Yang Chia-Yun
Directing
Biography
Yang Chia-Yun (Karen Yang), born March 1947 and originally from Qingdao, Shandong Province, is one of the second generation directors in Taiwan. She is also regarded as a pioneer female film director of commercial Taiwanese film during the 1970s and 1980s.
Known For
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A Saturday Date
The Lady Avenger is about a young woman who is raped by four men and then taken advantage by a fifth. Abandoned by her fiancé, she strikes back at the five wolves. Wild and exciting, filled with nasty violence and highly creative killing sequences, this is Taiwanese exploitation cinema at its furious finest.
The Lady Avenger
Between 1979 and 1983, 117 violent and gritty social realist pictures were produced in Taiwan. Many of these found their way around the world courtesy of Hong Kong's IFD films.
Taiwan Black Movies
A young woman is released from prison, after serving an eight-year sentence for murder, and wishes to start her life over. Getting a job at a newspaper through a friend, she tries to settle in despite the pressures of being an ex-convict. When bizarre incidents begin to occur both at work and at home, the woman suspects that someone has a vendetta against her. NOTE: This is the 1985 IFD (Godfrey Ho & company) re-edit (with English dubbing) of Karen Yang Taiwanese thriller, Exposed to Danger.
Breakout From Oppression
In "Morning Fog", Brigitte Lin plays Tu Hsiao Meng, a spirited young woman who's had an unenviable life full of hard knocks. The daughter of a single parent, Hsiao Meng had to give up school and enter the work force to make ends meet. She finds a job as a nursemaid to an invalid boy, and charms everyone around her with her gorgeous smile and agreeable personality. But not everyone is a fan of Hsiao Meng. She makes an enemy out of Shih Mei Ni, who happens to be Hsiao Meng's rival for the affections of Tai Ya Luen (Chin Han). She's also wealthy and higher in station than Hsiao Meng, which is yet another strike against the lovely, but lower class working girl. Can Hsiao Meng rise above her situation and triumph over the odds?
Morning Fog
Romantic drama by Karen Yang Chia-Yun
Love Comes from the Sea
A young woman is released from prison and starts her life over. Getting a job at a newspaper, she tries to settle in. When bizarre incidents occur, the woman suspects that someone has a vendetta against her.
Exposed to Danger
Taiwanese martial arts movie by Karen Yang Chia-Yun
The Magic Ring
Action-war from Taiwan.
The Women Warriors of Kingmen
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The Three Tales
A thriller by Karen Yang Chia-Yun
Who Dare Challenge Me
Taiwanese movie
Misty Rain Knocking My Window
An adaptation of Xuan Xiaofo’s novel of the same name
The Unsinkable Miss Calabash
This is Taiwan's first documentary about comfort women. The audience gets a glimpse of history as 13 "grandmothers" speak of their unspeakable past, unknown even to their family, in front of the camera.
A Secret Buried for 50 Years: The Story of Taiwanese "Comfort Women"
Comedy/romance film from Hong Kong and Taiwan.
How is the Weather Today?
A film by Karen Yang Chia-Yun