Yu Lai

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Race 1 2021 (6.375)

The once dominating LIONS team gradually declined after the death of team leader Lao Shen. Unwilling to retire, Li Yi Fei and his new partner-the first female driver in league history, Lu Li li did not get along, and the two did not give in to each other, which made the team's situation worse. The second-generation new team leader, Ah Shen, who is not optimistic, has to pin his hopes on Du Jie Ke, an otaku who can only play simulator racing. Du Jie Ke, who has no actual combat experience, does not have the strength to participate in the competition, but in order to catch up with Lily, he works hard. Faced with his racing performance and the concerns of his family, Li Yi Fei decided to retreat behind the scenes and let Lily and Du Jie Ke form a new partnership. Outside the Lions team, there is a strong opponent Song Jie, and there are misunderstandings and conflicts that need to be resolved. In the fierce battle, they regained their original aspirations.
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A ten-part hour-long series that follows the aftermath of a mass-shooting where all parties involved - the killer, the victims, the victims’ families, the media and the defense teams, whose fates are all intertwined.
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Mother's Remote 2018 (9)

After discovering that her son faked his report cards, a single mother uses a device to grant her utter control over his life -- but at a great cost.
Lai Yung-jen

Lai Yung-jen

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Archiving Time 2019

In Taiwan, there is a group of people participating in this race against time. They are hidden inside the film archive of New Taipei City’s “Singapore Industrial Park”, where the 17,000-plus film reels and over a million film artifacts have become their spiritual nourishment. Day after day, they shuttle back and forth inside, carrying their doubts, their learnings, and their faith. What they are doing is awakening these long-neglected film reels, then piecing together the no-longer-existent social atmospheres and lives of distant pasts recorded on them. And spending time in this archive has become everyday life for these film archivists and restorers.
Anna Yuet Shan Lai

Anna Yuet Shan Lai

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The Lady Improper 2019 (4.667)

A woman with a seemingly ideal life, Siu Man is abandoned by her husband partly due to her fear of intimacy. After several life crises, she decides to reboot her life by taking over her father’s restaurant. Siu Man eventually finds herself attracted to her new chef, a free spirit who treats cooking as serious philosophy. Tired of the shackles she placed on herself, Siu Man embarks on a journey of self-discovery and sexual liberation.
Iris Pei-Yun Lai

Iris Pei-Yun Lai

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Hanzi 2017 (7.6)

Hanzi is a documentary exploring international design, visual culture, and identity through the lens of modern Chinese typography. The film covers a variety of topics such as how languages shape identity, and what role handwriting plays in the digital age.
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Maker 2014 (4.75)

A documentary on the maker movement and its impact on society, culture and economy in the U.S.
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Paradoxical 2017 (4.5)

"Paradoxical" is an independent science fiction film from the makers of international documentaries "Design & Thinking," "Maker" and "Hanzi."
Kuan-Yuan Lai

Kuan-Yuan Lai

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The Train Hamasen 2017

People from different cultures and generations coexist in a dreamy world – Hamasen, once the most prosperous area in Kaohsiung. In this utopia of memories, the intrigue on and under the chess table is blurred and blended into the harmony of the traditional market. A train falls from the sky, arrives at the platform on the screen, like in a movie, and gathers everybody for a journey through time and space.
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The Reflected City 2022

Chaos has engulfed an industrial city whose residents greedily hunt creatures that can generate energy. Pier and Two, members of an expedition team, discover that under the sea exists a city that is a reflection of their tainted one – and it overflows with a stream of pure fuel. Inviting you to join this pair of adventurers, this deeply imaginative work impresses with its rich world-building and intrepid themes.
Kuan-Yuan Lai

Kuan-Yuan Lai

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Missing Pictures 2021

For every film completed, dozens of potential films fall by the wayside and never make it onto the big screen. In the VR experience Missing Pictures, Abel Ferrara, Tsai Ming-liang, Catherine Hardwicke, Naomi Kawase, and Lee Myung-Se give us a guided tour of a story they were not able to tell.
Yun Lai

Yun Lai

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Bewitched Area of Thousand Years 1991 (3)

A snake god, prisoner in a cave since thousand years, takes possession of a man and transforms his arm in a snake. Under this form, the man rapes and kills women. Twenty years later, the man bites his own daughter, who is also transformed. With the help of her fiance, of another man who wants to marry her, and a sorcerer, she tries to struggle against the malevolent snake god.
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Demons 1991

Taiwanese horror comedy.
Lai Yu

Lai Yu

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The Sentimental Swordsman 1977 (6.528)

A swordsman does everything it takes to bring justice. However, he has a drinking problem which eventually leads to his downfall.
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To Kill A Mastermind 1979 (7)

