Ko I-Chen

Ko I-Chen

Born: February 10, 1946

Movies for Ko I-Chen...

Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang
Title: Free Beats: The Musical Journey of CHEN Ming Chang
Released: November 17, 2023
Type: Movie
CHEN Ming-chang, exposed to Western music, from The Beatles to Bob Dylan, often taught himself to play and sing with a guitar when he was young. In the closed social milieu of martial law in Taiwan, he became immersed in music and yearned for freedom, arousing his desire to become a musician. Later, he decided to set out on a journey to learn more about the music that has been passed down through generations. Traveling around Taiwan, he learns traditional opera music from prestigious musicians and integrates it into his artistic creations, composing music and stories that belong to Taiwan…
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Title: Wave Makers
Character: Jen-hsiung Weng
Released: April 28, 2023
Type: TV
Weng Wen-fang (Hsieh Ying-hsuan) came from a political family. She joined the Justice Party as the deputy director and spokesperson of the Publicity Department, after failing to be re-elected as a member of the Council. She led the publicity team in realizing their goals, but not without facing many challenges to their faith and values.
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3 Days 2 Nights
Title: 3 Days 2 Nights
Released: December 1, 2018
Type: Movie
Xiaoyue finds that her mother has been working for a long time away from home when she receives the apples sent from her mother. Just entering her puberty, Xiaoyue comes from a new immigrant family from Vietnam. She is laughed at and bullied in school because her old father makes a living as a scrap collector. The rebellious Biyan always stands out for Xiaoyue. She even plans a three-day journey to see her mother with Xiaoyue. Ms. Chen is faced with a dilemma. She is going to retire but the after-school tutorial class in the community is the only place for her to care her students. For Xiaoyue and her friend Biyan, her class is their hope.
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Kara-Orchestra
Title: Kara-Orchestra
Released: January 23, 2015
Type: Movie
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Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast
Title: Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast
Character: Master Fly Spirit
Released: August 16, 2013
Type: Movie
More than 20 years ago, there were three "Ban Dou" 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.
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Life of Pi
Title: Life of Pi
Character: Tsimtsum Captain
Released: November 20, 2012
Type: Movie
The story of an Indian boy named Pi, a zookeeper's son who finds himself in the company of a hyena, zebra, orangutan, and a Bengal tiger after a shipwreck sets them adrift in the Pacific Ocean.
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10 Plus 10
Title: 10 Plus 10
Character: Salon Owner (segment "Hippocamp Hair Salon")
Released: November 4, 2011
Type: Movie
10+10 is a project initiated by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival to demonstrate the solidarity between Taiwanese film-makers. 20 directors are invited to make a 5-minute short film each on the theme of the “Uniqueness of Taiwan,” but allowed total freedom in all other aspects.
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Juliets
Title: Juliets
Character: A-mei's father (segment "Two Juliets")
Released: December 3, 2010
Type: Movie
A triptych reinterpreting Shakespeare's classic character Juliet. The three stories are directed by 3 different directors; Juliet's Choice (By Hou Chi Jan), Two Juliets (By Shen Ko Shang), and Another Juliet (By Chen Yu Hsun) Juliet's Choice : In the 70's, Ju worked in a printing store where a boy with a banned article changes her life. Two Juliets : Mei is told that in the 80's, a woman faked insanity to be locked up just to wait for her lover. Another Juliet : In 2010, "Juliet" tries to commit suicide but a TV commercial crew gets in the way.....
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Ending Cut
Title: Ending Cut
Character: Hsu
Released: November 19, 2010
Type: Movie
Hsu, retired, craves for grandchildren while his two sons still staying single. Preventing from losing memory, he takes a camera back to hometown to shoot an autobiography for his unborn grandchildren.
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Title: The Year of Happiness and Love
Character: Lin Chang Shou
Released: August 7, 2009
Type: TV
Jiang Chen-bo is a loser without prospects for success, until a surprise promotion becomes the catalyst for his entire family's upturn in fortune.
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Sacrificial Victims
Title: Sacrificial Victims
Released: January 1, 2004
Type: Movie
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My Whispering Plan
Title: My Whispering Plan
Released: November 21, 2003
Type: Movie
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Our Time, Our Story
Title: Our Time, Our Story
Character: Self
Released: October 25, 2002
Type: Movie
