Su-Yun Ko

Yi Yi (2000)

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 and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Yang
CAST:  Wu Nien-jen  •  Elaine Jin  •  Issey Ogata  •  Kelly Lee

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 and his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Yang
CAST:  Wu Nien-jen  •  Elaine Jin  •  Issey Ogata  •  Kelly Lee

A City of Sadness (1989)

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government in the late 1940s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hou Hsiao-hsien
CAST:  Tony Leung Chiu-wai  •  Wu Nien-jen  •  Hsin Shu-Fen  •  Jack Kao

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government in the late 1940s.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hou Hsiao-hsien
CAST:  Tony Leung Chiu-wai  •  Wu Nien-jen  •  Hsin Shu-Fen  •  Jack Kao

Ming Ghost (1990)

A story of a girl haunted by the ghost of her mother, after witnessing her murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chiu Kang-Chien
CAST:  Joey Wong  •  Pal Sinn Lap-man  •  Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming  •  Ko I-Chen

A story of a girl haunted by the ghost of her mother, after witnessing her murder.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chiu Kang-Chien
CAST:  Joey Wong  •  Pal Sinn Lap-man  •  Anthony Wong Yiu-Ming  •  Ko I-Chen

The Trigger (2002)

A professional hit-man is hired to take out a target -- however, his girlfriend’s pregnancy gives him second thoughts. He decides that after this job, he will renounce his profession and turn himself in. This is the first feature film from Taiwanese director Alex ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Yang
CAST:  Ngai Man-Yin  •  Cai Xinghung  •  Su-Yun Ko  •  Hsu Hui-Ni

A professional hit-man is hired to take out a target -- however, his girlfriend’s pregnancy gives him second thoughts. He decides that after this job, he will renounce his profession and turn himself in. This is the first feature film from Taiwanese director Alex ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Alex Yang
CAST:  Ngai Man-Yin  •  Cai Xinghung  •  Su-Yun Ko  •  Hsu Hui-Ni

Taipei Story (1985)

A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the future, but Lung is stuck in a past that combines baseball and traditional loyalty that leads him to squander his nest ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Yang
CAST:  Hou Hsiao-hsien  •  Chin Tsai  •  Lin Hsiu-Ling  •  Grace Chen Shu-Fang

A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the future, but Lung is stuck in a past that combines baseball and traditional loyalty that leads him to squander his nest ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Yang
CAST:  Hou Hsiao-hsien  •  Chin Tsai  •  Lin Hsiu-Ling  •  Grace Chen Shu-Fang

Sex Appeal (2014)

Huihua, a music school freshman, is raped by Professor Lee. She files a suit against him with the help of another professor, who involves his attorney friend, Fang Anyu. As the film focuses on the secondary abuse inflicted on Huihua, it narrows in on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Weiming Wang
CAST:  Amber Kuo  •  Vivian Hsu  •  Leon Dai  •  Alyssa Chia

Huihua, a music school freshman, is raped by Professor Lee. She files a suit against him with the help of another professor, who involves his attorney friend, Fang Anyu. As the film focuses on the secondary abuse inflicted on Huihua, it narrows in on the ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Weiming Wang
CAST:  Amber Kuo  •  Vivian Hsu  •  Leon Dai  •  Alyssa Chia

Great Wall, My Love (2011)

Chun, 28, Taiwanese, goes on a conflict-packed search journey with her Chinese guide, Ming, to find her father's long-lost first love, XiuQian, in China. Chun's father had promised XiuQian 60 years ago that he'd definitely come back to marry her. But not until ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emily Liu
CAST:  Tong Dawei  •  Cherrie Ying Choi-Yi  •  Kou Feng  •  Su-Yun Ko

Chun, 28, Taiwanese, goes on a conflict-packed search journey with her Chinese guide, Ming, to find her father's long-lost first love, XiuQian, in China. Chun's father had promised XiuQian 60 years ago that he'd definitely come back to marry her. But not until ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Emily Liu
CAST:  Tong Dawei  •  Cherrie Ying Choi-Yi  •  Kou Feng  •  Su-Yun Ko

