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BayView Entertainment have released the Asian horror film The Tag Along: Devil Fish on Blu-ray (Region Free) in the USA.

Synopsis:

When a spirit medium is called to exorcise a demon from a possessed man, he is unknowingly captured in the act by two students looking to document the process. The students accidentally release the devil fish demon into the world during their project, so it becomes up to them and the spirit medium to send it back to the hell from where it came.

The Tag Along: Devil Fish was Directed by David Chuang and stars Vivian Hsu, Rexen Cheng and Joe Shu-Wei Chang.

The Tag Along: Devil Fish is out now on Blu-ray (Region Free) in the USA from BayView Entertainment.

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Taipei- and Hong Kong-based sales agency Distribution Workshop heads to Berlin with a rich slate that includes one of the mainland Chinese hits from the recent Lunar New Year season and an anticipated supernatural horror film from Taiwan. The company will present to buyers in person at Berlin’s European Film Market next week.

Starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and pop star turned actor Wang Yibo, Huang Lei and Zhou Xun, “Hidden Blade” is a lusciously presented espionage story that runs from the 1920s to the period Second Sino-Chinese War. It is directed by Cheng Er, who previously directed 2017’s “The Wasted Times.”

(Wang and Zhou also both appear in “All Tomorrow’s Parties,” a Chinese short film by Zhang Dalei that plays in next week’s Berlin short film competition.)

As nationalist, Communist and Japanese factions fan out across China and Japanese-occupied Manchuria, the narrative sees espionage agencies operating behind enemy lines,...

For the first time in two years, the New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) will have a full return to big-screen viewing as they celebrate their 20th Anniversary!

Following a fully virtual 2020 edition and a hybrid 2021 edition, Nyaff is delighted to present this year’s 60+ new and classic titles fully in person at Film at Lincoln Center and the Asia Society, from July 15 to July 31. Mark your calendars now to celebrate this major cinematic anniversary in July!

We’ll be announcing more titles and exciting guests in coming weeks, but here are some initial highlights to look out for:

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The 20th Anniversary edition of Nyaff will kick off with the international premiere of the propulsively-paced Thai romantic comedy Fast & Feel Love, directed by Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit and starring Urassaya “Yaya” Sperbund, who will be honored on stage with the Screen International Rising Star Award.

Chow Yun Fat’s ‘One More Chance’ to be relaunched at the market.

Taiwan’s Distribution Workshop is set to introduce Cannes buyers to Philip Shih’s horror Antikalpa and relaunch Chow Yun-fat drama One More Chance.

Antikalpa is a Taiwanese supernatural horror that centres on a group of high school students who are lured into practicing mysterious rituals with demonic results. Adapted from a bestselling novel by Ling Jing, the film is set for a November release.

The cast includes Huang Guan-Zhi (TV series Detention), Regina Lei (The Sadness) and Tseng Wan-Ting (Gatao - The Last Stray). It marks...

A gentle tale of growing pains and self-discovery, “Mama Boy”, Arvin Chen’s third feature film, presents itself as a comedy, with a lurid poster and an odd-looking protagonist but it turns out to be more than the sum of its parts.

“Mama Boy” is screening at Udine Far East Film Festival

Xiao-hong (Kai Ko) is the classic mama boy, a cocooned young man of almost 30 years of age, with an overprotective mother, but to call him a spoiled boy would sound too derogatory as he is a sweet human being, almost a child in a man’s body, struggling in relating with fellow humans, especially girls. “A bit shy”, his mum would say. “Not normal”, her bitter co-worker would reply. Xiao-hong works with his pesky cousin in a fish and aquarium store; wearing the shop bright orange polo shirt, he looks like a giant goldfish, big eyes wide open and silent mouth.

Lionsgate is set to handle the global sales of “Loveboat, Taipei” a U.S.-Taiwanese YA romance film that started production in Taiwan shortly before Christmas.

