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Tsai Chen-nan
Tsai Chen-nan (; born 26 July 1954) is a Taiwanese actor and singer. Tsai was invited by the Hsinkang Foundation of Culture and Education to perform in Xingang, Chiayi, by the organization founder Chen Chin-huang, who sought to mitigate the effects that a widespread had on his hometown. Tsai performed alongside the Cloud Gate Dance Theater led by fellow Xingang native Lin Hwai-min in June 1987. Tsai won the Golden Melody Award for best Taiwanese vocalist, and the Golden Melody Award for Album of the Year in 1997. His Hokkien pop songs have received attention from China, where he has been considered a "green performer," supportive of Taiwan independence. Tsai appeared in several films directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien at the start of his acting career. He portrayed a gang leader in ''Comes the Black Dog'' (2004), and (2015). In 2010, Tsai won best actor at the Rome Asian Film Festival for his portrayal of a police officer in . Tsai was a hunter and love interest of Lu Yi-ching's cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brackets
A bracket is either of two tall fore- or back-facing punctuation marks commonly used to isolate a segment of text or data from its surroundings. Typically deployed in symmetric pairs, an individual bracket may be identified as a 'left' or 'right' bracket or, alternatively, an "opening bracket" or "closing bracket", respectively, depending on the Writing system#Directionality, directionality of the context. Specific forms of the mark include parentheses (also called "rounded brackets"), square brackets, curly brackets (also called 'braces'), and angle brackets (also called 'chevrons'), as well as various less common pairs of symbols. As well as signifying the overall class of punctuation, the word "bracket" is commonly used to refer to a specific form of bracket, which varies from region to region. In most English-speaking countries, an unqualified word "bracket" refers to the parenthesis (round bracket); in the United States, the square bracket. Glossary of mathematical sym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A City Of Sadness
''A City of Sadness'' () is a 1989 Taiwanese historical drama directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It tells the story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror" that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government (KMT) after their arrival from mainland China in the late 1940s, during which thousands of Taiwanese and recent emigres from the Mainland were rounded up, shot, and/or sent to prison. The film was the first to deal openly with the KMT's authoritarian misdeeds after its 1945 takeover of Taiwan, which had been restored to China following Japan's defeat in World War II, and the first to depict the February 28 Incident of 1947, in which thousands of people were massacred by the KMT. ''A City of Sadness'' was the first (of three) Taiwanese films to win the Golden Lion award at the Venice Film Festival, and is often considered Hou's masterpiece. The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 62nd Academy Awards, but was not ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shia Wa Se (TV Series)
'' Shia Wa Se '' () is a 2016 Taiwanese comedy, romance television series. It is adaptation from one of nominated drama script on the 4th Television Scriptwriting Awards held by Ministry of Culture. Retrieved September 16, 2016 Starring , , and |
Youth Power
''Youth Power'' () is a 2015 Taiwanese political drama, comedy, romance television series created and produced by TVBS. Starring Tammy Chen, Yao Yuan Hao, Jason Tsou, and Nana Lee as the main cast. Filming began on January 8, 2015 and wrapped up on July 21, 2015. First original broadcast began on May 1, 2015 on TTV airing every Friday night at 10:10-11:40 pm. Synopsis Can three young people choose their own futures even when life throws them in an unexpected direction? Chen Yi Jun (Tammy Chen) grows up in a political family but detests politics and is determined to pursue her passion for music. But after college graduation, she is forced to return home and is thrown into the midst of her family drama. She teams up with her childhood friend Jiang Ye Qing (Yao Yuan Hao), who also grew up in a political family and thrives in it, and the social activist Huang Zhao Yuan (Jason Tsou). Forced to grow up among the pressures of the real world, can Yi Jun, Zhao Yuan and Ye Qing make the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