Portrait of a Fanatic (1982)

In 1949 when the Communist regime was established in China, the world-famed painter Ling Chen-kuang, believing his conviction for a new-born society had come true on his motherland, returned anxiously from the U.S., whither he had fled apprehension by lawmen when ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wang Tung
CAST:  Chung Fei Hsu  •  Kuan-Chen Hu  •  Chen Hui-Lou  •  Chen Yu-Hsin

In 1949 when the Communist regime was established in China, the world-famed painter Ling Chen-kuang, believing his conviction for a new-born society had come true on his motherland, returned anxiously from the U.S., whither he had fled apprehension by lawmen when ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wang Tung
CAST:  Chung Fei Hsu  •  Kuan-Chen Hu  •  Chen Hui-Lou  •  Chen Yu-Hsin

Kidnapped (1983)

After her six year old son is kidnapped, a successful fashion designer must work with a detective to clear up the terrifying mystery and get her son back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ko I-Chen
CAST:  Sylvia Chang  •  Eddie Chen  •  Chia-tai Chang  •  Fanny Chang Chun-Fang

After her six year old son is kidnapped, a successful fashion designer must work with a detective to clear up the terrifying mystery and get her son back.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ko I-Chen
CAST:  Sylvia Chang  •  Eddie Chen  •  Chia-tai Chang  •  Fanny Chang Chun-Fang

The Kinmen Bombs (1986)

After a devastating artillery attack on the island of Kinmen, commander Chi Liang-chen and his battery prepare a counter-attack.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ting Shan-Hsi
CAST:  Ko Chun-Hsiung  •  Sun Ya-Tung  •  Michael Huang  •  Chang Kuo-Chu

After a devastating artillery attack on the island of Kinmen, commander Chi Liang-chen and his battery prepare a counter-attack.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ting Shan-Hsi
CAST:  Ko Chun-Hsiung  •  Sun Ya-Tung  •  Michael Huang  •  Chang Kuo-Chu

Mother's Remote (2018)

After discovering that her son faked his report cards, a single mother uses a device to grant her utter control over his life -- but at a great cost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chen Wei-Ling
CAST:  Su-Yun Ko  •  Troy Liu  •  Hsin-Yu Ling  •  Liang-Tso Liu

After discovering that her son faked his report cards, a single mother uses a device to grant her utter control over his life -- but at a great cost.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chen Wei-Ling
CAST:  Su-Yun Ko  •  Troy Liu  •  Hsin-Yu Ling  •  Liang-Tso Liu

Duckweed (1981)

The tale of a country girl who comes to Taipei with dreams of entering the entertainment industry. A 2-part TV movie and part of groundbreaking series "Eleven Women," this is Edward Yang's directorial debut.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Yang
CAST:  Su-Yun Ko  •  Dai Ling Li  •  An-ni Shih  •  Gao Ming-Hong

The tale of a country girl who comes to Taipei with dreams of entering the entertainment industry. A 2-part TV movie and part of groundbreaking series "Eleven Women," this is Edward Yang's directorial debut.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Edward Yang
CAST:  Su-Yun Ko  •  Dai Ling Li  •  An-ni Shih  •  Gao Ming-Hong

Lady CaCa (2018)

There is a another soul living in CaCa's body. Just as she decides to come clean with her biological gender, her boyfriend proposes to her. Should she confess, at the risk of losing all the happiness she ever had, or should she keep things the way they are? A phone ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wen-Hsi Lan
CAST:  Soda Voyu  •  Jieh-Wen King  •  Su-Yun Ko  •  YouJen

There is a another soul living in CaCa's body. Just as she decides to come clean with her biological gender, her boyfriend proposes to her. Should she confess, at the risk of losing all the happiness she ever had, or should she keep things the way they are? A phone ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Wen-Hsi Lan
CAST:  Soda Voyu  •  Jieh-Wen King  •  Su-Yun Ko  •  YouJen