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From New York City to the farmlands of the Midwest, there are 50,000 Chinese restaurants in the U.S., yet one dish in particular has conquered the American culinary landscape with a force befitting its military moniker—“General Tso’s Chicken.” But who was General Tso and how did this dish become so ubiquitous? Ian Cheney’s delightfully insightful documentary charts the history of Chinese Americans through the surprising origins of this sticky, sweet, just-spicy-enough dish that we’ve adopted as our own.

The plot centers on Little Lu (Sonny Yu) who tends horses for the local Shaolin temple, and wants to learn skills that will help him defeat some corrupt officials who want to destroy it. He has a couple of friends (one with no arms, the other with no legs) who help him train using some bronze mechanical horses in a secret room in the temple.

A loose youth passes the time freely until he comes across a young, female broadcaster who works at a radio station.

In the remotest corner of southern Taiwan, the sinking fisherman´s village prepares for another carnival for the god. Sheng, a man reaching his 30s, returns in disguise as an established urban elite. As the carnival escalates, Sheng confronts his persistent father who farms oysters throughout his life and the childhood buddy who always envies his fragile “successfulness.”

WO Chinese warlords are fighting each other. Then there is a blacksmith who finds out how to make steel and the tragedy begins. He is forced to make steel, but to make the amount of steel for an army it is very difficult and lot of people must die. This big budget swords play-fantasy new wave martial arts movie was well made and is not only a movie for martial arts movie fans.

Once essential on rainy days in Taiwan, the handcrafted oil-paper umbrella from Meinung,was not only a symbol of local craftsmanship but also a major source of livelihood. However, as Taiwan rapidly shifted toward an industrial and commercial economy in the 1980s, mass-produced plastic umbrellas replaced these meticulously made paper ones. What was once a daily necessity gradually became a nostalgic cultural artifact. Today, a handful of long-established artisans continue to follow traditional methods. With patience and precision, they craft each umbrella by hand. Though its original function has faded, their emotional bond with the craft remains unchanged. Their dedication and skilled workmanship reflect a deep-rooted respect for materials and tradition, preserving a vanishing heritage one umbrella at a time.

On weekends or holidays, the Zhongli train station in Taiwan is always filled with migrant workers who moved to seek out better economic or living conditions. In 1949, millions of Chinese soldiers and civilians migrated to Taiwan; they are regarded as ‘displaced persons’. Yuan’s father was one of these immigrants, a refugee of the civil war, a stranger away from home. For The Strangers, Yuan uses a high-speed camera and a high-lumen spotlight to shoot from the moving passenger car through the window. As the camera captures the face of each person standing on the platform, these strangers transform into sculptures, frozen in time.

Japanese youth Lin Xun-ming travels to Hong Kong in search of his lover, Li-hua. Due to his striking resemblance to the syndicate hitman "Lin Wen-ming," he is thrust into a web of mob hits and police suspicion immediately upon arrival. With the help of the mysterious "Brother Nine" and a local bar owner, Xun-ming pursues the truth amidst an exotic detective thriller. As the transaction day approaches and gunfire becomes imminent, Brother Nine’s hidden identity arrives to rewrite the fate of this dangerous mistaken identity and the shadows of a smuggling empire.

Rare drunken film, featuring Alan Liu and Hsu Buh Liao: as two likable swordsmen, who get injured by the white haired general whilst trying to save a young damsel in distress. As they recoup they invent seafood boxing to prepare them for the inevitable duel with the white haired general

A marriage between nobles in Ancient China sets the stage for murder, monsters, and mutilation as the invited guests search for a secret hidden treasure. A search that leads them through dark evil forests, opulent palaces, and each other! When two sick and twisted killers enter the fray it is up to our hat wearing hero to straighten things out and put the warlords, henchmen, and evil ninja six feet under! But is he working for the law, or himself?

The Incredibly valuable Six Gems is stolen from a fortress-like jewelry establishment in medieval China. The plot thickens when the #1 suspect, Pan Chen-Feng (played with sinister glee by Lo Lieh) is mysteriously poisoned in this unique Asian who-dun-it murder mystery.

Taiwanese film directed by Chin Ao-hsin.

Wei-Chong has just graduated from college. The boss of a movie studio admires his talent and invites him to make a ghost movie in advance of writing that script. In order to get this chance, Wei-Chong forces himself to accept this job. As the beginning of writing, there are more and more strange phenomena happened in Wei-Chong's life. It seems that all the things are related to a picture. Although Wei-Chong felt afraid of these phenomena, he wrote it into his script. He became more and more nervous. Therefore, his girl friend, Shu-Way decided to find out the truth. What the hell is going on in this story?

