Actors/Actress
Born in 1959, Yang Kuei-mei is an actress who is active in both films and TV dramas. Yang started her acting career with sad roles. Her role as a mother in "My Beloved" broke the record at box office when it was screened in China in 1991 and gave her the title "Taiwanese mother." Since the 1990s, she has collaborated with prominent directors, including Wang Toon, Ang Lee, Tsai Ming-liang and Lin Cheng-sheng, who have helped her strengthen acting skill.
Awards
2004 The 41th Golden Horse Awards Best Leading Actress "The Moon Also Rises"
Nomination
2004 The 41th Golden Horse Awards Best Original Film Song "The Moon Also Rises" (Performer)
2002 The 39th Golden Horse Awards Best Supporting Actress "Crusoe's Robinson"
1998 The 35th Golden Horse Awards Best Leading Actress "The Hole"
1992 The 29th Golden Horse Awards Best Leading Actress "Hill of No Return"
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| 2021 | Echo |
| 2021 | Can You Hear Me? |
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Award
2022 Best Live Action Short Film at the 59th Golden Horse Awards
Nomination
2022 Best Short Film and Best Screenplay at the 24th Taipei Film Awards
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| 2020 | The Silent Forest |
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Awards
2020 The 57th Golden Horse Awards - Best New Performer (for Yan-Fei CHEN) and Best Sound Effects (for Li-Chi KUO, Dong-Hwan LEE)
2020 51st International Film Festival of India
Silver Peacock Award for Best Director
Silver Peacock Award for Best Actor – Male
Nominations
2020 The 57th Golden Horse Awards - Best New Director (for Chen-Nien KO), Best Supporting Actor (for Hyunbin KIM), (for Chen-Nien KO, Pin-Jun LIN), Best Art Direction (for Tien-Chueh LEE, Yi-Ru LIU), Best Original Film Score (for Luming LU) and Best Film Editing (for Milk SU, Chun-Hung CHEN)
2020 Tokyo Filmex-Competition films
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| 2019 | Han Dan |
| 2017 | Damn Mother |
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2017 Cannes Short Film Corner
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| 2017 | Hanky Panky |
| 2016 | The Mad King of Taipei |
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2015 Busan International Film Festival-A Window on Asian Cinema
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| 2014 | Lion Dancing |
| 2014 | Taipei Factory II-Alla Scoperta di Taipei |
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2014 Venice International Film Festival
2014 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival |
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| 2013 | Stray Dogs |
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Awards
2014 Best Film Still Awaiting American Distribution of National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
2014 Best Leading Actor of Taipei Film Awards
2013 Grand Special Jury Prize of Venice International Film Festival
2013 Special Jury Prize of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
2013 Best Director of Seville European Film Festival
2013 Best Director of Dubai International Film Festival
2013 Best Actor (Kang-Sheng Lee) and Best Sound (Duu-Chih Tu, Li Chi Kuo) of Asia-Pacific Film Festival
2013 Best Leading Actor and Best Director of the 50th Golden Horse Awards
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| 2013 | Eat Drink Man Woman (Digital Restoration) |
| 2012 | LOVE |
| 2009 | Our Island, Our Dreams |
| 2009 | Face |
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2009 Competition of the Cannes Film Festival
2010 Best Costume Designer and Best Production Designer of Asian Film Awards (winners)
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| 2009 | Detours to Paradise |
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2008 Golden Horse Awards
2008 Kaohsiung Film Festival 2009 Singapore International Film Festival |
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| 2004 | The Moon Also Rises |
| 2004 | The Wayward Cloud |
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Awards
2005 Silver Berlin Bear for Outstanding Artistic Achievement, Alfred Bauer Award, and FIPRESCI Prize of the 55th Berlin International Film Festival
2005 Award of the City of Nantes (for the director Tsai Ming-Liang) and Special Mention (for the leading actor Lee Kang-Sheng) of Festival des trois continents, Nantes
2005 Best Actor and José Luis Guarner Critic's Award of Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
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| 2003 | GOODBYE DRAGON INN |
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2003 Best Taiwanese Film of the Year (winner) and Best Feature Film (nomination) of the 40th Golden Horse Awards
2003 Selected into the Competition and winning the FIPRESCI Prize of the 60th Venice International Film Festival
2003 The 28th Toronto International Film Festival
2003 Dragons and Tigers of the 22nd Vancouver International Film Festival
2003 A Window on Asian Cinema of the 8th Busan International Film Festival
2003 Gold Plaque (winner) of the 39th Chicago International Film Festival
2003 The 41st New York Film Festival
2003 The 27th Sao Paulo International Film Festival
2003 Jury Award (winner) and Best Supporting Actress Award (for Kuei-Mei Yang) of the 48th Asia Pacific Film Festival
2003 World Cinema of the 47th London Film Festival
2003 Golden Maile Award (nominee) of the 23rd Hawaii International Film Festival
2003 Winds of Asia of the 16th Tokyo International Film Festival
2003 Belgrade International Film Festival
2003 Best Director (won by Tsai Ming-Liang) and Young Audience Award of the Festival des trois continents, Nantes
2004 Cinema Regained of the 33rd International Film Festival Rotterdam
2004 Closing Film of the 28th Hong Kong International Film Festival
2019 Special Event of the Venice International Film Festival
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| 2002 | ROBINSON'S CRUSOE |
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1991 Domestic Film Fund
2003 Un Certain Regard of the 56th Cannes International Film Festival
2003 The 8th Busan International Film Festival
2003 The 27th Sao Paulo International Film Festival
2003 Best Leading Actress Award (nominee: Kuei-Mei Yang) of the 48th Asia Pacific Film Festival
2003 The 23rd Hawaii International Film Festival
2003 Eyes on the Wind of Taiwan Films of P.O.P Cinema
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| 2002 | DOUBLE VISION |
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2002 The 55th Cannes International Film Festival, Un Certain Regards Section
2002 The 7th Pusan International Film Festival, Opening Film |
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| 1998 | THE HOLE |
| 1997 | The River |
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1997 Silver Berlin Bear and FIPRESCI Prize of Berlin International Film Festival
1997 Critics’ Award - Honorable Mention of São Paulo International Film Festival
1997 Silver Screen Award for Best Actor (Tien Miao) and Special Jury Prize of Singapore International Film Festival
1997 Silver Hugo of Chicago International Film Festival
2008 Moscow International Film Festival
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| 1996 | Tonight Nobody Goes Home |
| 1995 | 寂寞芳心俱樂部 |
| 1995 | MODERN REPUBLIC |
| 1994 | Vive L'Amour |
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1994 The 16th Festival of the 3 Continents,Best Director,Best Actor
1994 Venice International Film Festival, Golden Lion 1995 Singapore International Film Festival,Best Film 2008 Moscow International Film Festival |
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| 1994 | Eat Drink Man Woman |
| 1994 | IN A STRANGE CITY |
| 1992 | Hill of No Return |
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1992 Golden Horse Award – Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay
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| 1990 | 花祭 |
| 1989 | 咱們都是台灣人 |
| 1988 | 校樹青青 |
| 1988 | 媽媽再愛我一次 |
| 1988 | 細漢仔 |
| 1987 | Straw Man |
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1987 Golden Horse Award-Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay
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| 1986 | 瘋狂大作秀 |
| 1986 | 五府千歲與囝仔公 |
| 1981 | 又見春天 |
2015 The Crossing: Part 2
2014 The Crossing: Part 1
2005 The Knot
1996 Little Life Opera
1995 Sun Valley
