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Jade Love (film)
''Jade Love'', aka ''Madam Yu Ching'' (Chinese: 玉卿嫂), is a 1984 Taiwanese film directed and written by Chang Yi, based on Pai Hsien-yung's 1960 novella of the same name and starring Yang Hui-Shan. The novella on which it was based was published in ''Modern Literature'' (Chinese: 現代文學) magazine in 1960. It is a tragic story set in Guilin, Province of Guangxi, in China, during the Second Sino-Japanese War, about a young widow’s pursuit of her desire. Censors from the Government Information Office The Government Information Office, Executive Yuan (GIO; ) was a cabinet-level agency of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan, Taiwan (the Republic of China) in charge of promoting government policies and regulating media in Taiwan, domestic media. Histo ... removed four minutes (including an explicit sex scene) from the film. The uncensored version was not released until 2012. Plot The film is set during the Second Sino-Japanese war. The entire story is told from the perspec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Hsing
Li Hsing or Lee Hsing (李行) was a Taiwanese film director. He was born Lee Tz-da (李子達) in 1930 in Shanghai and died in 2021. He made one of the early popular Taiwanese films in the late 1959, '' Wang and Liu Tour Taiwan'' (王哥柳哥遊台灣), though he did not speak Taiwanese. He was also the key director in the promotion of Healthy Realist film (健康寫實片) and Literary Romantic film (愛情文藝片). He was awarded the best director at Golden Horse Awards three times and had seven films awarded the best feature film: '' Beautiful Duckling'' (養鴨人家; 1965), ''The Road'' (路; 1967), '' Execution in Autumn'' (秋決; 1972), ''Land of the Undaunted'', (吾土吾民; 1975), ''He Never Gives Up'' (汪洋中的一條船; 1978), '' The Story of a Small Town'' (小城故事; 1979), and ''Good Morning, Taipei'' (早安台北; 1979). After he made his last film '' The Heroic Pioneers'' (唐山過台灣; 1986), he vowed to be the lifetime volunteer for the promot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jade Love (novella)
''Jade Love'' (玉卿嫂) is a 1960 Taiwanese novella by Pai Hsien-yung, first published in the magazine '' Xiandai wenxue'' (co-founded by Pai). Written in first person and told through the eyes of a 10-year-old boy, the story takes place in Guilin, China (the author's hometown) during the Second Sino-Japanese War. English translation * (translated by Nancy Chang Ing) Adaptations * ''Jade Love'' (film), a 1984 Taiwanese film starring Elsa Yang as Jade Love * ''Jade Love'' (1997 TV series), a 1997 Taiwanese TV series starring Hsu Kuei-ying as Jade Love * ''Jade Love'' (2006 TV series), a 2006 Chinese TV series starring Jiang Wenli Jiang Wenli (, born 20 June 1969) is a Chinese actress, director, producer, and screenwriter. A native of Tianjin, she graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1992. Li ranked 52nd on ''Forbes'' China Celebrity 100 list in 2014. In 2008, she ... as Jade Love 1960 novels Novels set in Guangxi Novels by Pai Hsien-yung {{Pai Hsien-yung ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pai Hsien-yung
Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai ( zh, c=白先勇, poj=Pe̍h Sian-ióng, p=Bái Xiānyǒng, w=Pai Hsien-yung; born July 11, 1937) is a Taiwanese writer who has been described as a "melancholy pioneer". He was born in Guilin, Guangxi at the cusp of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Pai's father was the Kuomintang (KMT) general Bai Chongxi (Pai Chung-hsi), whom he later described as a "stern, Confucian father" with "some soft spots in his heart." Pai was diagnosed with tuberculosis at the age of seven, during which time he would have to live in a separate house from his siblings (of which he would have a total of nine). He lived with his family in Chongqing, Shanghai, and Nanjing before moving to the British-controlled Hong Kong in 1948 as Communist Party of China, CPC forces turned the tide of the Chinese Civil War. In 1952, Pai and his family resettled in Taiwan, where the KMT had relocated the Republic of China after defeat by the Communists in 1949. Chronology Pai studied in La Salle Colleg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsa Yang
