Wu Ke-Xi

Wu Ke-xi (Chinese: 吳可熙, born 6 February 1983) is a Taiwanese actress. She has had starring roles in most of Midi Z's films. She was nominated at 53rd Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actress for her role in The Road to Mandalay.

The Palace on the Sea (2014)

Simple, yet complex. A man (favourite actor Wang Shin-hong) meets a woman (standard actor Wu Ke-xi) on a moored ship, a sort of floating palace decorated like a Buddhist temple. The woman or her spirit struggles with her memories and the man takes on the form of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Midi Z
CAST:  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Wang Shin-Hong

Simple, yet complex. A man (favourite actor Wang Shin-hong) meets a woman (standard actor Wu Ke-xi) on a moored ship, a sort of floating palace decorated like a Buddhist temple. The woman or her spirit struggles with her memories and the man takes on the form of a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Midi Z
CAST:  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Wang Shin-Hong

Poor Folk (2012)

Arranged by a smuggling syndicate, A-Hong and his young teen sister along with a group of Burmese youngsters sneak across the Myanmar/Thailand border and arrive in a remote town called Dagudi in Northern Thailand. A-Hong's sister is taken away by the gangs as her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Midi Z
CAST:  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Wang Shin-Hong

Arranged by a smuggling syndicate, A-Hong and his young teen sister along with a group of Burmese youngsters sneak across the Myanmar/Thailand border and arrive in a remote town called Dagudi in Northern Thailand. A-Hong's sister is taken away by the gangs as her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Midi Z
CAST:  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Wang Shin-Hong

Ice Poison (2014)

A young farmer and his father are barely able to survive on their meagre corn harvest and so they make their way down from the mountains to the village to borrow money from their relatives working in jade mines or on opium plantations. But missing paperwork, deceit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Midi Z
CAST:  Wang Shin-Hong  •  Wu Ke-Xi

A young farmer and his father are barely able to survive on their meagre corn harvest and so they make their way down from the mountains to the village to borrow money from their relatives working in jade mines or on opium plantations. But missing paperwork, deceit ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Midi Z
CAST:  Wang Shin-Hong  •  Wu Ke-Xi

The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful (2017)

Madame Tang colludes and mediates between the government and the private businesses for the benefits of her all-female family. One case does not go according to plan, and an entire family close to Madame Tang fall victim to a gruesome murder. Ambition, desire and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ya-che Yang
CAST:  Kara Wai Ying-Hung  •  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Wen Qi  •  Sha-Li Chen

Madame Tang colludes and mediates between the government and the private businesses for the benefits of her all-female family. One case does not go according to plan, and an entire family close to Madame Tang fall victim to a gruesome murder. Ambition, desire and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ya-che Yang
CAST:  Kara Wai Ying-Hung  •  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Wen Qi  •  Sha-Li Chen

The Road to Mandalay (2016)

Two illegal Burmese migrants fleeing their country’s civil war find love with each other while struggling to survive in the bustling cities of Thailand.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Midi Z
CAST:  Kai Ko  •  Wang Shin-Hong  •  Wu Ke-Xi

Two illegal Burmese migrants fleeing their country’s civil war find love with each other while struggling to survive in the bustling cities of Thailand.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Midi Z
CAST:  Kai Ko  •  Wang Shin-Hong  •  Wu Ke-Xi

Two Idiots (2016)

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DIRECTION:  Huang Ming Cheng
CAST:  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Blaire Chang  •  Hsiao-Kuo Chia  •  Chieh-Jou Ho

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DIRECTION:  Huang Ming Cheng
CAST:  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Blaire Chang  •  Hsiao-Kuo Chia  •  Chieh-Jou Ho

Nina Wu (2019)

After years toiling in bit-parts, an actress finally gets her break with a leading role in a spy thriller. The part is challenging, not least because it calls for explicit sex scenes, and the director is often hard on her. But both the industry and the press think ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Midi Z
CAST:  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Vivian Sung  •  Hsia Yu-chiao  •  Tong Chih-Wei

After years toiling in bit-parts, an actress finally gets her break with a leading role in a spy thriller. The part is challenging, not least because it calls for explicit sex scenes, and the director is often hard on her. But both the industry and the press think ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Midi Z
CAST:  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Vivian Sung  •  Hsia Yu-chiao  •  Tong Chih-Wei

Magician on the Roof (2018)