The picture is based on a best-selling novel by Abigail Hing Wen in which a young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei. The trip turns into a summer of romance and she has to choose between the attention of two attractive, but significantly different, young men and her true passion of dancing.

“Lionsgate is handling all global sales on the film though it’s too early to discuss specific territories,” a company spokesman told Variety in an emailed statement.

With its blend of Asian-American characters, romantic decisions and dance moves, the story has been pitched as a mix of “Crazy Rich Asians” and “La La Land.”

Taiwanese-American director Arvin Chen (“Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow...

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Grieving is never easy, but what if you had to mourn someone you no longer know? “Little Big Women”, directed by Joseph Hsu, is a story of memory, loss, finding closure, and letting go. Inspired by his own family’s story—Hsu’s own grandmother had to mourn for her husband alongside his extramarital lover—the film is an extended version of his 2017 short film, “Guo Mie”.

On the day of her 70th birthday, renowned restaurant owner, Ms. Lin (Chen Shu-fang), receives news that her long-estranged husband, Chen Bochang (Lung Shao-Hua), has passed away in Taipei. As her family begins their preparations for the funeral, she insists on continuing with her celebrations. The dinner is attended by many relatives and her three daughters: Wanching (Hsieh Ying-Hsuan), a free-spirited professional dancer, Yu (Vivian Hsu), a plastic surgeon, and her youngest daughter, Jiajia (Sun Ke-Fang), who has taken over the restaurant.

David Chuang’s The Tag Along: Devil Fish starring Vivian Hsu, Jen-Shuo Cheng, and Joe Shu-Wei Chang is available to catch this June from Bayview Entertainment. The devil fish which manipulated by Juon-like ghost ”a little girl in red dress” targets tiger-man’s mother. Then, tiger-man tries excising his mother from the devil fish and a little …

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Kai Ko and Vivian Hsu star in romantic drama, which starts shooting later this month in Taipei.

Taipei-based Distribution Workshop has picked up international rights to Taiwanese-American filmmaker Arvin Chen’s latest film Mama Boy.

The romantic drama stars Kai Ko (You Are The Apple Of My Eye) as a shy young man who finds himself attracted to a single mother, played by Vivian Hsu (Little Big Women), at a sex hotel. Filming will start at the end of March in Taipei, with a release targeted for November this year.

The key crew include producer Aileen Li, whose credits include...

Promoted as the first original sci-fi production of HBO Asia, “Dream Raider” is an 8-episode Mandarin-language series produced in Taiwan. The story revolves around a team of cops and scientist that are trying to fight against a conspiracy that exploits human consciousness.

The series features an all star cast including David Wang, Vivian Hsu, Jason Wang, Wu Ke-xi and Jun Kunimura...

A new version of RuPaul’s Drag Race is coming to the Netherlands later this year via format owner World Of Wonder, broadcaster Rtl and Dutch firm Vincent TV. Drag Race Holland (8×60’) will feature ten Dutch drag queens who take part in weekly challenges where the bottom two face-off against each other in a lip-synch battle for a chance to remain in the competition. Judges and guest judge line-up will be announced in due course. Viewers in the Netherlands will be able to watch the series on RTLs SVoD platform Videoland and it will also show on World of Wonder-owned and operated SVoD platform, Wow Presents Plus. It will be the first non-English language version of the show available to UK viewers and will be available on the platform with English, Spanish, and Portuguese subtitles. Vincent ter Voert, founder and executive producer of Drag Race Holland, said: “After more...

HBO Asia has set “Dream Raider” as its first original sci-fi commission. The show is an 8-episode Mandarin language series, produced in Taiwan.

Set in the near future, “Dream Raider” features a misfit team of scientists and cops that are trying to get to the bottom of a criminal conspiracy that exploits human consciousness. The series opens with detectives investigating a case of missing girls and uncovers a mysterious cutting-edge technology that enables them to enter the dreamscapes of others in search of the truth.