Richly illustrated with film clips and interviews, OUR TIME, OUR STORY tells the still-evolving story of the Taiwanese "new wave," from its rise in the early 1980s, as the island was democratizing after decades under martial law, through growing international recognition and domestic debate in the 1990s. Spearheaded in its early years by such filmmakers as Edward Yang, Ko I-cheng, Hou Hsiao-hsien and Wan Jen, the movement revitalized Taiwan cinema through low-budget experiments that emphasized personal stories, political reflection and stylistic invention. Said filmmakers, writers and actors like Wu Nien-jen and Sylvia Chang, even "second wave" directors Tsai Ming-liang and Lin Cheng-sheng provide fond reminiscences and retrospective insights in this compelling account of one of the most distinctive national cinemas of the last quarter-century.
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Betelnut Beauty
Title: Betelnut Beauty
Character: Fei Fei's Father
Released: June 20, 2001
Type: Movie
A cute coed leaves her mother's home and gets involved with a pastry chef who has links to the local criminal element.
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Such a life
Title: Such a life
Released: September 28, 1997
Type: Movie
'Such a Life' is quite a sad film. It is set in the sixties, in a village on the west coast of Taiwan, where many are succumbing to 'black foot', a disease caused by drinking contaminated well water. The only 'cure' is to amputate the afflicted limb, and to avoid drinking the contaminated water. Many in the village were already sick, and few could afford to have tap-water installed. At the center of the story is Ah Chung, who lives with his grandfather, who has already lost one leg to 'black foot'. In the same village also live an opera family, who are finding things increasingly difficult there, an oyster farmer, who complains that his oysters are being poisoned by a nearby pharmaceutical plant, and an assortment of children who enjoy swimming in the sea, and who bully Ah Chung. A significant portion of the action also takes place in the village school, where Ah Chung is having trouble keeping up with the fees.
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Mahjong
Title: Mahjong
Character: Luen-Luen's Father
Released: December 7, 1996
Type: Movie
Winston Chen, a prominent businessman, goes missing after racking up $100 million in debts to the Taipei underworld. Two enforcers sent to find him, and they track down his son, Red Fish, the leader of a street gang.
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Super Citizen Ko
Title: Super Citizen Ko
Character: Chen Cheng-I
Released: September 22, 1995
Type: Movie
At an old age, a former political prisoner is determined to find out where his fellow sufferers have laid since their secret execution, while Taiwan embarks on a tumultuous path of democratization.
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Ming Ghost
Title: Ming Ghost
Released: December 29, 1990
Type: Movie
A story of a girl haunted by the ghost of her mother, after witnessing her murder.
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Full Moon in New York
Title: Full Moon in New York
Released: November 18, 1989
Type: Movie
Three Chinese women with vastly different backgrounds get acquainted and become friends amid the social desolation of New York.
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Soul
Title: Soul
Character: "Big Brother"
Released: September 25, 1986
Type: Movie
Ip Cheung and her husband, a senior police inspector, had been happily married for 18 years. One day, Ip runs into her neighbour, a Taiwanese woman. As they are talking, three men suddenly appeared and tried to kill them. The Taiwanese woman is killed but Ip and the kid, Yen, managed to escape. At the same time, Ip's husband commits suicide. His superior suspected him of corruption. Ip finds out that the Taiwanese woman was her husband's mistress and Yen, his illegitimate son. Ip is given custody of Yen but they are unable to get along. However she will save his live when the gang go after him.
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Taipei Story
Title: Taipei Story
Character: Mr. Ke
Released: May 1, 1985
Type: Movie
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.
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Ah Fu
Title: Ah Fu
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
There are several anthology films at the beginning stage of Taiwan New Cinema. Ah Fu consists of three shorts, having directors from various backgrounds. The leading roles in the three films are all named Ah Fu. The stories are played by different actors and located in Hong Kong, China, and Taipei respectively.
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The Bike & I
Title: The Bike & I
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Taiwanese comedy film.
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Ah Fei
Title: Ah Fei
Released: April 1, 1983
Type: Movie
The startling contrast between old and new Taiwan is the subject of Wan Jen's epic of traditional identities coming into conflict with an urban life, emphasizing the situation of women.
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Leave It to Destiny
Title: Leave It to Destiny
Released: December 5, 1981
Type: Movie
A TV movie and part of groundbreaking Taiwan TV series “Eleven Women”