Thief Fei Long witnesses a rape in progress and flees the crime scene. Day by day, his sense of guilt builds up until he once again meets the foreign female caretaker from that fateful night . . .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xiao-Hui Ma
CAST:  Rexen Cheng Jen-Shuo  •  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Shang-Jie Kuo  •  Chin-Liang Liao

Thief Fei Long witnesses a rape in progress and flees the crime scene. Day by day, his sense of guilt builds up until he once again meets the foreign female caretaker from that fateful night . . .  (more)

DIRECTION:  Xiao-Hui Ma
CAST:  Rexen Cheng Jen-Shuo  •  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Shang-Jie Kuo  •  Chin-Liang Liao

Silent Asylum (2014)

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DIRECTION:  Midi Z  •  Joana Preiss
CAST:  Joana Preiss  •  Wu Ke-Xi

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DIRECTION:  Midi Z  •  Joana Preiss
CAST:  Joana Preiss  •  Wu Ke-Xi

Jump Off or Live On (2014)

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DIRECTION:  Yung-Chi Chen
CAST:  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Jack Kao

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DIRECTION:  Yung-Chi Chen
CAST:  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Jack Kao

Soulik (2015)

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DIRECTION:  Chiang Wei-Liang
CAST:  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Ming-Shuai Shih

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DIRECTION:  Chiang Wei-Liang
CAST:  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Ming-Shuai Shih

Acting Out of Love (2020)

This romantic comedy is about a loser practicing how to “LOVE”.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Lin
CAST:  Teresa Daley  •  Ken Lin  •  Ella Chen Jia Hua  •  Jay Chou

This romantic comedy is about a loser practicing how to “LOVE”.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ken Lin
CAST:  Teresa Daley  •  Ken Lin  •  Ella Chen Jia Hua  •  Jay Chou

Redeeming Love (2022)

A retelling of the biblical book of Hosea set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850.  (more)

DIRECTION:  D. J. Caruso
CAST:  Logan Marshall-Green  •  Abigail Cowen  •  Nina Dobrev  •  Famke Janssen

A retelling of the biblical book of Hosea set against the backdrop of the California Gold Rush of 1850.  (more)

DIRECTION:  D. J. Caruso
CAST:  Logan Marshall-Green  •  Abigail Cowen  •  Nina Dobrev  •  Famke Janssen

Brick (2020)

An architect returns to his hometown to build a new development. While there he realizes the value of the traditional buildings threatened by development.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ding Wenjian
CAST:  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Han Li  •  Liu Binyu

An architect returns to his hometown to build a new development. While there he realizes the value of the traditional buildings threatened by development.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ding Wenjian
CAST:  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Han Li  •  Liu Binyu

The Perfumed Hill

The movie follows the journey of Joice, who leaves the Ivory Coast to start a new life in Guangzhou, China, after saying “no” on her wedding day. She finds a job at a tea boutique owned by Cai, a Chinese man, in the vibrant region of Guangzhou, known as the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abderrahmane Sissako
CAST:  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Nina Mélo  •  Chang Han  •  Isabelle Kabano

The movie follows the journey of Joice, who leaves the Ivory Coast to start a new life in Guangzhou, China, after saying “no” on her wedding day. She finds a job at a tea boutique owned by Cai, a Chinese man, in the vibrant region of Guangzhou, known as the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abderrahmane Sissako
CAST:  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Nina Mélo  •  Chang Han  •  Isabelle Kabano

Kidnapped Soul (2021)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Huang-Ming Su
CAST:  Jay Shih  •  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Rexen Cheng Jen-Shuo  •  Rainie Yang

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Huang-Ming Su
CAST:  Jay Shih  •  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Rexen Cheng Jen-Shuo  •  Rainie Yang

Brick (2021)

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DIRECTION:  Ding Wenjian
CAST:  韩立  •  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Wang Xiaolei

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DIRECTION:  Ding Wenjian
CAST:  韩立  •  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Wang Xiaolei

Blue Sun Palace (2024)

A sudden loss catalyzes an unlikely bond between two migrants in the Chinese community of Queens. Navigating lives far from home and the painstaking labor that supports them, they journey through grief together in hopes of finding family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Constance Tsang
CAST:  Lee Kang-sheng  •  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Haipeng Xu

A sudden loss catalyzes an unlikely bond between two migrants in the Chinese community of Queens. Navigating lives far from home and the painstaking labor that supports them, they journey through grief together in hopes of finding family.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Constance Tsang
CAST:  Lee Kang-sheng  •  Wu Ke-Xi  •  Haipeng Xu