Elsa may refer to: ELSA (acronym) *ELSA Technology, a manufacturer of computer hardware * English Language Skills Assessment * English Longitudinal Study of Ageing * Ethical, Legal and Social Aspects research *European Law Students' Association *European League of Stuttering Associations *Evangelical Lutheran Synod of Australia, a group in the history of the Lutheran Church of Australia *Experimental light-sport aircraft (E-LSA) People * Elsa (given name), a female given name * Pedro Elsa (1901–unknown), Argentine Olympic athlete Characters * Elsa (''Frozen''), fictional character from the Disney animated franchise, ''Frozen'' * Elsa von Brabant, a character in the 1850 Richard Wagner opera ''Lohengrin'' Places * Elsa, California, a place in California, U.S. * Elsa, Texas, U.S. * Elsa, Yukon, Canada Other * 182 Elsa, an asteroid * ''Elsa'' (album), debut album of Elsa Lunghini * Elsa (river), Tuscany, Italy * Elsa the lioness, subject of the book and film ''Born Free'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fu Chuen
Fu or FU may refer to: In arts and entertainment *Fool Us, Penn & Teller's magic-competition television show *Fǔ, a type of ancient Chinese vessel *Fu (poetry) (赋), a Chinese genre of rhymed prose *'' FU: Friendship Unlimited'', a 2017 Marathi film *Fu Dog, a character on the Disney animated television series '' American Dragon: Jake Long'' *Fu Manchu, a fictional character first featured in a series of novels by English author Sax Rohmer *Shaq Fu, video game *Francis Urquhart, the main character in the novel ''House of Cards'' by Michael Dobbs, and in the UK television series In music * The F.U.'s, an American band *'' F.U. Don't Take It Personal'', an album by American hip hop group Fu-Schnickens *''F.U.E.P.'', an EP by Lily Allen * "FU" (song), a song by Miley Cyrus from her album ''Bangerz'' *''F.U. EP'', a 2002 EP by Gob *"F.U.", a song by Little Mix from their 2016 album '' Glory Days'' *"F-U", a song by Yo Gotti from his 2013 album ''I Am'' *"F.U.", a song by Avril Lav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chang Yi (movie Director)
Chang Yi (張毅; 14 December 1951 – 1 November 2020) was a Taiwanese film director. Career Chang was born in Taipei and studied film at Shih Hsin University. He is listed in the New Taiwan Cinema directors. He won the Golden Horse Award for Best Director and Asia Pacific Film Festival because of 1985 film ''Kuei-Mei, a Woman'' (). He had an extramarital affair with Loretta Yang, the leading actress in many of Chang's movies. After the affair was exposed by Hsiao Sa, Chang Yi and Loretta Yang left Taiwan film industry and became the founders of contemporary glass studio Liuli Gongfang. Chang Yi died on November 1, 2020. Lorretta Yang acknowledged that Chang had health issues from 2018, particularly with his immune system and kidneys, and that Chang had sought medical treatment in hospital since February 2020. Filmography Screenwriter * 1980 : ''The Pioneers'' (源) * 1981 : ''Re Xue'' (熱血) * 1982 : ''Steamrolling'' (人肉戰車) * 1982 : ''Bird's Fly'' (野雀高飛 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guilin
Guilin (Standard Zhuang: ''Gveilinz''), postal map romanization, formerly romanization of Chinese, romanized as Kweilin, is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of China's Guangxi, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is situated on the west bank of the Li River (Guangxi), Li River and borders Hunan to the north. Its name means "forest of sweet osmanthus", owing to the large number of fragrant sweet osmanthus trees located in the region. The city has long been renowned for its Guilin Scenic Area, scenery of karst topography. Guilin is one of China's most popular tourist destinations, and the epithet "By water, by mountains, most lovely, Guilin" () is often associated with the city. The State Council of China has designated Guilin a List of National Famous Historical and Cultural Cities in China, National Famous Historical and Cultural City, doing so in the first edition of the list. History Before the Qin dynasty, the Guilin region was settled by the Baiyue people. In 31 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Sino-Japanese War
