It Was Rainy Last Night

Snake Woman

One night in Taipei, a female factory worker is killed on her way home. Koh Kang-young, the lead detective, concludes that she was killed by a poisonous snake from the bite marks left on the victim's neck. Reporter Lee Ok-jung rebuts his theory in her article. Through this incident, Detective Koh and Ok-jung meet frequently and they become friends. Afterwards, two more women are killed in the same manner. It is revealed that Ok-jung can't account for her whereabouts for each murder. When another murder is committed, Detective Koh finds out the truth about Ok-jung. When Ok-jung was three, a unique snake bit her. Therefore, she kills people by biting them like a poisonous snake.

Living and Loving

A stormy night, Chou Hung Yieh, a dress designer, saved a pregnant woman on the road. When he went to search for a doctor, he lost his life in a car accident. The woman soon gave birth to a baby girl, Ting Ting. Then she vanished leaving the baby to Chou's wife, Tang Ching Ju...

Chu Lien

Zhijie, in her bid to find a wife for her mentally-challenged son, found Chu Lien to become her daughter-in-law. From then, Chu Lien's life becomes miserable, constantly being physically abused. Fortunately, Shun-hsing took pity on her, both of them quietly exchange solemn vows to each other...

Execution in Autumn

Peigang, his family's only son for three generations running, is to be executed on account of larceny, but not without the intervention of his grandmother.

The Mountain

The director follows three art college students HUANG Yong-song, MOU Tun-fei, and HUANG Gui-rong as they enjoy an excursion into the mountains. As the song ‘California Dreamin’ plays, the three talk about their artistic ideals, how only KMT party members were eligible for scholarships, and their view on the Vietnam War.

Part Time Job

The wealthy family, Liang Dacheng, was very envious of the students using the summer vacation to work and earn money, so he joined with the classmates to run a small restaurant. The restaurant business was bad, and everyone worked separately to subsidize expenses. Dacheng served as a building administrator and met other people. A Xiang, a short-term university student, has a great relationship, but they do n’t know each other ’s true identities. At the end of the summer vacation, Dacheng and Axiang resign separately. The two lost contact with each other and finally reunited in an extra-curricular activity

Posterity and Perplexity

Land of the Undaunted

All in the Dim Cold Night

A rich landowner has an affair with a poor girl and gets her pregnant. He refuses to marry her, and on a cold night the woman and baby freeze to death. They return as ghosts to haunt him.

Cloud of Romance

TUAN Wan-lu is a naïve and carefree young woman raised in the family of a professor and doted on by her protective older brother and childhood friend KU Yu-lan. Though Wan-lu is deeply attracted to MENG Chiao, their romance is thwarted by the taunts of MENG Chiao’s mother. At the same time, she discovers she is actually the illegitimate daughter of a club hostess. In the face of this double blow, she decides to marry Yu-lan, the one who has always been there for her. Caught between MENG Chiao’s persistent wooing and her own wavering heart, how will Wan-lu will find her way out?

The Young Ones

Meng Yun Lao, a college student originally from Hong Kong, stays at a family friend’s house and falls in love with their daughter, Hai Ni. Hai Ni is born with a serious heart defect. When she is notified that Yun Lao is heading back to Hong Kong, she suffers depression and dies. Yun Lao leads his life in despair until he meets a pop singer Hsiao Mei, who looks exactly like Hai Ni.

Our Neighbor

An orphaned girl in a poverty-stricken neighborhood is adopted by a kindly neighbor. He struggles to support her honestly, despite opportunities to participate in a neighbor’s scurrilous get-rich-quick schemes. Invoking the pain of Chinese exiles living in Taiwan, or missing relatives still in China, the touching film posits an in-between historical period during which it is crucial for displaced residents to maintain virtue as a bedrock of identity.

Six Suspects

Tenn Kong-Hui is a private eye. Kong-Hui’s ex-lover, Tai-Giok is a personal assistant to a steel company’s chairman. By spying on Tai-Giok, KongHui discovers many dirty secrets of the people who work at the steel company and decides to blackmail each one of them. When Kong-Hui is found dead in his apartment one day, the police detective has identified five suspects. However, as the detective digs further into their stories, he finds that all of them have alibis. Just when the investigation seems to hit a dead end, a sixth suspect suddenly emerges…

Love in the Shadow

Love turns into heartache as a young man worries about the insanity that runs in his family and whether his baby will be affected by it.

Where the Seagull Flies

A journalist meets three girls with the same appearance but different identities. Finally, it turns out that these girls are the same person. Why does she use different identities? As the journalist tries to get the answer, he falls into the labyrinth of love.

The Revenge of Two Exorcists

THE REVENGE OF THE TWO EXORCISTS (1975) is another rarity; this one from Lai Sheng Ying, a cinematographer turned director. Based on a Chinese folk tale, according to the article, all the stars are new faces and a portion of the film was shot in Japan.