Directed by Daniel Fu and Simon Hung, the series boasts a cast headed by David Wang, Vivian Hsu, Jason Wang, Weber Yang, Ellen Wu, Wu Ke-Xi (“Nina Wu”), Jun Kunimura, Aggie Hsieh, Garfield Chung, and Bella Wu.

Produced with the support of the Taipei Film Commission and the Taipei Cultural Foundation, the series is executive produced by renowned Hong Kong-based filmmaker Soi Cheang.

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“Hot Summer Days” is the first Chinese-language film produced by 20th Century Fox in its then seventy-five-year history. Packed with stars hailing from Hong Kong, Mainland China, and Taiwan, it’s the kind of ensemble romantic comedy that American audiences have been eating up for decades. Nevertheless, this Chinese take on the genre possesses just enough redeeming qualities to elevate it—albeit only slightly— above the pack of formulaic rom coms churned out by movie studios around the world. Gorgeously shot with several excellent performances, “Hot Summer Days” is a date movie of epic proportions, as we’re treated to a whole stable of good-looking actors— often glistening with sweat—as they try to find love in the sweltering heat of summer.

In Hong Kong, we meet Wai (Nicholas Tse), whose air conditioning repair shop is experiencing a much-needed boom in business during the oppressive heat wave.

Anthony Chen’s latest feature Wet Season and HBO Asia sci-fi series Dream Raider are among the first five projects backed by the fund.

The Taipei Film Commission (Tfc) has announced the first five projects to receive funding from its new initiative, the Taipei Film Fund, with the initial beneficiaries involving production teams from the Netherlands, France, Singapore, Austria and Hong Kong.

Launched by Taipei City’s Department of Cultural Affairs, the fund has an annual budget of around $1m (Nt$30m) to invest in international film and TV co-productions with Taiwan, with the aim of attracting more international talent to Taipei.

HBO Asia, who started original productions in 2012 and has realised 15 of them so far, has announced three more Original series targeting the Southeast Asian market, and the second season of a hit Taiwanese drama.

It all happened on the first day of Filmart, the important Hong Kong International Film and TV Market, when HBO Asia CEO Jonathan Spink broke the news. Let’s see them.

On the wave of a growing interest for Chinese Science Fiction, HBO Asia will present “Dream Raider”, directed by Daniel Fu and Simon Hung and starring Starring Taiwan’s Vivian Hsu and David Wang. The series is composed of eight episodes and will follow follows a team of scientists and cops investigating a criminal conspiracy that exploits human consciousness.

Like the recent successful horror anthology ”Folklore”, “Food Lore” is an eight-part anthology, overseen by Singaporean director Eric Khoo, that explores narratives related to Asian cuisines and filmed in 8 different countries.

HBO Asia has unveiled a trio of new original series and a second season of its hit “The Teenage Psychic.” The new shows bring the number of original series commissioned and distributed by the Singapore-based offshoot of HBO to 15.

“Dream Raider” will be HBO Asia’s first Asian sci-fi drama, an eight-episode hour-long series that features a misfit team of scientists and cops trying to get to the bottom of a criminal conspiracy exploiting human consciousness. The series opens with a police officer who is investigating a case of missing girls and uncovers a mysterious technology that enables them to enter the dreamscapes of others. With veteran Hong Kong director Cheang Pou-Soi as executive producer and Freeman Xiang as producer, the show is directed by Daniel Fu and Simon Hung. It stars Vivian Hsu, David Wang, Jason Wang, Weber Yang and Ellen Wu.

“Food Lore” is an eight-episode, hour-long anthology...

Sci-fi drama Dream Raider is exec-produced by Soi Cheang, while Eric Khoo created food-themed series Food Lore.

HBO Asia has unveiled a slate of four original productions, including sci-fi drama Dream Raider, executive produced by Hong Kong filmmaker Soi Cheang, and food-themed series Food Lore, created by Singapore’s Eric Khoo.