A skilled killer named Shui is forced to retire after a failed mission. He moves into an apartment arranged by the organization. However, unexpected murders start happening in the community. Shui decides to investigate and discovers that the community is concealing a conspiracy — there are hidden killers carrying out missions. Trapped in a dangerous situation, Shui’s only recourse comes from his ordinary neighbors.

Although Jay and his boyfriend Henry have been together for years, Jay has yet to tell his friends and family about his relationship.

A corrupt mayor of a town in Szechuan province allies himself with a group of bandits to gain control of the region by cutting off all supply routes to the town. Two police men both expert kickers are deployed to put an end to the mayors evil plot.

La Camera Insabbiata is a virtual reality work by the legendary artist Laurie Anderson, and Taiwanese new media artist Hsin-chien Huang. The work recently won the Best VR Experience Award at the 74th Venice Film Festival and the two artists have been approached by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City for a new VR production . La Camera Insabbiata consists of eight unique rooms, where the viewers enter a virtual world made of blackboards symbolizing “memory,” and freely fly around to explore words, drawings, symbols, sounds, and memories.

Can a living person dream of a ghost's dreams and assume ghosts can dream? This VR project reveals a forgotten Indochinese refugee camp in Asia and tells a story about a dream within another. The narrative is based on an unknown Vietnamese refugee camp in Penghu, Taiwan, and includes a dream about an unidentified female victim from the Khmer Rouge period. Phuong, the protagonist, was a 13-year-old Vietnamese refugee born in Cambodia. In those dreams, an unidentified Cambodian girl reveals the story of Phuong's family by asking, "HAVE YOU EVER BEEN THERE"? But what does she mean by "THERE"?

Everything around Mrs. Yan looks perfect, but her mind is as confused and complex as the variety of medications she is taking. To reach peace of body and mind, she tries many methods including qi training, but to no avail. One day she gets a message that the woman who had an affair with her husband is in a nursing home and suffering from dementia.

A group of young and spoiled rich kids turn into vampires after a night out, changing the course of their lives and driving a wedge between them all.

Dolly, a lovely, adorable little girl from the mountain region. Due to the death of her parents, she was sent to her parents' friend, Mrs. Chu's care. When Dolly and her mini pig playmate, Guava, first came to Taipei, they brought a great change in the life of the Chu family and created a series of thrilling amusing incidents. One day, Papa Chu brought Guava to the office but negligently lost it. When Dolly heard that Guava got lost, she was very sad and decided to leave home to search for Guava. In order to help Dolly, Chu Pi, Papa Chu's son, called his buddies to join Dolly in the search of Guava. An interesting, worrying search journey by a group of children began...

The film consists of three stories adapted from Japanese novelist Kanoko Okamoto's Farewell, To The Year Gone By and The House Spirit. Set in modern-day Taiwan, Japan's Yamagata, and Kuala Lumpur, they are the fantastical and humorous depiction of the landscapes of love between men and women in the 21st century. A slap in the face, a voice message, and a storm upend the quiet routine of life. They stir up memories, giving rise to pursuit, revenge and confrontation.

In Taiwan’s struggles for housing justice, it is always the women who hold on until the very end, standing guard over the home. For them, it may be their grandfather’s home, their father’s, their husband’s, or the future home of their children—but rarely their own. These women support one another, refusing to yield, and with resilience they resist the state, the law, and powerful corporations under a patriarchal system. Told from a female perspective, this film asks: what does “home” truly mean to them? Why can they endure for so long, refusing to leave? And, at the same time, it confronts another question—where are the men?

When he was a child, Champ Wang was adopted by a noble man, and as years went by, he fell in love with the man's daughter. After the girl's family was slaughtered, he hid the girl in a secret place and attempted to fine the murderers. During his chase, he killed some great fighters, and their families decide to contract killers in order to get rid of him.

Growing up in an ordinary family, Ah-Hui inherited his father's profession and became a postman. However, he gradually realized that this was not what he wanted, but due to his personality and the family atmosphere, he found it difficult to talk to his family about it. One rainy night, Ah-Hui had an accident, and three souls detached from his body. Each soul had its own consciousness, but only one of them wanted to wake up. Meanwhile, the other two souls, existing in different spaces, discovered the regrets they had in their past lives. Unsure if they could make amends, their thoughts gradually began to change.

Ah Cheng needs money. His best friend, Ah Zhi, is willing to bail him out but he wants Xiaoya, Ah Cheng's wife, to go with him on a trip abroad.

