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Tang Pao-yun
Tang Pao-yun (; 1944 – 14 May 1999) was a Taiwanese actress. She was born in 1944, and attended an acting school run by the Central Motion Picture Corporation. After ending her studies in 1961, she appeared in her first films the next year. Tang was named best supporting actress at the 1962 Asian Film Festival, and won the same award at the first Golden Horse Film Festival. Tang's role in ''Beautiful Duckling'' (1965) was considered a breakout performance. She would later co-star in other films alongside Ou Wei, namely ''Love is an Elusive Wind'' (1972). Soon after ''Beautiful Duckling'', another film directed by Li Hsing and starring Tang was released, '' Four Loves'' (1965). Other notable credits included ''Orchids and My Love'' (1966), ''Remember Chu'' (1966), and ''Lonely 17'' (1967). Later in her career, Tang appeared in ''Execution in Autumn ''Execution in Autumn'' () is a 1972 Taiwanese drama film directed by Hsing Lee. The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Motion Picture Corporation
Central Motion Picture Corporation (中央電影事業股份有限公司, or CMPC 中影 in short) is a Taiwanese movie studio. It was established in 1954 as a state-owned media organisation by the then Kuomintang of Taiwan. It has produced movies by Taiwanese directors like Ang Lee, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Tsai Ming-liang, and Edward Yang Edward Yang (; November 6, 1947 – June 29, 2007) was a Taiwanese filmmaker. Yang, along with fellow auteurs Hou Hsiao-hsien and Tsai Ming-liang, was one of the leading film-makers of the Taiwanese New Wave and Taiwanese cinema. He won the Be .... CMPC was privatised in 2005 when the film production and distribution business ceased, but resumed in 2009 after a change in management. External links References Taiwanese film studios Entertainment companies established in 1954 1954 establishments in Taiwan {{Taiwan-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Asian Film Festival
The Asia-Pacific Film Festival (abbreviated APFF) is an annual film festival hosted by the Federation of Motion Picture Producers in Asia-Pacific. The festival was first held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1954. History The festival was first held in Tokyo, Japan, in 1954 as the Southeast Asian Film Festival. In addition to Japan, Hong Kong, the Federation of Malaya, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ... participated. The festival was subsequently held in a different country each year, and its name was changed to the Asia-Pacific Film Festival. Best Film winners References External links Asia-Pacific Film Festivalon IMDb Asian film awards Film festivals held in multiple countries Film festivals established in 1954 Awards establis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Horse Award For Best Supporting Actress
This is a list of winners and nominees of the Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress (). Superlatives Multiple wins and nominations The following individuals received two or more Best Supporting Actress awards: The following individuals received three or more Best Supporting Actress nominations: Winners and nominees 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s References External links Official website Official website {{Golden Horse Film Awards Film awards for supporting actress Golden Horse Film Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1st Golden Horse Awards
The 1st Golden Horse Awards () took place on 31 October 1962 at Kuo Kuang Cinema in Taipei, Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort .... Winners and nominees Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface. References 1st 1962 film awards 1962 in Taiwan {{Taiwan-media-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beautiful Duckling
''Beautiful Duckling'' is a 1965 Taiwanese film directed by Li Hsing. It tells the story of a duck man Lin Tsai-tien (Ko Hsiang-ting) and his adopted daughter Hsiao-yue. Hsiao-yue (Tang Pao-yun) knows nothing about her real descent, which Lin has designedly disguised. Her natural brother Chao-fu (Ou Wei) is a Taiwanese opera actor, he keeps asking Lin for money. He brings Hsiao-yue to the theatrical troupe to follow himself, where Hsiao-yue learns about her natural parents. Lin has to sell all his ducks, entrust Hsiao-yue to Chao-fu, and gives him money to let him start his own business. At the end of the film, Lin's son comes back, and Chao-fu repents his behavior and returns the money to Lin. The film is one of the representative works of Healthy Documentary Film in Taiwan, the traditional Chinese ethics. It received three Golden Horse Awards The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards () is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ou Wei
Ou Wei (; 16 September 1937 – December 1973) was a Taiwanese actor. Ou Wei was born Huang Huang-chi () in present-day Xinhua District, Tainan, on 16 September 1937. His father, a billboard painter, died when Huang was five years old. His formal education ended after middle school. Huang worked for the police before leaving to pursue acting. He found that theatre did not suit him, and as such he joined director's Ho Chi-ming's film studio. Huang made his Hokkien film debut in 1957, and took his stage name, Ou Wei, from the character he portrayed in ''Green Mountain Bloodshed'', a historical drama about the rebellion of a tribe of Taiwanese aborigines against Japanese rule. While Ou Wei served in the Republic of China Air Force from 1958 to 1961, Ho Chi-ming had closed his film studio in 1959. Ou Wei then became a freelance actor and worked with Ho Chi-ming's brother Ho Lin-ming, among others. In his return to acting, Ou Wei appeared in several Mandarin films. During the 1960s, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Hsing
