Umin Boya

Acting

Umin Boya

Born March 1, 1978 · Yuli, Hualien, Taiwan (age 48)

Umin Boya, also known as Ma Chih-hsiang, is a Taiwanese aborigine writer, director and actor, and director of the historical baseball film Kano. He also starred in Wei Te-sheng's Seediq Bale.

Known For

LovesickLovesick · 2025
Lovesick
★ 7.32025
MovieRomanceDrama
A love story that starts with pretending to be sick, describing a troubled teenager named Ye Zijie who always loves to get into trouble. By chance, he discovered that "it's good to be sick".
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow BridgeWarriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge · 2011
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
★ 8.12011
MovieActionDrama
After the uprising at Wushe, Mona Rudao faces a guerrilla war against the militarily superior Japanese and Seediq clans. He and his followers must fight for their dignity and honor so that they can truly be "Seediq Bale" or "real men." Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge is Part two of the two-part, four-hour Taiwanese edition of the film Warriors of the Rainbow.
Till We Meet AgainTill We Meet Again · 2021
Till We Meet Again
★ 6.62021
MovieFantasyRomance
Ah Lun, who has a choice to make in the underworld, decides to be a god of love in Chinese mythology. As he advances with his tasks on Earth, his biggest challenge is to tie a red string with the woman he loves the most.
The EmbersThe Embers · 2024
The Embers
2024
MovieDrama
In 2006, Detective Chang leads a police investigation into a murder committed in a public marketplace. Chang discovers the victim's father has ties to several other families with dead or missing members, and a grim espionage case buried for 50 years in Taiwan's past. Meanwhile, the kidnapped Mr. Hsu is interrogated by a mysterious mastermind. As the truth emerges, the embers of history become a deadly wildfire.
My Missing ValentineMy Missing Valentine · 2020
My Missing Valentine
★ 6.92020
MovieComedyRomance
Xiao Chi, a driven girl who's been looking for love, gets asked out by a hot guy on the eve of Valentine's Day. As she anticipates her first date, she wakes up the next morning and finds that the Valentine's Day has mysteriously passed.
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun FlagWarriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag · 2011
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
★ 7.32011
MovieDramaAction
An indigenous clan-based people living in harmony with nature find their way of life threatened when violent interlopers from another culture arrive, intent on seizing their natural resources and enslaving them. Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag is Part one of the two-part, four-hour Taiwanese edition of the film Warriors of the Rainbow.
KANOKANO · 2014
KANO
★ 7.02014
MovieDramaHistory
A Taiwanese high school baseball team travels to Japan in 1931 to compete in a national tournament.
BIGBIG · 2023
BIG
★ 5.42023
MovieDrama
Welcome to Ward 816, a place filled with incredible children who are true warriors. Each of them carries a badge symbolising their strength in fighting various diseases. In this bustling ward, there's a special group, including Yuan, Shi-yan, Heng, Nuala, Jia-nong, and Da-shan. Despite their parents' occasional arguments, they always come together to support one another when it matters most.

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Hotel IrisHotel Iris · 2022
Hotel Iris
★ 2.52022
MovieDrama
Somewhere on the coast of Taiwan is Hotel Iris, a mouldering seaside establishment run by a cold and thrifty Japanese woman (Nahana) and her lonely half-Taiwanese daughter Mari (Lucia). One night, Mari hears the cries of a woman from the upper floors. Heading up to investigate, she witnesses a distraught woman in a red camisole dress escape an impeccably dressed but violent man (NAGASE Masatoshi) whose cold voice is entrancing. Mari’s initial shock turns into a strange fascination which drives her to follow the man to discover more about him. He is a translator who lives on an isolated island one can only reach by boat and rumours swirl around him and recent murders. The closer she gets to the man, the more a hidden layer of Mari’s personality awakens as she allows herself to be engulfed by his strange passions…
The Last Hunter
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The Last Hunter · 2026
The Last Hunter
2026
MovieTV MovieDrama
The Dawu Mountain Range is shrouded in mist, yet Baru, a 28-year-old Indigenous man, weaves through the lush forest like it’s his own backyard. On an illicit hunt to prove himself worthy of his pregnant girlfriend, the army deserter is pursued by policeman Sam and poacher Sakinu. As Baru ventures deeper into Paiwan ancestral territory, memories of hunting with his late father reconnect him with Indigenous culture and Nature’s spirits. Yet economic realities drive him to violate a historical taboo, leading to a fateful encounter with the mythical Black Bear, revered by his tribe. Set amid the 1990s Indigenous rights movement in Taiwan, The Last Hunter redefines heroism through a poetic journey into Indigenous spirituality.

Writer

BefriendBefriend · 2018
Befriend
★ 9.72018
SeriesComedy
Clumsy Kang Le-yo (Guo Shu Yao, Office Girls) wants to be rich. She crashes funerals to trap rich mourners, picks up cash she finds on the street, and misses no chance to make money the easy way. She is also indebted to a loan shark, and someone special is coming to collect her dues. Bumbling debt collector Chang Liang (Tsao Yu Ning) has terrible luck. His boss borrowed money and ran away, and now Chang Liang has to pay off the loan shark. The problem is, he is just too nice to shake people down. When he has to go collect money from Kang Le-yo, Chang Liang ends up falling for her instead. Ding Shao-en (Edison Wang) is Chang Liang’s best friend, but not one without grievances. He hates Chang Liang's lack of boundaries. Not only does Chang Liang refuse to stop calling him Ding-ding, but now, Ding Shao-en is caught in the middle of an annoying mess between his buddy and the money-hungry girl he likes. Chang Liang and Ding Shao-en know they need money to solve their problems. When they realize Chang Liang is really good at dealing with people, they open the Interpersonal Relationship Office. Together, they help people solve their problems with others. But first, they need to focus on solving their own.

Zhou Guang Xia