The Second Sino-Japanese War was fought between the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Empire of Japan between 1937 and 1945, following a period of war localized to Manchuria that started in 1931. It is considered part of World War II, and often regarded as the beginning of World WarII in Asia. It was the largest Asian war in the 20th century and has been described as The Asian Holocaust, in reference to the scale of Japanese war crimes against Chinese civilians. It is known in China as the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. On 18 September 1931, the Japanese staged the Mukden incident, a false flag event fabricated to justify their Japanese invasion of Manchuria, invasion of Manchuria and establishment of the puppet state of Manchukuo. This is sometimes marked as the beginning of the war. From 1931 to 1937, China and Japan engaged in skirmishes, including January 28 incident, in Shanghai and in Northern China. Chinese Nationalist and C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Information Office, Executive Yuan
The Government Information Office, Executive Yuan (GIO; ) was a cabinet-level agency of the Executive Yuan of Taiwan (the Republic of China) in charge of promoting government policies and regulating domestic media. History In April 1947, the Republic of China government completed all preparations for the implementation of constitutional rule and made the transition from the stage of political suzerainty to that of constitutional government. All ministries, commissions and councils under the Executive Yuan were expanded, and on 23 April, the Executive Yuan created the Government Information Office and agencies for health, irrigation and land affairs. The GIO was formally inaugurated in Nanjing on 2 May 1947, and the Department of International Publicity, originally under the Ministry of Information of the Kuomintang, was placed under it. On 21 March 1949, then President Chiang Kai-shek promulgated the revision of Articles 3 and 5 of the Organic Law of the Executive Yuan, whereb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chung Wai Literary Quarterly
National Taiwan University (NTU; zh, t=國立臺灣大學, poj=Kok-li̍p Tâi-oân Tāi-ha̍k, p=, s=) is a national public research university in Taipei, Taiwan. Founded in 1928 during Japanese rule as Taihoku Imperial University (), the seventh of the Imperial Universities of the Empire of Japan, it is the oldest university in Taiwan and is supervised by the Ministry of Education. The university has three major campuses in Taipei and hosts satellite campuses across the country, enrolling more than 16,000 undergraduates, 12,000 postgraduates, and 3,000 doctoral students. It offers over 200 degree programs and consists of 16 colleges which are divided into 56 departments, 111 research institutes, and more than 50 other national research centers, including National Taiwan University Hospital. In 2015, NTU formed a university system with the National Taiwan University of Science and Technology and National Taiwan Normal University. National Taiwan University has institutiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Horse Awards
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Taipei Golden Horse Awards () are a film festival and associated awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. The festival and ceremony were founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan and is now run as an independent organisation. 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. Overview Since 1990 (the 27th awards ceremony), the festival and awards has been organized and funded by the Motion Picture Development Foundation R.O.C., which set up the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee. The Committee consists of nine to fifteen film scholars and film scholars on the executive board, which includes the Chairman and CEO. Under the Committee, there are five different departments: the administration department for internal administrative affairs, guest hospitality and cross-in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Golden Horse Award For Best Feature Film
The Golden Horse Award for Best Narrative Feature is presented annually at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Awards.Charles Leary''The People Are Missing: The 25th Taipei Golden Horse International Film Festival (and 40th Golden Horse Awards)'' In ''Senses of Cinema'', Issue 30 Winners and nominees ''Note:'' There were no Golden Horse Film Awards held in 1964 or 1974. References {{Golden Horse Film Awards Golden Horse Film Awards Awards for best film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
