily Y. Chang, Sha-Li Chen
Votes: 52
40. People Between Two China (1988)
91 min | Drama
Mr. Sun is a married man. 40 years ago, he escaped from communist ruling in Mainland China to Taiwan. 20 years ago he remarried, and they have a sweet family. Recently Taiwan government ... See full summary »
Director: Kan-Ping Yu | Stars: Yueh Sun, Chung-Hua Tou, Jeanette Lin Tsui, Hsiu-Ling Lin
Votes: 7
41. My Mother's Tea House (1988)
93 min | Drama
The hostess of a tea house bought a girl for touting, but her virtuous son releases the girl.
Director: Kun-Hou Chen | Stars: Sylvia Chang, Tony Ka Fai Leung, Chieh-mei Yang, Tsung-Sheng Lee
Votes: 24
42. Jiuqing mianmian (1988)
99 min | Drama
Director: Hung-Wei Yeh | Stars: Ah-Hsi, Bor-Jeng Chen, Sheng-Li Cho, Wen-lin Fang
43. The 3-D Army (1989)
90 min
An evil sorcerer traps a young hopping zombie and his friend with magic. He later tries to raise an army of zombies to help carry out his nefarious schemes. It is up to a few heroes to try ... See full summary »
Director: Chun-Liang Chen | Stars: An An, Chi-Chiang Chen, Chi-Kuang Chen, Sung-Young Chen
Votes: 17
44. Dull Ice Flower (1989)
99 min | Family, Drama
A young fine-art teacher Kuo is assigned to teach in a small-town. Ah-Ming, an eight-year-old painting genius, is in Kuo's class. Ah- Ming performed badly in school, but he has great sense ... See full summary »
Director: Li Kao Yang | Stars: Kun-Hsuan Huang, Shu-Chen Li, Han Yu, Rachel Chang
Votes: 435
45. Two Painters (1989)
120 min | Drama, Fantasy
Director: Kan-Ping Yu | Stars: Sylvia Chang, Bor-Jeng Chen, Yi-Ta Chen, Chun-Chun Hsu
Votes: 17
46. Xiang jiao tian tang (1989)
116 min | Drama
"Door Latch" and his friend followed the KMT army and moved to Taiwan in 1949. They conceal their real name and get many trials and afflictions to adapt the circumstances in that special ... See full summary »
Director: Toon Wang | Stars: Shih Chang, Kai-Chun Chen, Lung Fang, Wei Ho
Votes: 168
47. Guo zhong nu sheng (1989)
98 min | Drama
The film explores the friendship between two school girls balanced on the cups between childhood and the adult world. The break between them comes when Leah, the headstrong and fearless of ... See full summary »
Director: Kuo-Fu Chen | Stars: Chih-hua Chang, Shih Chang, Vivian Chen, Ai-Yun Ho
Votes: 22
48. A City of Sadness (1989)
157 min | Drama, History
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s.
Director: Hsiao-Hsien Hou | Stars: Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Shu-Fen Hsin, Sung-Young Chen, Jack Kao
Votes: 6,100
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