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1986 film
About a working class woman climbing her way up the corporate ladder and scoring a hot, rich boyfriend along the way, this romantic comedy is based on the same-name popular novel.
In the mid-sixties, love between husband and wife was taken to task by political vicissitudes in a seaside village at Fukien province right opposite the Quimoy islets.
Nicknamed "Mayor of the Night Market", Ninth Uncle has been a temporary worker managing the night market for over 30 years. Despite of his success in the night market, his family life appears quite the opposite. Almost 70 years old now, he continues his life in the night market. As the night falls every evening, Zhong Shan Road and its hundred years of history are now facing reconstruction and the night market full of yummy food venders [sic] is soon to be gone. Ninth Uncle helplessly watches the empire he worked his whole life for slowly fall apart.
A collection of stories connected by classic rock songs.
In a small town in Taiwan, the discovery of an unidentified corpse has caused a huge stir. Aside from concerns about the upcoming flying fish season being affected, skilled individuals in the community, led by Samantha, form the Mom Agents! To rescue Samantha’s husband, locate the whistle that activates poisonous butterflies, and save the innocent town from a deadly crisis, the trio employs unique strategies, embarking on a series of adventures to apprehend and defeat a criminal syndicate.
Jian-zhong did not like going to school. At 18, his family factory went bankrupted, and his father ran away, leaving behind a huge debt. He could only stay by his mother who juggled various jobs. She would not sell the factory, and tried everything to pay the monthly mortgage payment. Shortly after Jian-zhong came back from military service, his mother passed away, further escalating the conflict between him and his father. At 41, Jian-zhong works away and rarely comes home. He returns for his mother’s bone collecting ceremony, but accidentally travels through time back to 1989, the crucial year in which the life of his family was turned upside down…
