Scorching Sun, Fierce Winds, Wild Fire

Scorching Sun, Fierce Winds, Wild Fire aka ''Any Which Way You Punch'' is a 1978 Taiwanese film, released by Ocean Shore, starring Angela Mao, Dorian Tan, Chang Yi, and Lo Lieh.

Plot

''Scorching Sun, Fierce Wind, Wild Fire'' is a story about a search for the second half of a treasure map, but it's conveniently forgotten at various points. Angela Mao plays the daughter of a warlord and has a secret identity as the masked freedom fighter Violet, who rides the country righting wrongs and organizing rebels. Tien Peng plays a mysterious stranger who comes to town looking for the other half of the map. Lo Lieh and Tan Tao Liang play prison inmates who escape and end up actually being ex-comrades with Tien Ping and assisting he and Violet in apprehending Master Wu , the security chief who does most of the fighting for the warlord. Master Wu turns traitor in order to get the map.

Cast

* Angela Mao
* Dorian Tan
* Lo Lieh
* Chang Yi

School Days (movie)

School Days is a / directed by Chu Yin-Ping. It is a collaboration between Hong Kong and Taiwan. It also called Jiao Yuan Gan Si Dui

Plot

A rich business man's son Xiao Zi goes to a private high school and is immediately accosted by a small gang who says he has to pay up "protection" money. Xiao Zi has no money himself and so conflict. He always manages to escape their grasps, the popular student who name is princess helps him. A few days after, enters a new student, "Eagle", who takes the kid under his wing. Eagle is tough and can defend himself, but he won't fight anyone because of his inner demons and troubled past.

Casts

* Takeshi Kaneshiro as eagle
* Ruby Lin as princess
* Jimmy Lin as Xiao Zi

Rebels of the Neon God

Rebels of the Neon God is a Taiwanese film by Tsai Ming-liang. It is his first full-length film. It tells two stories of Taipei youth. One details alienated buxiban student Hsiao Kang and his troubled interactions with his family. The other shows two petty hoods, Ah Tze and Ah Bing, along with Ah Kuei, Tze's erstwhile girlfriend. An idle act of violence brings the two groups into collision, and an act of revenge at the end completes the circle. It is a story of troubled youth, dissatisfaction, and the alienating effect of urban life.

Much of ''Rebels of the Neon God'' is filmed in various arcades and malls in Taipei and on the streets of the city with hand-held cameras. It is filmed in a much more naturalistic manner than some of Tsai's later work.

It won Golden Horse Awards for Best Original Score and the Prize of the City of Torino for Best Film at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema.

Title

The Taiwanese title refers to Nezha, a powerful child god in Chinese classical mythology who was born into a human family. Nezha is impulsive and disobedient. He tries to kill his father, but is brought under control when a Taoist immortal gives the father a miniature pagoda that enables him to control his rebellious son. This resonates in the film a number of ways: Lee's mother believes that he is Nezha reincarnated, and Tze and Bing try to pawn off some stolen goods to an arcade proprieter named Nezha. Before the pawning of the stolen goods, Lee vandalizes Tze's motorcycle, including graffiti stating "Here is Nezha."

One Stone Two Birds

One Stone Two Birds is a directed by Chu Yin-Ping.

Plot

During the reign of Emperor Jia Jing of the Ming Dynasty, the evil court official Yan Song relies on the emperor favoritism towards him, becoming overbearing and domineering. An honest official Zhang Ying Long impeaches Yan Song w/ a "Ten Cimes Five Deceits" against him. But instead he gets flogged 30 times, and banished to a far off frontier Guizhou.

Zhang Ying Long's remonstration won the hearts of the common people, on the day of his banishment thousands of people turned out to see him off. At the sight of this, Yan Sung knows that if he does not kill off Zhang Ying Long, he will be unable to deter other court officials. Thereupon, he arranges for assassins to kill Zhang Ying Long during the journey.

Guizhou, b/w the high mountain ridge lies a small relay station. Because this place is far off and also not deemed an important area by the government, therefore the relay station has become run-downed. The relay station is managed by two young people, one is named Shi Yi Pao, the other Bu De Liao, and also Zeng Wu Liao. Shi Yi Pao seems like a person who feels that he never gets enough sleep, and has a look of bewilderment on him everyday. Bu De Liao and Ceng Wu Liao both are diligent, but they are kind of stupid looking. These three people have already spent six useless years in this boring place.

Cast

* Ruby Lin as 馨馨
* Eric Tsang as 老李
* Ng Man Tat as 曾武了
* Jacky Wu as 石仪咆
* Xe Cun as 得辽
* Gao Hu as 柳玉树
* Wang Gang as Gui Jian Chou
* Chen Rong as 萧贯虹

My Football Summer

My Football Summer is a 2006 documentary film directed by Yang Li-chou and Chang Rong-ji about a group of young football players in pursuit of a dream.

Origin

In the beginning of 2006, Yang was commissioned by Taiwan to make a 5-minute long commercial for the incoming 2006 FIFA World Cup. During the filming, Yang felt the story was too touching to be fulfilled by only four short videos, and therefore he decided to extend the project into a feature-length documentary and asked his student and cameraman, Chang, to be the co-director.

Plot

In Hualien, players of Mei Lun Junior High School football team are preparing for the upcoming , which is one of the major youth football competitions in Taiwan. It is the last, and the most important, game in their three years of junior-high-school life. They are eager to win, not only because they are the defending champion, but also they want to devote the title to their beloved coach, Wu Hsiao-yin, as his wedding gift.

Things go well in the beginning. They beat every team they encounter and eventually reach the final, in which they meet their major contender, A Lien Junior High School of Kaohsiung County. They make 2-2 at the full time whistle, and, sadly, lose the game in the penalty shootout.

The life keeps going on. After graduation, some players enter National Hualien Senior High School, whereas the others enter Hualien Vocational High School of Agriculture. They meet each other again in a friendly match between the two school teams, but they are now competitors.

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Honors

* 2006 for Best Documentary

Follow-up

* In November 2006, gained victory over , which consisted of many players from A Lien Junior High School, in the final of men's under-17 group of .

March of Happiness

March of Happiness is a film directed by Lin Cheng-sheng. It tells the story of a teenage romance set against the backdrop of the and the 228 Incident. The film was Taiwan's official at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination.

Mahjong (1996 film)

Mahjong is a film written and directed by Edward Yang. The film stars Chang Kuo-shu, Chang Chen, Nick Erickson and Virginie Ledoyen.

Cast and roles

*Tang Congsheng as Red Fish
*Wu Nien-Jen as the Older Mobster
*Elaine Jin as Chen's Wife
*Virginie Ledoyen as Marthe
*Carrie Ng as Angela
*Ko Yu-lun as Lun-lun
*Chang Chen as Hong Kong
*Chang Kuo-Shu as Winston Chen
*Nick Erickson as Markus