Starring Taiwan’s Vivian Hsu and David Wang, Dream Raider is directed by Daniel Fu and Simon Hung and brings together talent from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Produced by Freeman Xiang, the eight-part series follows a team of scientists and cops investigating a criminal conspiracy that exploits human consciousness.

Other new original series include sci-fi Dream Raider and Taiwanese drama The World Between Us.

HBO Asia has unveiled a slate of four original productions, including sci-fi drama Dream Raider, executive produced by Hong Kong filmmaker Soi Cheang, and food-themed series Food Lore, created by Singapore’s Eric Khoo.

Starring Taiwan’s Vivian Hsu and David Wang, Dream Raider is directed by Daniel Fu and Simon Hung and brings together talent from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

Produced by Freeman Xiang, the eight-part series follows a team of scientists and cops investigating a criminal conspiracy that exploits human consciousness. Taipei Film Commission...

On the first day of Hong Kong's Filmart industry confab, HBO Asia unveiled an ambitious trio of original series targeting international Chinese-language audiences and the growing Southeast Asian market.

The projects include the network's first sci-fi drama produced in Chinese, a fictional anthology series centered around food and a Taiwanese drama that takes place in the aftermath of a mass shooting. HBO brought some of the talent involved in the new shows — actors Vivian Hsu, David Wang and James Wen; directors Eric Khoo and Billy Christian; and executive producer, Cheang Pou-Soi — to Hong Kong to personally ...

HBO Asia has ordered Dream Raider, an eight-episode sci-fi original drama series for premiere in 2019. Filmed and set entirely in Taiwan, the hour-long Mandarin series features an all-star Taiwanese cast including Vivian Hsu (徐若瑄) (The Devil Fish 《人面魚：紅衣小女孩外傳》), David Wang (王耀慶) (Project Gutenberg 《無雙》) and Jason Wang (王識賢) (Gatao 2-The New Leader Rising 《角頭2：王者再起》).

Principal photography is under way on the series, which is executive produced by Hong Kong filmmaker, Cheang Pou-Soi (鄭保瑞). Dream Raider will be available on HBO Asia’s on-air, online and on-demand platforms.

“Following the success of our first Taiwanese drama series, The Teenage Psychic, we are looking forward to once again be working with the talented storytellers in Taiwan on a genre that we have never done before,” said Jonathan Spink, CEO of HBO Asia. “Science fiction is a genre that allows for limitless creativity and I can’t wait for our audience...

Malaysia-based distributor acquires third film in Taiwanese horror series for ten territories in Southeast Asia.

Malaysia’s Gsc Movies has acquired The Tag Along: Devil Fish, the third film in a successful Taiwanese horror franchise, for ten Southeast Asian territories.

Hong Kong-based Entertaining Power, which is handling international sales on the film, described this as the biggest single sales deal for the three films. The ten territories covered by the deal include Malaysia, Brunei, Singapore, the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and Laos.

Taiwanese release is scheduled for November 23, followed by Malaysia on November 29 and Singapore on December 6. The...

Hey, New York, it's time for that other Asian film festival, one that's so star-packed, you'll wonder how you've missed it.  Since 2010, the New York Chinese Film Festival has quietly promoted some of the latest features from Hong Kong and the Mainland and hosted some of China's biggest names.  In previous years, superstars like Zhang Ziyi, Leon Lai, Aaron Kwok, Daniel Wu, Cecilia Cheung, Ching Siu-Tung, Han Geng and Vivian Hsu have graced the festival.  Though of a shorter duration than in previous editions, the 2013 Nycff seems equally mighty. The 4th Annual New York Chinese Film Festival kicks off November 5th-7th, 2013.  This year, the excellent Donnie Yen {Ip Man, Sha Po Lang, Flash Point} returns to our shores to premiere Special...