What Is Love (TV Series)
''What Is Love'' () is a 2012 Taiwanese romantic-comedy television series. The television drama was produced by Bethel Video Productions Ltd, starring Wu Kang-jen and Jade Chou. The shooting began on April 9, 2012, and first aired on July 20, 2012 on TTV. Plot Thirty-two-year-old Li Yi Hua (Jade Chou) is longing for a romantic relationship and wants to marry a good man. Along comes Bai Zong You (Chris Wu), who breaks women's hearts with one-night stands. Bai Zong You sets his sights on wooing Li Yi Hua next. What she doesn't know is that she might have true feels for him. Cast The following are the cast of ''What Is Love'' series: ;Main *Wu Kang-jen as Bai Zong You *Jade Chou as Li Yi Hua *Duncan Lai as Zhang Shao Qian *Kimi Hsia as Wu Xiao Lu ;Supporting *Jin Qin as Wu Xiao Gui *Luo Ping as Ai Lei Di *Gina Lin as Lan Jun *Andrew Tan as Yan Zu Li *Luo Bei An as Li Yuan *Tsai Chen-nan as Wu San Bao * Albee Hwang as Wang Xue Fu *Cherry Hsia as Chen Yi Jing *Xu Gui Ying ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When A Wolf Falls In Love With A Sheep
''When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep'' (also known as ''When Wolf Falls in Love with Sheep'') is a 2012 Taiwanese romantic fantasy film directed by Hou Chi-jan and starring Kai Ko and Jian Man-shu. Premise At the Nanyang Street neighborhood in Zhongzheng District where there are many cram schools, a young man works at a copy shop making copies for test papers, with hopes of encountering his girlfriend who had broken up with him via a post-it note. One day, he notices drawings of a sheep on a piece of test paper he's printing and he sets out to find the illustrator by drawing a wolf cartoon that dialogues with the sheep in response. Cast * Kai Ko as Tung / Wolf * Jian Man-shu as Hsiao Yang * Kuo Shu-yao as Tsui Pao-pao * Tsai Chen-nan as Photocopy shop boss * Lin Ching-tai as Noodle stall owner / Priest * Dennis Nieh as Cram school boss * Lu Ting-wei as Fried Rice Man * Nikki Hsieh as Tsai Yi-ying, Tung's ex-girlfriend * Bryan Chang Bryan Chang or Chang Shu- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Ghost Tales
''The Ghost Tales'' (Chinese: 變羊記) is a 2012 Taiwanese psychological horror film directed by Tso Shih-chiang. Plot Sung Ting-Po (Tsai Chen-nan) is a debt-ridden businessperson. Just as he is planning to go deep into the woods to kill himself, he runs into a ghost (Wu Pong-fong). Ting-Po has long already given up on life and decides to mess with the ghost, who is actually quite timid and turns into a goat. The goat is then picked up by A-chuan (River Huang), himself a talented gardening enthusiast, who has just left the military and takes both his younger sister (Lee Yi-chieh) and the goat to live in a dilapidated block of flats. At this time, through his gardening connections, A-chuan is staging a performance with a former schoolmate (James Wen). A-chuan covets a precious bonsai arrangement valued at over a million NTD, and he gradually loses all rational perspective; even his girlfriend (Lorene Ren) leaves him. Within all of this, the situation envelopes peoples' spirits as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Monga Yao Hui
Monga Yao Hui (original title: 艋舺燿輝) is a 2011 Taiwanese television series starring Lee Wei and Shara Lin. It tells the story of four childhood friends and the life of gangsters. The production was announced on 11 January 2011, and debut on CTS on April 12, 2011, airing every Monday through Fridays at 8:00pm for two hours. The drama marked the 40th anniversary of CTS in producing drama. It was set to end on July 19 but was extended to July 22 due to problems with its replacement, ''New My Fair Princess''. Lee Wang Luo was nominated for Best Supporting Actor in 2011 at the 46th Golden Bell Awards The Golden Bell Awards () is an annual Taiwanese television and radio production award presented in October or November each year by the Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development, a division of Taiwan's Ministry of Culture. It is the ... Taiwan GBA Official SitGolden Bell Awards 2011 nomination list 22 September 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-22 Plot The story begins abou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Year Of Happiness And Love
