Wu Nien-jen Movies

  • 1989
    A City of Sadness

    A City of Sadness

    A City of Sadness

    7.3271989HD

    The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the...

    A City of Sadness
  • 2000
    Yi Yi

    Yi Yi

    Yi Yi

    7.8742000HD

    Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes...

    Yi Yi
  • 1985
    Taipei Story

    Taipei Story

    Taipei Story

    7.51985HD

    A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the...

    Taipei Story
  • 2023
    Day Off

    Day Off

    Day Off

    6.32023HD

    A woman who has owned a barbershop for over 40 years determines to embark on a long journey to cut the hair of an old customer who has moved away and...

    Day Off
  • 1986
    Dust in the Wind

    Dust in the Wind

    Dust in the Wind

    7.61986HD

    A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school,...

    Dust in the Wind
  • 1983
    All the King's Men

    All the King's Men

    All the King's Men

    71983HD

    It's the 10th century BC, the emperor is not well, and the medicines he is receiving from con artist "Immortal Li" are in reality only making him...

    All the King's Men
  • 1987
    Daughter of the Nile

    Daughter of the Nile

    Daughter of the Nile

    6.9791987HD

    Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and...

    Daughter of the Nile
  • 2011
    10 Plus 10

    10 Plus 10

    10 Plus 10

    5.82011HD

    10+10 is a project initiated by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival to demonstrate the solidarity between Taiwanese film-makers. 20 directors are...

    10 Plus 10
  • 1983
    That Day, on the Beach

    That Day, on the Beach

    That Day, on the Beach

    7.71983HD

    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...

    That Day, on the Beach
  • 1991
    Zodiac Killers

    Zodiac Killers

    Zodiac Killers

    4.61991HD

    Hong Kong student Ben Lee becomes friends with his mainland Chinese classmate Chang Chih while studying abroad in Japan. Ben is unmotivated to study...

    Zodiac Killers
  • 1993
    The Puppetmaster

    The Puppetmaster

    The Puppetmaster

    6.61993HD

    Master puppeteer Li Tien-lu recalls his life in Japanese-occupied Taiwan during the first half of the 20th century.

    The Puppetmaster
  • 1985
    Taste of Mercy

    Taste of Mercy

    Taste of Mercy

    01985HD

    Taste of Mercy
  • 1996
    Mahjong

    Mahjong

    Mahjong

    7.41996HD

    Winston Chen, a prominent businessman, goes missing after racking up $100 million in debts to the Taipei underworld. Two enforcers sent to find him,...

    Mahjong
  • 2013
    Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

    Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

    Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

    7.5952013HD

    Documenting Taiwan from an aerial perspective offering a glimpse of Taiwan's natural beauty as well as the effect of human activities and...

    Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
  • 1989
    The Dull-Ice Flower

    The Dull-Ice Flower

    The Dull-Ice Flower

    8.21989HD

    Ku Ah-ming is a 4th grader at Chungshan Elementary School in Shuiyu Township, Taiwan. Despite being not very good in most subjects at school, he is...

    The Dull-Ice Flower
  • 2023
    Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang

    Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang

    Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang

    02023HD

    CHEN Ming-chang, exposed to Western music, from The Beatles to Bob Dylan, often taught himself to play and sing with a guitar when he was young. In...

    Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang
  • 1983
    The Sandwich Man

    The Sandwich Man

    The Sandwich Man

    71983HD

    Composed of three separate stories, the film vividly portrays Taiwan during the cold war period when the country developed its economy with help from...

    The Sandwich Man
  • 1990
    Song of the Exile

    Song of the Exile

    Song of the Exile

    7.51990HD

    Set in the early 1970s, it tells the story of a Chinese-Japanese student who returns to her native Hong Kong after graduating from a university in...

    Song of the Exile
  • 1995
    Kangaroo Man

    Kangaroo Man

    Kangaroo Man

    01995HD

    "Kangaroo Man" is produced by China Film Co., Ltd., directed by Liu Yiming drama, Qiu Xinzhi, Chen Wenmin to participate in the show. The film tells...

    Kangaroo Man
  • 1982
    Portrait of a Fanatic

    Portrait of a Fanatic

    Portrait of a Fanatic

    01982HD

    In 1949 when the Communist regime was established in China, the world-famed painter Ling Chen-kuang, believing his conviction for a new-born society...

    Portrait of a Fanatic