The best Ma Nien-Hsien’s romance movies
We present our ranking of the best Ma Nien-Hsien’s movies. Do you love cinema? Or are you looking for a movie of your favorite actor to watch tonight? Surely you have some to see or that you did not know yet about Ma Nien-Hsien.
Your Name Engraved Herein
7.3/10
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.
Cape No. 7
7/10
Aga, a band singer, returns to Hengchun with frustration. Tomoko is a Japanese model assigned to organize a local warm-up band for the Japanese super star beach concert. Together with other five ordinary Hengchun residents who were not expected to be great or anything, they formed an impossible band.
All You Need Is Love
5.7/10
Tired of her family constantly nagging her to get married, spoiled heiress Yeh Fenfen (Shu Qi) books a stay at a beautiful villa on the Penghu Islands, which are the subject of a classic song on a tape left for her by her mother. When she arrives at her destination, she's dismayed to find that the gorgeous villa is actually a rundown B&B owned by Wu (Richie Jen). It turns out that Wu's friends, hoping to drum up some business for the B&B, falsified a few details about the state of the property on the internet. Angered by the deception, Fenfen packs her bags and leaves the next day. But, when she loses all of her luggage on the boat ride, Fenfen has no choice but to head back to the island.
Love Go Go
7.5/10
Infused with a few moments of pathos, this off-beat comedy centers on a trio of Taiwanese outcasts who go looking for love. Pudgy Liu Chi-sheng works in his aunt's bakery and is secretly in love with the beautiful girl who comes in daily to buy a lemon pie. He shares an apartment with the rotund Lily Wu who eats to fulfill her hunger for love and spends the rest of her time fantasizing about romance. The third character, Liao Ah-sung, sells personal defense tools door-to-door. Liu thinks the lemon-pie girl may be someone he knew in school. Lily Wu's fantasy life goes into overdrive when she finds a man's lost pager and hears an intriguing message. Problems arise when Liao falls in love with the same woman as Liu.
