你是否依然愛我 (Will You Still Love Me) is set for release in Taipei on June 24th. The movie stars Megen Lai and Shaun Tam. I cannot find his English name of the third star, 金佳.
The movie seems to be set in Taipei with a maybe a love triangle between the female star and two male stars. I like Megen and will try to catch this film on DVD when it reaches LA.
深情密碼 (Silence) is a 2006 drama out of Taiwan. It stars Vic Zhou and Park Eun Hye. It also has Andy Hui, Megen Lai, and Kingone Wang in supporting character roles.
Vic Zhou plays the head executive of a successful real estate company in Taiwan. Vic is a workaholic with a troubled family life and engaged to his college sweet heart. However, as you find out, Vic shows very little emotions towards those that seem to extend their love to him. Vic's Wei Yi character is presented as a cold and heartless man.
Park Eun Hye as Shen Shen is the total opposite. Someone that lives life to the fullest and show loves to all those around her. Shen Shen is special though. Shen Shen's mother was from Korea, so Shen Shen is of mixed blood descent. An accident in her early teens caused her to lose her voice.
How does, Shen Shen and Wei Yi's path collide? It's a total use of drama magic. You know the story can't move on without them meeting, so it happens over and over again.
Wei Yi is cold and heartless until he finds out that he has life ending cancer. As he gets worst and worst, Wei Yi's outlook on life changes and Shen Shen becomes his focus.
The drama was really hard to watch in the beginning. Because I had rented the whole set at a time, I decided I had to watch it. I am glad I stuck around as the second half of the drama was pure drama magic.
I just got a chance to watch 巧克力重擊 (Chocolate Rap) tonight. It was quite interesting.
I'll update this post with more info when I do a little more research.
Update 12/18/2008: After 15+ minutes of googling, I didn't find any useful information. I don't have the time to look at the chinese sites for information. So here goes.
The movie is about Chocolate, a rather talented b-boy. Recruited into a breaking dance troupe, Chocolate finds a career with his skill. After an accident ends his dancing career, Chocolate decides to give up dancing. Following in his father's footsteps, Chocolate starts working at his father's factory, ice making and ice cutting. Chocolate picks up breaking again for recreational purposes and befriends King Kong. Ultimately, King Kong becomes "evil" and they have to settle it in a competition. In the end, Chocolate realizes that breaking isn't about others, but about self preservation.
The story was quite intriguing and Chocolate's "coming of age" was interesting. The conflicts were both internal and external. In the end, you walk away with both happy and scratching your head.
My favorite scene in the movie is when Chocolate and King Kong are breaking in shallow water. The song in the background is a famous Tawainese song that takes a Modern and old skool approach. I was digging it.
I think I see Chocolate in Planet B-boy as part of the Taiwan crew.
