The best Wu Nien-Jen’s movies

Wu Nien-Jen

Wu Nien-Jen

05/08/1952 (71 años)
We present our ranking of the best Wu Nien-Jen’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 Wu Nien-Jen.
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Taipei Story

Taipei Story
7.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 01/01/1985
  • Character: Ch'en
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 future, but Lung is stuck in a past that combines baseball and traditional loyalty that leads him to squander his nest egg bailing her father out of financial trouble.

Yi Yi

Yi Yi
8.1/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 20/09/2000
  • Character: NJ Jian
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries.

That Day, on the Beach

That Day, on the Beach
7.6/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 11/04/1983
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 has just started a new business.

A City of Sadness

A City of Sadness
7.8/10
Soon after Japan relinquishes control of Taiwan in 1945, the Lin brothers face hardships from the changing culture. Bar owner Wen-heung, the eldest brother, falls foul of local gangsters, Wen-sun disappears, and Wen-leung, scarred by his experiences in the war, ends up in an insane asylum. Deaf-mute photographer Wen-ching, the youngest brother, decides to make a stand and fight the Kuomintang government from China that is assuming power.

Mahjong

Mahjong
7.4/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 07/12/1996
  • Character: Gangster in black suit
A comedic mystery involving a search for a missing famed businessman, Winston Chen, who has gone AWOL owing $100 million to Taipei's underworld.

Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast

Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast
6.5/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 16/08/2013
  • Character: Master Silly Mortal
More than 20 years ago, there were three “Ban Dou(street banquet)” master chefs who dominated the catering business in Taiwan. However, the street banquet business has been in decline since Taiwan’s economic boom. Master Fly Spirit wants to pass the family recipes and culinary skills on to his only child, Wan, but she desperately wants to run away from the family business and to become a film star.

My Egg Boy

My Egg Boy
5.2/10
  • Genre: Romance
  • Release: 23/09/2016
  • Character: Old Egg Boy
Even in modern-day Taipei, women feel the societal pressure to get married and have children before the clock runs out. Thankfully, there is a solution: freeze your eggs and prolong your fertility until the right one comes along! Starring Ariel Lin, the film is a glimpse of what millions of working women struggle with: finding the balance between pursuing a career and marriage.

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
7.9/10
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 01/11/2013
  • Character: Narrator
Documenting Taiwan from an aerial perspective offering a glimpse of Taiwan's natural beauty as well as the effect of human activities and urbanization on our environment.

Island Etude

Island Etude
7.1/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/11/2006
  • Character: Tour Bus Driver
First-time actor Tung Ming-Hsiang plays Ming, a young college student whose lifelong hearing problem causes him to communicate via slurred speech. Carrying a guitar on his back and lacking few concrete reasons, he decides to bike around the island of Taiwan by himself months before his college graduation...

Daughter of the Nile

Daughter of the Nile
7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 22/08/1987
The eldest daughter of a broken and troubled family works to keep the family together and look after her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.

Kangaroo Man

Kangaroo Man
7.2/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 07/01/1995
  • Character: An Chen-li (as Wenming Chen)
"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 the story of Li Maitian's wife Jane Li because of accidental pregnancy can not, surrogate also failed, Li Maitian decided to get pregnant, in order to achieve and cherish wish.

My Favorite Season

My Favorite Season
7.2/10
  • Genre: ComedyDrama
  • Release: 05/03/1985
  • Character: Bi Bao-liang's brother-in-law
Bi Bao-Liang is a 29 year-old man who believes that he will have bad luck if he touches a woman before he turns thirty. Liu Xiang-mei is a beautiful woman who had a love affair with her married boss, and now she is pregnant. In order to give her child a family name, she decides to find a man to have a one-year marriage contract. Bi Bao-Liang is the perfect man she is looking for because he is afraid of women. However, their marriage does not follow what they've planned...

Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero

Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero
  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release: 27/11/2020
  • Character: Narrator

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