Wu Nien-jen

Wu Nien-jen

Born: August 5, 1952
in Juifang, Taipei County, Taiwan
Wu Nien-jen (Chinese: 吳念真; born 5 August, 1952) is a Taiwanese screenwriter, director, and writer. He is one of the most prolific and highly regarded scriptwriters in Taiwan and a leading member of the New Taiwanese Cinema, although he has also acted in a number of films, like Edward Yang's film Yi Yi (2000).

Movies for Wu Nien-jen...

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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Caring for Black-Faced Spoonbill
Title: Caring for Black-Faced Spoonbill
Character: (narrator)
Released: March 24, 2023
Type: Movie
A documentary took more than 30 years to pursue a migrating bird, black-faced spoonbill.
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Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero
Title: Twelve Nights 2: Back to Day Zero
Character: Narrator
Released: November 27, 2020
Type: Movie
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Title: 36 Questions
Released: June 1, 2020
Type: TV
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My Egg Boy
Title: My Egg Boy
Character: Old Egg Boy
Released: September 23, 2016
Type: Movie
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.
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Fly, Kite Fly
Title: Fly, Kite Fly
Character: Narrator
Released: November 20, 2015
Type: Movie
The black kite, generally referred to as “the eagle” in Taiwan, used to be very widespread and so common that it is the main character in a well-known Taiwanese children’s game. However, it has now become so rare that very few people ever get to see it. SHEN Zhen-zhong, better known as “Mr. Kite” who vowed to safeguard this endangered bird, is determined that he spent the best 20 years of his life traveling throughout Taiwan to find out why the black kite is disappearing. From 1992 to 2015, the film documentary maker LIANG Chieh-te followed Mr. Kite’s journey. Through his camera lenses, the story of how, one person can cross the species barrier and totally devote himself to a cause with no regrets because of love.
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The Boar King
Title: The Boar King
Released: August 28, 2014
Type: Movie
When Cho loses her husband Ying and her family business in a massive typhoon, she is devastated.Then the villagers begin receiving mail from Ying. Is he really dead?
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Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
Title: Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
Character: Narrator
Released: November 1, 2013
Type: Movie
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.
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Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast
Title: Zone Pro Site: The Moveable Feast
Character: Master Silly Mortal
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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Title: The Year of Happiness and Love
Character: Chen Ding He
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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Island Etude
Title: Island Etude
Character: Tour Bus Driver
Released: November 22, 2006
Type: Movie
Ming-Hsang, a deaf college student, meets interesting people as he cycles around Taiwan before he graduates from college.
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Yi Yi
Title: Yi Yi
Character: N.J.
Released: September 20, 2000
Type: Movie
Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.
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Mahjong
Title: Mahjong
Character: Gangster in Black Suit
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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Kangaroo Man
Title: Kangaroo Man
Character: An Chen-li (as Wenming Chen)
Released: January 7, 1995
Type: Movie
"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.
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A City of Sadness
Title: A City of Sadness
Character: Mr. Wu
Released: October 21, 1989
Type: Movie
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government in the late 1940s.
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I Love Mary
Title: I Love Mary
Released: September 2, 1988
Type: Movie
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Daughter of the Nile
Title: Daughter of the Nile
Character: Tutor
Released: August 22, 1987
Type: Movie
Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and her father currently working out of town, it is up to Lin Hsiao-yang to take care of her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.
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Taipei Story
Title: Taipei Story
Character: Chen
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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My Favorite Season
Title: My Favorite Season
Character: Bi Bao-liang's brother-in-law
Released: March 5, 1985
Type: Movie
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...
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That Day, on the Beach
Title: That Day, on the Beach
Character: Piano Tuner
Released: April 11, 1983
Type: Movie
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.
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Title: Golden Horse Awards
Character: Self
Released: October 31, 1962
Type: TV
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times