Su Chao-pin Movies
The ghost of a young boy haunts a Taipei apartment block in Better Than Sex director Su Chao-pin's urban spook story. Hashimoto (Yosuke Eguchi) is a paranormal investigator who uses an anti-gravitational device called the Menger Sponge to trap wayward spirits. Upon exploring a haunted Taipei apartment complex, Hashimoto and his crew capture the specter of a young boy who apparently perished under mysterious circumstances. When Hashimoto brings local policeman Yi Chi-tung in to help identify the boy, jealous ghost hunter Su Yuen (Barbie Hsu) makes a tragic attempt to steal the ghost that leaves Yi free to release and follow the spirit. As Yi's turbulent past slowly begins to come into focus, another, more malevolent supernatural force somehow related to the boy threatens to rain doom down on all involved in the investigation. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Chang Chen, Yosuke Eguchi, (more)
- 2003
Pornography helps to teach a lonely student an important life lesson in this rollicking teen sex comedy from Taiwanese director Su Chao-pin. A recluse whose extraordinarily large penis results in sexual anxiety, 15-year old Lin-Tsu Chuang's only solace in life is his unique collection of 4,572 porno magazines. The only friend that Lin-Tsu can truly confide in is the owner of the porno shop he frequents, and despite his lack of friends at school, fellow student Lin Xiao-ying secretly harbors an enormous crush on the well-endowed loner. When his friend in the porno shop dies and leaves Lin-Tsu a key to a place that will supposedly reveal all the secrets to love and sex in life, the young student does find clarity, although it may be too late for Lin Xiao, who has turned to juvenile delinquency after finding constant disappointment in her search for love. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Michael Wong, Bobby Chen, (more)
Directed by former critic Chen Kuo-fu, Shuang Tong (Double Vision) is a Taiwanese effort at combining various aspects of the crime and horror genres with the excitement of martial arts. Led by detective Li Feng-po (Leon Dai), a group of detectives use physical violence to get a confession from a suspected criminal. Meanwhile, several murders are occuring--a business man is found drowned in his office; a politicians mistress Chiang Hui-hui) is burnt to death in her apartment, and an American clerk (Geo Gerstein) is eviscerated in his own church. Without a background in finding serial killers, the Taiwan authorties see fit to call the FBI. Agent Kevin Richter (David Morse) teams up with foreign affairs officer Huang Huo-tu (Tony Leung Kar-fai), and the pair sets off on a surreal trail which leads them through psychedelic fungus and a strange Taoist cult fun by former-businessmen. Eventually, Huang's (Leung Kar-fai) own inner demons are exposed and turned against him in a violent conclusion. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- David Morse, Tony Leung Kar-Fai, (more)
