Ko Su-yun

Acting

Ko Su-yun

Born December 3, 1961 (age 64)

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Known For

A City of SadnessA City of Sadness · 1989
A City of Sadness
★ 7.51989
MovieDramaHistory
The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987.
Yi YiYi Yi · 2000
Yi Yi
★ 8.02000
MovieDrama
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 business partners make bad decisions.
Taipei StoryTaipei Story · 1985
Taipei Story
★ 7.51985
MovieDrama
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 egg bailing her father out of financial trouble.
Portrait of a FanaticPortrait of a Fanatic · 1982
Portrait of a Fanatic
1982
Movie
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 cracking down on rebellious activities he had actively engaged in out of cynicism and hostility – the feelings evolved from constant haunting by the memories of his childhood miserableness – to the then existing institutions in China. Alas, to his disillusion, the land he had so deeply loved, the society of which he had expected so much, should have turned out to be the hell on earth. Why? The enigma kept obsessing and puzzling him even to his dying moment.
Ming GhostMing Ghost · 1990
Ming Ghost
★ 6.51990
MovieDramaMystery
A story of a girl haunted by the ghost of her mother, after witnessing her murder.
Great Wall, My LoveGreat Wall, My Love · 2011
Great Wall, My Love
★ 6.02011
MovieDramaComedy
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 recently, Taiwan and China were hostile to each other, he was never able to fulfill his promise. Chun and Ming grew up on two sides of the Taiwan Strait and were brought up with different values. They don't hesitate to cut each other down to size. Their turbulent romance unfolds in tears, laughter and a clash of values. The love story of two generations, across the Taiwan Strait, told with touching drama and biting comedy, is a poignant and entertaining road movie.
DuckweedDuckweed · 1981
Duckweed
★ 7.01981
MovieDramaTV Movie
A young woman leaves her home and boyfriend in rural Taiwan for Taipei with dreams of entering the entertainment industry and gradually discovers the complicated ramifications of her pursuit. A 2-part TV movie and part of the groundbreaking series "Eleven Women," this is Edward Yang's directorial debut.
The Kinmen BombsThe Kinmen Bombs · 1986
The Kinmen Bombs
★ 4.01986
MovieDramaWar
After a devastating artillery attack on the island of Kinmen, commander Chi Liang-chen and his battery prepare a counter-attack.

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Great Wall, My LoveGreat Wall, My Love · 2011
Great Wall, My Love
★ 6.02011
MovieDramaComedy
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 recently, Taiwan and China were hostile to each other, he was never able to fulfill his promise. Chun and Ming grew up on two sides of the Taiwan Strait and were brought up with different values. They don't hesitate to cut each other down to size. Their turbulent romance unfolds in tears, laughter and a clash of values. The love story of two generations, across the Taiwan Strait, told with touching drama and biting comedy, is a poignant and entertaining road movie.

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