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
Justice Bao is a 236-episode television series from Taiwan, first airing on Chinese Television System from February 1993 to January 1994. The show stars Jin Chao-chun as the Chinese official Bao Zheng in the Song Dynasty. It was hugely popular in Greater China as well as many other countries in the Far East. The series was originally scheduled for just 15 episodes. However, the show garnered high ratings when the initial episodes aired. Due to its popularity, CTS expanded the show to 236 episodes. The TVB and ATV Home networks in Hong Kong both bought the series in an attempt to gain viewers. Competition between the two networks during the showing of the series was so severe that identical episodes were shown on both channels on the same night. It was also one of the first dramas that used NICAM technology.
Based on the popular novel by Jin Yong Kam Yung. He also wrote Legend of the Condor Heroes and Return of the Condor Heroes. The Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre takes place during 14th Century China during the Mongolian Yuan Dynasty, roughly 100 years after the events of Return of the Condor Heroes. After decades of struggles, famine, and bitterness which the Chinese citizens blamed on the Yuan Dynasty's misgovernment, the Martial Arts sects have begun to rebel. Prince Ruyong asks Cheng Kun, a Shaolin monk with an ulterior motive, for a plan on how to deal with the rebels. "The wielder of Heavenly Sword and/or Dragon Sabre rules the world." This well known legend in the Martial Arts community is the impetus for the tale of Zhang Wuji. The story begins with how his parents met (episodes 1-3), then tells his trials as an adolescent (episodes 4-8), proceeds to relate his rise to prominence (episodes 9-23) and reveals the secret behind Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre (episode 23), and ends with the confluence of Wuji's love life, the Martial Arts sects' long standing grudges, and cruel fate.
Shan Cai, whose parents are far from wealthy, attends Ying De University, the private school established exclusively for rich students. Besides being looked down by rich classmates, she has angered the leader of F4, Dao Ming Si.
A healing romantic comedy that subverts fairy tales, “The Three Little Pigs ” has fallen from the life of the rich into the ordinary world, reversing life from zero. A rich dad who started from scratch suddenly declared bankruptcy! They fell from the rich life into the ordinary world overnight, and were forced to leave the luxurious comfort zone. The three little pigs moved from the villa “mansion” into the old house “so narrow”, and a family who has forgotten the ordinary life long ago, can Carry the life of rough tea and light rice? How to reverse life from 0?
Eternity: A Chinese Ghost Story is a Chinese period drama series produced by Taiwanese station CTS in collaboration with several other countries and is loosely based several famous folktales such as the love story of Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caicheng from Pu Songling's novel Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio, the legend of Gan Jiang and Mo Ye and others. The cast consists of actors from China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore.
An unfinished game of Chess of Death from five hundred years ago was said to hold the clue to a buried treasure and Lin Shuang Sword was the key to the game. Anyone who could finish this game would obtain enough wealth to take over the world. Five hundred years later, Ren Qian Xin was ordered to find Lin Shuang Sword. Ren was madly in love with Liu Yi Yi. But the woman's heart was on his honorary brother, Yan Cang Feng. The despaired Ren challenged Yan to the Chess of Death.
The Duke of Mount Deer 2000 is a television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Deer and the Cauldron. It was first broadcast in 2000 in Hong Kong and followed by subsequent broadcasts in other Asian countries.
Rookie lawyer Chen Boyun made a promise at an early age that she will work hard in achieving social justice, and not to drop any opportunities to advocate for justice. Experienced lawyer Fang Chang is the exact opposite; he now only pursues cases that require quick fixes and has long stopped investing personal feelings into cases. When Chen Boyun becomes the intern and personal assistant of Fang Cheng, conflicts ensue as they argue for different "best interests".
Chang Ya-nan was once a student at the police training school. Due to health issues, she had to abandon her training and later married a police officer. Tragically, after several years of marriage, Ya-nan’s husband suddenly passed away. Forced to support her family, Ya-nan had to work as a cleaning staff member handling special cases at Sunshine Cleaning Company. Unexpectedly, this job brings her into contact with a group of colleagues, leading to workplace relationships that, although appearing on the fringe, contain warm human connections.
Acclaimed actor, director and writer Sylvia Chang puts on a chef's hat and leads a team to conquer the many hurdles of opening a diner.
A story of a woman born in 60s grew up in a Chinese herbal medicine store in southern Taiwan. Love, marriage, and seniority in human relationships around her collide together, leading to a different aspect of life.
Uncle is a heartwarming, healing comedy about a carpenter searching for himself and repairing emotions. After all, a person’s life is akin to this drama, with many regrets that need mending. Emotions can be restored just like objects.
When a surrogate mother gives birth to twins, she keeps Liang Xiaofeng by her side and gives Zhuang Feiyang away, who ends up in a wealthy family. Years later, Zhuang Feiyang becomes the heiress of Formosa Inc., a company created by her father and his partner, Peter. When Feiyang’s father passes away, Peter tries to kill Feiyang and take the company for his own. Despite Peter’s attempts, Feiyang escapes and undergoes cosmetic surgery in a bid to change her looks. From then on, the twins’ fates entwine once more.