When South China martial artist Pan is defeated and killed by North China challenger Tan in a legfighter duel, Pan's younger brother Pak vows to crush Tan with his own unique style of ferocious footwork.

Love story about a man who falls for a cabaret hostess.

This one has ghosts, hoppers and magic shennannigans!

After her divorce from her Taiwanese husband, Fu Jung, who has never experienced love, continues to live with him. She attempts to gain independence, explore love, and leave the house, but repeatedly finds herself staying. Is it the comfort of the bed, or the bonds of this unconventional family, that keeps her from leaving?

To the Moon uses images and tropes from Greek mythology, literature, science, sci-fi space movies and politics to create an imaginary and dark new moon.

Nguyen was reported for a car theft and ended up being shot nine times by police officer Chen Chung-wen. Nguyen bled to death on the way to the hospital. The public supported Chen's use of firearms against the runaway migrant who resisted arrest. Were the nine shots the only cause of Nguyen's death? When the perpetrator isn't necessarily the true perpetrator, is the imperfect victim the one to blame?

In a coastal village near Taidong during the 1960’s, a single, middle-aged mother, Bao-chai, lives a quiet life with her daughter, Xi-lian, a 20-year old schoolteacher. After conservative Bao-chai finds out that Xi Lian has fallen for her cousin, she forbids them to see each other. As time passes, Xi-lian finds love again, this time with Chu-cheng, a new teacher at her school from mainland China. When Chu-Cheng is relocated, he writes love letters to Xi-lian. Unknown to Xi-lian, the letters are intercepted and read by Bao-chai, who, in reading them, has feelings awakened in her that has been buried for most of her life. Then, one day, Chu-cheng comes to visit, and something happens that will change these three quiet lives forever…

Golden Harvest kung-fu revenge tale, with some good guys taking on the owners of a brothel.

This heart-warming romantic comedy takes place at Nanyang Street, the most famous "cram school" street in Taipei City. A young man works at a copy shop where his life is a boring routine of copying test papers for students. One day he finds a drawing of a sheep mixed in on the test papers, which leads him to an unexpected journey.

Taiwanese horror film.

Taiwanese military comedy film.

Martial arts comedy teaming the acrobatic "Dog King" against a "Snake King." Together with their dogs and snakes, they are invincible.

It tells the story of a mother’s desperation to locate her child when the abductor dies before her child can be located. With time running out, the child’s mother seeks the assistance of a spiritual medium.

In late 2004, 125 Philippines women migrant workers came to the Taiwan International Workers’ Association (TIWA) to file complaints for not receiving their salary. While filming there were sweet scenes of lesbian couples cuddling each other in front of the camera. This documentary of a labor struggle unexpectedly became love stories. These women courageously fight against the state policies while struggling for love!

There's a strip called Moebius strip. It seems like a ring, actually, it has only one surface. If putting an ant on the strip, it will never stop crawling. All the beginnings are also destinations on the strip. Humans seem alike the ant on the strip. Worldwide 60 billion people walking on a Moebius strip. Sometimes, men congregate on one side, while women congregate on the other side. However, there are strays keep walking in the middle. They don't belong to anywhere. They walking alone and continuously.

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...

Taiwanese movie

Sega's children, born into post-war Chinese rule, can't relate to their father's love for Japanese culture, having grown up under Japanese rule before WWII.

Inspired by a true story, "Second Life" follows a woman determined to swim across Taiwan's Sun Moon Lake before she loses her sight completely. She's joined by a group of visually impaired swimmers, all guided by a once-celebrated coach haunted by his past. As they train together, they battle fear, doubt, and old wounds—transforming pain into strength, and strangers into a family. More than a swim, it becomes a journey of healing, redemption, and proving that even in darkness, the human spirit shines brightest.

Taiwanese horror film.

Taiwanese language drama film.

A 27-year-old pessimistic man is obsessed with how to die, sees himself in a bad situation when a lot of dangerous people want his life. But with his life at stake, how will he get away with it?

It’s difficult making the transition from being single to starting a relationship. So how should we cope? Echo Each Other abandons spoken dialogue, instead using sign and body language to silently communicate with the audience.

The film centres around three condemned prisoners who committed different crimes, with one still serving his sentence, one who has taken his own life in prison, and one already executed. Consisting of unembellished interviews and news footage, the film shows the director’s concern for the condemned prisoners and their families as human beings; moreover, it examines the contemporary history of capital punishment in Taiwan and questions the current judicial system.