''The Year of Happiness and Love'' () is a 2009 Taiwanese drama starring James Wen and Amber Kuo. It was produced by Sanlih E-Television. The series was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air Taiwan Television (TTV) from 7 August 2009 to 1 January 2010, every Friday at 22:00 to 23:35 and cable TV Sanlih E-Television on 8 August 2009 to 2 January 2010, every Saturday at 22:30. ''The Year of Happiness and Love'' was nominated in 2010 for four awards at the 45th Golden Bell Awards, including Best Actress for Amber Kuo and Best Actor for James Wen. Taiwan TelevisioTTV 45th Golden Bell Awards homepage20 Sept 2010. 2010-12-04. Synopsis Jiang Chen Bo (James Wen) is the typical loser: He is not fashionable or charming and has no money, girlfriend or respect. Then, an out of the blue promotion changes his world. Suddenly, he becomes the beacon to his father's rather uneventful life, the love bridge between his elite boss and his innocent younger sister, the moneytree for his gold-diggi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Betelnut Beauty (film)
''Betelnut Beauty'' () is a 2001 Taiwanese film directed by Lin Cheng-sheng. Cast * Chang Chen as Feng * Angelica Lee as Fei-fei * Leon Dai as Tiger * Kao Ming-chun as Guang * Tsai Chen-nan as Ming Awards The film premiered in competition at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival. Lin won the Silver Bear for Best Director The Silver Bear for Best Director (german: Silberner Bär/Bester Regie) is an award presented annually at the Berlin International Film Festival since 1956. It is given for the best achievement in directing and is chosen by the International Jury ..., and Angelica Lee won the New Talent award. References External links * 2001 films 2000s Mandarin-language films Films directed by Lin Cheng-sheng 2001 drama films Taiwanese drama films {{Taiwan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Good Men, Good Women
''Good Men, Good Women'' () is a 1995 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, starring Annie Yi, Lim Giong, and Jack Kao. It is the last installment in the trilogy that began with ''A City of Sadness'' (1989) and continued with '' The Puppetmaster'' (1993). Like its predecessors, it deals with the complicated issues of Taiwanese history and national identity. Plot The film depicts the real-life story of Chiang Bi-yu (Annie Yi). In the 1940s, she and her newlywed husband, Chung Hao-tung (Lim Giong), head to mainland China to join the anti-Japanese resistance. During the war, she is forced to give her baby up for adoption. After the war they return to Taiwan, as Chung is to distribute a communist paper called ''The Enlightenment''. However, as the Korean War deepens, Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang government intensifies the White Terror and Chung is executed. The film consists of three intermingling storylines and scattered throughout the film are interludes of an actress (also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heartbreak Island
''Heartbreak Island'' is a 1995 Taiwanese drama film directed by Hsu Hsiao-ming. The film follows a recently released woman prisoner as she visits her ex who was arrested in the 1979 Kaohsiung Incident but released before her. The film makes extensive use of flashbacks to illustrate the woman's thoughts. Writing for ''The New York Times'', Stephen Holden wrote: "The mood of ''Heartbreak Island'' is so glumly monochromatic that the characters remain at a chilly distance, and the movie remains locked in its own sealed-off sense of despair." Cast *Vicky Wei as Chen Linlang **Chen Yishan as Chen Linlang (child) *King Jieh-wen as Wang Rong, former dissident, Chen Linlang's former teacher and lover *Chang Ching-ju as An-an, Wang Rong's wife *Wen Ying as Wang Rong's mother *Chang Chiao-ling as Chiao-ling, An-an's younger sister *Tsai Chen-nan as Jin Guang, former dissident who wants to run for president *Lin Ju as former dissident running a night market business *Meng Ting-li as Chen Lin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