Lee Hsing, or Li Hsing (; born ; 20 May 1930 – 19 August 2021) was a Taiwanese film director. He directed more than 30 films between 1959 and 1986. Li Zida was born in Shanghai in 1930, and settled in Taiwan in 1948, studying at National Taiwan Normal University. Li taught for one year, then became a reporter for the ''Independence Evening Post'', a newspaper published by his father , in 1954. While covering culture, education, and entertainment for the ''Post'', Li also acted in a few films. Having acted and assistant-directed for mentor/filmmaker Tang Shao-hua,Wang, G. C. H. (2011). Brother Wang and Brother Liu on the Roads in Taiwan – Parts 1 & 2 (Review). In Roger Garcia (Ed.) Asia Laughs! A Survey of Asian Comedy Films (pp. 220-221). Udine: Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche. https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/server/api/core/bitstreams/25ad912f-8ff0-4f95-b4d8-dc1c1d75efe4/content Li's directorial debut was as co-director for ''Brother Liu and Brother Wang on the Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Four Loves
''Four Loves'' is a 1965 Taiwanese film directed by Li Hsing, based on Chiung Yao's 1964 novelette ''Wan-chun's Three Loves''. This was the first ever film based on Chiung Yao's fiction. Cast *Tang Pao-yun as Hsia Wan-chun **Tse Ling-ling as Hsia Wan-chun (child) *Chiang Ming as Chou Po-chien **Yan Li as Chou Po-chien (child) *Wong Yung as Chou Chung-kang **Yu Chi-kung as Chou Chung-kang (child) *Feng Hai as Chou Shu-hao **Pa Ke as Chou Shu-hao (child) *Wei Su as Father Chou *Fuh Bih-huei as Mother Chou *Betty Ting Pei as Wan-chun's classmate *Ting Chiang as Teacher Huang *Pan Chieh-yi as She Ma Awards 1966 Golden Horse Awards *Won—Best Child Star (Tse Ling-ling Hsieh Ling-ling (, born on 20 September 1956) is a Taiwanese-born child star and the ex-wife of Hong Kong billionaire Peter Lam. Biography She starred in five movies from 1977 to 1979, later returning to acting under the name Ling Tse. She ap ...) External links * * Films based on works by Chiung Yao Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orchids And My Love
''Orchids and My Love'' () is a 1966 Taiwanese film. It won six awards at the 5th Golden Horse Film Festival, including Best Feature Film and Best Director for Lee Chia. The film drew attention for its embodiment of Confucian ethics, in comparison to ''Beautiful Duckling. Plot Young Meng Rou-lan (Tse Ling-ling) loves ballet, but cannot perform as she has polio. She is raised by her father (Ko Hsiang-ting) on an orchid farm. His unconditional love sees Meng through her recovery. As she matures to adulthood (Tang Pao-yun Tang Pao-yun (; 1944 – 14 May 1999) was a Taiwanese actress. She was born in 1944, and attended an acting school run by the Central Motion Picture Corporation. After ending her studies in 1961, she appeared in her first films the next year. Tang ...), Meng learns to treasure her independence. References 1966 films Films about families Taiwanese romantic drama films {{Taiwan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Execution In Autumn
''Execution in Autumn'' () is a 1972 Taiwanese drama film directed by Hsing Lee. The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 45th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Cast * Hui Lou Chen as Thief * Shao Ching Chou as Hsing Tao * Fu Bihui as Liao Nai-nai * Su Han as Pei Hsun * Ko Hsiang-ting as Stockade Governor Lao Tao * Hsiang Li as Chan Tao * Ou Wei as Wei Pang * Tang Pao-yun as Lien Erh * Tsui Fu-sheng as County Magistrate See also * List of submissions to the 45th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film * List of Taiwanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film The Republic of China (Taiwan) has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film since 1957, and regularly since 1980. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ... Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea, in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1999 Deaths
File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shootings in the United States; the Year 2000 problem ("Y2K"), perceived as a major concern in the lead-up to the year 2000; the Millennium Dome opens in London; online music downloading platform Napster is launched, soon a source of online piracy; NASA loses both the Mars Climate Orbiter and the Mars Polar Lander; a destroyed T-55 tank near Prizren during the Kosovo War., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Death and state funeral of King Hussein rect 200 0 400 200 1999 İzmit earthquake rect 400 0 600 200 Columbine High School massacre rect 0 200 300 400 Kosovo War rect 300 200 600 400 Year 2000 problem rect 0 400 200 600 Mars Climate Orbiter rect 200 400 400 600 Napster rect 400 400 600 600 Millennium Dome 1999 was designated as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