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Taiwanese films have been causing an increasing stir both at home and abroad, none more so than historical blockbuster “Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale”, which tells the true story of a 1930s aboriginal revolt against the Japanese invaders. The film is certainly the very definition of epic, being the most expensive Taiwanese production to date, split into 2 parts, boasting a combined running time of a staggering four and a half hours – trimmed down to a still length 153 minutes for the international cut. Directed by Wei Te Sheng, who also helmed local mega hit “Cape No.7”, the massively popular film was produced by none other than Hong Kong action legend John Woo, and features a pan-Asian cast of big name stars and first time performers, including Lin Ching Tai (“10+10”) in the lead, Ando Masanobu (“The Butcher, The Chef & The Swordsman”) from Japan, Tanaka Chie “(Cape No.7”), Vivian Hsu (Hot Summer...

“Sorcerer and the White Snake” has been one of the more hotly anticipated Chinese releases of 2011, and it’s not hard to see why, given the talent in front of and behind the camera. Boasting an impressive Us$25 million budget and premiering at the Venice Film Festival, the fantasy production stars Jet Li in the lead as a Buddhist monk, butting heads with Eva Huang (“Kung Fu Hustle”) and Twins’ Charlene Choi as snake demons, with Raymond Lam (“Jade and the Pearl”) and Wen Zhang (“Ocean Heaven”) as the two young men caught in the middle, plus cameos by from the likes of Vivian Hsu, Miriam Yeung, Chapman To and Jiang Wu. Directed by legendary helmer and action choreographer Ching Siu Tung, responsible for numerous genre classics including “Swordsman”, “A Chinese Ghost Story” and others, the prestigious film was produced by Yang Zi and Chui Po Chu (“Crouching Tiger Hidden...

Indomnia Releasing has released the trailer for Fire of Conscience. The film was directed by Dante Lam and stars Leon Lai and Richie Ren. Go inside the Hong Kong underworld in this action-thriller that has will keep you on the edge of your seat. As a huge fan of Hard Boiled, Infernal Affairs and Reservoir Dogs, this film looks awesome. 

 

Synopsis:

Esteemed investigator Captain Manfred (Leon Lai, Bodyguards and Assassins) is at a crossroads in life when he's assigned to the case of a lethal car accident and the death of a prostitute. Working with him is aggressive Inspector Kee, who's determined to rise in the fast-paced world of Hong Kong law enforcement. Opposites in every way, Manfred finds himself in the unexpected position of defending his partner when he's linked to the crimes, and he's soon swept up into a shadowy world of dirty politics, graphic murders and dangerous secrets.

Fire of Conscience is hitting DVD on October 25th and it is absolutely one of the most exciting new action thrillers hitting the format this year. So check out the synopsis and clip below or click the cover art to preorder your copy now.

In the tradition of Hard Boiled, Infernal Affairs and Reservoir Dogs comes this hard-hitting action-thriller from director Dante Lam. Esteemed investigator Captain Manfred (Leon Lai, Bodyguards and Assassins) is at a crossroads in life when he’s assigned to the case of a lethal car accident and the death of a prostitute. Working with him is aggressive Inspector Kee, who is determined to rise in the fast-paced world of Hong Kong law enforcement. Opposites in every way, Manfred finds himself in the unexpected position of defending his partner when he’s linked to the crimes, and he’s soon swept up into a shadowy world of dirty politics,...

If you’re a fan of “Asia-noirs,” you might want to check out the latest entry into the genre, “Fire of Conscience.” Starring Leon Lai, Vivian Hsu, and Michelle Ye and directed by Dante Lam, the film is an intense look at the life of an investigator who has to take on a case involving a car accident and a prostitute’s death: “In the tradition of ‘Hard Boiled,’ ‘Infernal Affairs’ and ‘Reservoir Dogs’ comes this hard-hitting action-thriller from director Dante Lam. Esteemed investigator Captain Manfred (Leon Lai, Bodyguards and Assassins) is at a crossroads in life when he’s assigned to the case of a lethal car accident and the death of...

