7 Movies Starring Elaine Jin

A Brighter Summer Day

A Brighter Summer Day

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2011-11-25

Languages:

Mandarin, Min Nan, Shanghainese

Countries:

Taiwan

Runtime:

237 min

IMDB Ratings:

8.3 (2092 Reviews)

Director:

Edward Yang

Cast:

Writer:

Hung Hung

Mingtang Lai

Alex Yang

Edward Yang

Fullplot:

Based from true story, primarily a conflict between two youth gangs, 14-year-old young boy's girlfriend conflict with the head of the gang for unclear reason, until finally there was a painfully incident.

Mahjong

Mahjong

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-12-07

Languages:

Mandarin, Min Nan, English

Countries:

Taiwan

Runtime:

121 min

IMDB Ratings:

7.5 (611 Reviews)

Director:

Edward Yang

Genres:

ComedyDrama

Fullplot:

Yi Yi

Yi Yi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-12-16

Languages:

Mandarin, Min Nan, Hokkien, English, Japanese

Countries:

Taiwan, Japan

Runtime:

173 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (11699 Reviews)

Director:

Edward Yang

Fullplot:

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, his business partners make bad decisions against his advice, and he reconnects with his first love 30 years after he dumped her. His teenage daughter Ting-Ting watches emotions roil in their neighbors' flat and is experiencing the first stirrings of love. His 8-year-old son Yang-Yang is laconic like his dad and pursues truth with the help of a camera. "Why is the world so different from what we think it is?" asks Ting-Ting.

Yi Yi

Yi Yi

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2000-12-16

Languages:

Mandarin, Min Nan, Hokkien, English, Japanese

Countries:

Taiwan, Japan

Runtime:

173 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

8.1 (11657 Reviews)

Director:

Edward Yang

Fullplot:

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, his business partners make bad decisions against his advice, and he reconnects with his first love 30 years after he dumped her. His teenage daughter Ting-Ting watches emotions roil in their neighbors' flat and is experiencing the first stirrings of love. His 8-year-old son Yang-Yang is laconic like his dad and pursues truth with the help of a camera. "Why is the world so different from what we think it is?" asks Ting-Ting.

Lost in Beijing

Lost in Beijing

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2008-02-21

Languages:

Mandarin

Countries:

China

Runtime:

112 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (1646 Reviews)

Director:

Yu Li

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Li Fang

Yu Li

Emilie Saada (translator)

Fullplot:

Lin Dong and Wang Mei are a childless couple in Beijing, wealthy, approaching middle age. Lin owns a foot-massage parlor. One afternoon he rapes one of his workers, Liu Pingguo, who has nearly passed out from drinking alcohol with a friend. Part of the assault is witnessed by Liu's husband, An Kun, a window washer. He's angry with the boss and with his wife, and he seeks compensation. Lin's wife counsels him and joins in revenge. Then, Liu realizes she's pregnant and a set of emotional calculations ensues: Lin wants to buy the child, Wang agrees but has conditions, An Kun goes back and forth and barely contains his anger; Liu withdraws. The baby comes. Can anything be sorted out?

33 Postcards

33 Postcards

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2013-04-15

Languages:

English, Mandarin

Countries:

Australia, China

Runtime:

97 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.2 (775 Reviews)

Director:

Pauline Chan

Genres:

DramaMusic

Cast:

Writer:

Pauline Chan

Philip Dalkin

Martin Edmond (story)

Martin Edmond

Fullplot:

Mei Mei (Zhu Lin) a 16 yr old Chinese orphan dreams of nothing more than being part of the 'perfect' family. When her orphanage travels to Australia to par-take in The Australian Choir Festival Mei Mei takes the opportunity to find her Australian Sponsor Dean Randall (Guy Pearce). However what she finds is far from what he depicted. Initially mismatched and disconnected the two begin a journey in search of belonging, family, redemption, love and acceptance.

Port of Call

Port of Call

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2015-06-26

Languages:

Cantonese

Countries:

Hong Kong

Runtime:

126 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.7 (25 Reviews)

Director:

Philip Yung

Fullplot:

Human nature begins where truth ends Welcome to the murder without a body

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