A powerful crime syndicate known as the Chi Sha clan is a vast network of deadly criminals proficient in martial arts. Growing in number at an alarming rate, the Imperial Court orders Yang Chen-yu and his followers to wipe them out at all costs. Doing this proves difficult as no one knows the identity of the mastermind behind the Chi Sha, not even its own members. Spies infiltrate the organization in an effort to destroy them from within. But then, no one knows who the spies are and after a few ambushes and security breaches, the clan deputies begin suspecting one another of being traitors. With the Chi Sha dwindling in numbers, it's a matter of time before the mastermind must reveal himself.
Lai Yueshan

Lai Yueshan

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Early Train From Taipei 1964

Made as Taiwan’s economy took off in the 1960s, Early Train from Taipei is a classic country-to-city melodrama of development. To save her bankrupt rural family, Xiulan takes the train to Taipei to earn money. Boyfriend Huotu is horrified to find she has been tricked into becoming a dancer in a nightclub when he visits, and tries to persuade her to leave the next morning on the early train from Taipei. Tragedy piles upon tragedy in this cautionary tale, which touched a nerve with audiences and inspired a raft of sequels.
Lai Yu Tong

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Approximities 2020

Approximities presents us with a series of seemingly everyday vignettes. However, as the characters move in and out of the frame, the scenes increasingly gain an air of artifice.
Lai Cheng Yu

Lai Cheng Yu

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On The Road 2010 (9)

A fledgling rock band, called “Radical”, has been on several big stage performances. However, on the eve of their biggest gig ever came Ruei’s death. And so begins the journey of Kay, Kang and Kai, who are then left with the promised trip of heading to the beach.
Yue-Ling Lai

Yue-Ling Lai

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Island in Between 2023 (6.281)

The rural Taiwanese outer islands of Kinmen sit merely 2 miles off the coast of China. Kinmen attracts tourists for its remains from the 1949 Chinese Civil War. It also marks the frontline for Taiwan in its escalating tension with China.
Yu-chi Lai

Yu-chi Lai

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Splendid Float 2004 (6)

Roy is a Taoist priest but also a drag queen performer. He meets and falls for Sunny but when Sunny disappears without saying goodbye, Roy begins to suspect that something terrible has happened.
Chun-yu Lai

Chun-yu Lai

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An Odyssey of Dreams 2016 (5)

64-year-old artist Michael LEU returns to Taiwan after years of a successful career in America. Guided by childhood teacher CHENG Ming-chin, he comes back to his home country, where art is not as highly valued as in America. Why did he leave 30 years ago? The film chronicles the artist's work and history of Taiwan. Through the memory of the artist, the secret is gradually revealed. What lies behind the artist's achievement is a nightmare that haunted him and pushed him to America.
Yung Chin Lai

Yung Chin Lai

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Blood and Guts 1971 (4)

The deadly 'Wooden Hag' decides to get rid of the devil knight. Tiger Lim attracts an array of top samurai by offering 'book of nine Yin' as a reward for the head of the devil's knight.
Ting-Yu Lai

Ting-Yu Lai

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N/A N/A (7)

Adapted from the popular short serial series "Canned Fears," it is composed of four short films of different types: "Spiritual, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller".
Yuhua Lai

Yuhua Lai

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Desire 2020

The short film "Desire" shows a relationship; just as John Lennon fell in love with Yoko Ono at first sight watching her perform, so do characters 1 and 2 in the film. The red plastic bag in the film represents the hearts of these two characters. Such an abstract object does not need to be explained during the course of the film because the characters understand each other. This bag represents our common heart.
Yu-Han Lai

Yu-Han Lai

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Under the Medal 2021

The chest medals represent not only the prestigious and righteous decorations but also the heavy guilt. A veteran chased the stealing medals and started recalling the life with getting these medals. It reveals the ambiguous righteous under the medals.
Lai Yueh-Shan

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Gambit 1967

A Taiwanese language film
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Reluctantly Seeing My Lover Off 1965

Taiwanese language film. Qiren and Bilian are a couple who are bullies by the Japanese during the occupation. Qiren wounds one officer and is sent to the labor service team to serve in prison. Will they eventually see each other again after the Japanese are defeated?
Yung-Kun Lai

Yung-Kun Lai

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S-Girl 2022 (6.5)

A scientist buried in his work to avoid the pain of his wife's death, he brings a robot home which looks just like his wife. The robot carries the burden of making her two daughters "happy". Tzu-Yu, a scientific girl who inherited her father's talent. She has not only to face the huge changes caused by her robot mother, but also the pressure of the competition. Moreover, the romance between her and the gifted transfer student Yi-Hsiu, making her sip the sweet and sour taste of growing up.