Detailing the 1930 uprising by the Seediq Indians against the colonial Japanese forces, director Wei Te Sheng's two-part Taiwanese epic Seediq Bale is set to take the world by storm when it opens in September. It stars Masanobu Ando, Landy Wen, Vivian Hsu and Umin Boya in the lead role.The first trailer has just popped up on the film's official YouTube channel and looks to be pretty high-end stuff, giving off something of a Last Of The Mohicans vibe in my opinion, but there's more than a smattering of 300 or Avatar in there too. The film is the follow-up to Wei's box office sensation Cape No.7 and has been a pet project for the director for the past decade. Here's hoping Taiwan can deliver...

(And there are pics to prove it!) Director Tony Ching Siu-Tung is currently finishing the martial arts fantasy "The Sorcerer and the White Snake", an ancient Chinese fairytale in which a young man falls in love with a beautiful woman, not knowing she is in fact a White Demon Snake in disguise. A monk tries to save him by battling the Snake. So far, so "Chinese Ghost Story". But this production has a few aces up its sleeves: Tony Ching Siu-Tung is one of the best choreographer and stunt directors in the business, having worked on productions as diverse as "Hero", "Dororo" and "Shaolin Soccer". And while we're namedropping: the monk will be played by Jet Li and the demon ladies by Vivian Hsu,...

After the success of his much praised “The Beast Stalker”, director Dante Lam continues his quest to prove himself the leading purveyor of hardcore Hong Kong thrills with “Fire of Conscience”. The hard hitting film certainly pulls no punches when it comes to violent action, with choreographer Chin Kar Lok taking the same kind of gritty yet explosive approach he did with Derek Yee’s “One Nite in Mongkok”. The film has an impressive cast, headed up by popular stars Leon Lai and Richie Jen, with support from Michelle Ye (who recently won Best Supporting Actress at the Hong Kong Film Awards for Soi Cheang’s “Accident”), Taiwanese actress Vivian Hsu (“The Knot”, “Hot Summer Days”), Mainland actor Wang Baoqiang (“Equation of Love and Death”), and Liu Kai Chi (also in Lam’s “The Beast Stalker”). Leon Lai takes on the role of rough, tough detective Manfred, known for his...

Maggie Cheung alert!

She walked the Taiwanese red carpet today in this white number to your left. She was presenting Best Picture at the Golden Horse Awards. The Golden Horse is Taiwanese in origin but it's for Chinese language films regardless of country of origin so it's very competitive now. Warlords and Lust, Caution, which both had international releases, were recent winners of Best Picture.

This year, Maggie handed the trophy to No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti which, if we ever see it in the States, might be called I Can't Live Without You or Not Without You. That's Taiwan's submission for this year's Foreign Language Film Oscar race. The film is from actor/director Leon Dai and it's about a poor man who loses his daughter once the government learns of their illegal living conditions.

No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti (2009) from Taiwan

Winners

Best Picture: No Puedo Vivir Sin Ti

Best Director: Leon Dai,...

Fox International Productions is making its first foray into China with the Chinese-language romantic comedy "Hot Summer Days," which it is producing and distributing with Star Television Asia and Huayi Brothers Media.

Assembling a cast from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, the film will star Jacky Cheung, Nicholas Tse, Daniel Wu, Rene Liu, Vivian Hsu, Barbie Hsu, Angelababy, Jing Boran, Duan Yihong, Fu Xinbo and Gordon Liu.

The film, which began filming in August in Beijing, Shenzhen and Hong Kong, is being co-directed by first-time directors Wing Shya, who has made his mark as a cinematographer and fashion photographer, and Tony Chan.

Fruit Chan and Paul Cheng are co-producers.

The film is slated for release early next year in China by Huayi Brothers and by Fox in all territories outside of mainland China. Star holds pay TV rights to the film in Asia excluding China.