Kurt Hsiao

Born never to cry, Fish seeks his missing mother through the underworld. He believes her ghost is imprisoned within a deity puppet — yet, it conceals neither his mother nor an informant, but a survivor. Through the puppet’s mouth, the seaside street’s buried past unfolds.

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Yue's brother was executed by the government. Determined to bring his body back home, Yue goes to Taipei alone and finds help in Chao Kung-tao, a discharged soldier. Two people with no relations become friends in need, embarking on a journey that could cost them their lives.

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This spectacularly eccentric satire by Su Hui-Yu draws on 1970s Taiwanese TV culture and has a roller-skating Hitler dance with Stalin and Mao do the same with Chiang Kai-shek. A revue show of dictators in cahoots with the entertainment industry.

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Ad director Wan Ting-fang, with little time left to live, receives an unusual offer from underworld emissaries: film an adult movie for ghostly audiences, and he’ll gain more time on earth. Short on resources, he enlists his mother-in-law Hsiao-fang, whose unexpected enthusiasm reignites his creative spirit. But when their forbidden project catches the City God’s attention, Ting-fang's final deadline draws near.

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Facing a trail of murders staged as chilling word games, a rookie police captain and a goofy detective race to solve a serial killer's deadly puzzles.

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After a failed attempt to take his own life, a man discovers he's returned with four ghosts seeking to fulfil their last wishes in hopes of earning his own place in the afterlife.

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When a spate of grisly murders throws a city into chaos, a tenacious prosecutor must brace for a cat-and-mouse game against a dangerous manipulator.

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On the night of their high school graduation, three delinquents decide to exchange their darkest, most unspeakable secret.

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A woman who has owned a barbershop for over 40 years determines to embark on a long journey to cut the hair of an old customer who has moved away and is too sick to travel.

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After finding an odd envelope, Policeman Ming-han's life takes a spooky turn: He's now wed to a ghost husband, and they must solve a crime together.

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A debt collector strikes a deal with a debt-ridden woman struggling to care for her ailing father: he will take care of her bills if she agrees to date him.

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A ten-part hour-long series that follows the aftermath of a mass-shooting where all parties involved - the killer, the victims, the victims’ families, the media and the defense teams, whose fates are all intertwined.

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Two 60-ish Taiwanese men share ambiguous closeness, built on ritual and obscurity in an old local bathhouse. Amidst a near-death accident, the body offers a final confession, revealing a lifetime of repressed desire that surfaces only when time runs out.

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A nearly blind reclusive physicist is forced to share a hospital room with an eccentric woman photographer suffering from dementia. Despite his wish for isolation, he finds himself ever more drawn into her puzzling world, and surprisingly he needs her presence to prevent the fading light from disappearing for good.

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Meng-Chun, an aimless college graduate, squats in a vacant apartment and unexpectedly reunites with his college ex, Yi-Hsuan. As passion and conflict reignite, they seemingly blunder into a bizarre reality show for ex-lovers. Trapped in this quiet nightmarish space, Meng-Chun clings to reality during the surreal trip, desperate to salvage his relationship with Yi-Hsuan.

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