Boys Love - Asian Gay Films » Taiwan

Goodbye, Dragon Inn (不散, Bu San) (2003)

sandy — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 14:08:12 +0000

Goodbye, Dragon Inn 2003 is set in the approximately ninety minutes of the last feature at an old cinema in Taipei (Taiwan) that is closing down, showing King Hu’s old 1967 sword-fighting classic Dragon Inn. Only a few people are present in the cinema, and a variety of subplots are developed around them. Throughout the film, [...]

Vive L’Amour, 愛情萬歲 Ai qing wan sui (1994)

sandy — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:51:03 +0000

Hsiao-kang played by Lee Kang-sheng, a young salesman, discovers a key to an apartment in its lock and takes it. He soon moves into one of the bedrooms, and one night he attempts to commit suicde by slitting his wrists while lying on the bed. He is later revealed to be gay. Meanwhile, [...]

I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (Hēi yǎn quān, 黑眼圈) (2006)

sandy — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:44:12 +0000

Forest fires burn in Sumatra; a smoke covers Kuala Lumpur. Grifters beat an immigrant day laborer and leave him on the streets. Rawang, a young man, finds him, carries him home, cares for him, and sleeps next to him. His intentions doesn’t seem all that altruistic. In a loft above lives a waitress. She sometimes provides [...]

He liu (The River) (1997)

sandy — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 02:32:11 +0000

In Taiwan, Xiao-kang, a young man in his early 20s, lives with his parents in near silence. He is plagued by severe neck pain. His father is bedeviled by water first leaking into his bedroom and then flooding the apartment; rain is incessant. Additional Information: Director: Ming-liang Tsai Writers: Ming-liang Tsai Genre: Drama | Romance Runtime: 115 min [...]

Somewhere I Have Never Travelled 帶我去遠方 2009

103ncr — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 14:26:25 +0000

In a small secluded town by the sea, there lives two lonely youths filled with angst and uncertainty. The Ah-Guei, her world has always been different from others. Her eyes tell her that there are no greens or reds in the world. The only person she looks up to is her cousin, Ah-Xian. Ah-Xian has [...]

Splendid Float (2004) 艷光四射歌舞團 Yan Guang Si She Gewutuan

123siam — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 10:16:54 +0000

Splendid Float is Zero Chou’s first film. It depicts the life of a group of Taiwanese tranvestites in a travelling cabaret show. Roy (James Chen) dances and sings in drag (as “Rose”) in the show at night, while spending his day as a Taoist priest conducting funeral rites. Zero Chou’s debut feature-length film, “Splendid Float,” won [...]

Fragile in Love 沿海岸線徵友

admin — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 12:39:22 +0000

This movie is a short movie and it last about 12 minute and 22 second. Apparently it is based upon a poem with lots of skin to show! XD Its called poetry in motion.

孽子Crystal B.O.Y.S (2003)

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:10:50 +0000

Note: This is Taiwanese gay drama that spans over 20 episodes. It’s one of the landmark dramas shown on Taiwanese TV that portrays homosexual subculture in Taiwan during the 1970s and 80s. Features stars including Fan Zhi Wei, Tony Yang (Formula 17) and Joseph Chang (Eternal Summer). Set in 1974, the main character A-Qing (Fan Zhi [...]

Fleeing by Night (2000)

admin — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 03:52:04 +0000

Set in China in the 1930s, the film is about the unsettling relationship between three characters. Ying’er (Rene Liu), the daughter of a theatre-owner, welcomes the return of Shao dong (Huang Lei), her fiancee and a fine cellist who has returned from America. Shao-dong soon finds himself captivated by the opera “Fleeing By Night” and its [...]

Go Go G-B.O.Y.S 当我们同在一起 (Taiwan, 2006)

admin — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:31:10 +0000

A-Shin and A-Hong are close buddies since childhood. Into adult-hood, A-Hong holds a menial job and is straight, while A-Shin becomes a rock-star and is gay. A-Hong’s girlfriend runs up a hefty amount of debt on his credit card, resulting in creditors chasing after him for repayments. In order to pay off the heavy debt, A-Hong [...]