Chen Shiang-Chyi

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Chen Shiang-chyi (Chinese: 陳湘琪; pinyin: chén xiāng qí; born 27 November 1969) is a Taiwanese actress best known for her long-lasting collaboration with critically acclaimed filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang. When she was studying at the Taipei National University of the Arts, Chen was spotted by Edward Yang when he walked by her acting class. After her performance in Yang's A Confucian Confusion, she moved to New York City to study performing arts, later graduating from the Educational Theatre master's program at New York University. After Chen returned to Taiwan, she starred in many of Tsai Ming-liang's films. She also appeared in Lin Cheng-sheng's Sweet Degeneration (1997), which was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. In 2014, she won the Best Actress award at the Golden Horse Film Festival for her performance in Exit. Chen teaches at the Taipei National University of the Arts as an assistant professor of theatre.

Most Popular Chen Shiang-Chyi Trailers

Total trailers found: 29

A Brighter Summer Day Trailer (1991)

27 July 1991

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

Robinson's Crusoe Trailer (2003)

22 May 2003

The film follows Robinson, a very succesfull real estate broker, who lives in a modern hotel in Taipei.

Sexy Story Trailer (1997)

02 July 1997

Taipei metropolis, there are three groups of men were faced with a different problem, a group originally unfamiliar, but because each spouse committed adultery with each other, and third-grab rape of men and women, and the other group is fine to borrow children's a lesbian couple, the third largest group of problems, a woman in front of her husband was not found, the bodies of the dead in his bed lover's disposed of.

Sweet Degeneration Trailer (1997)

01 January 1997

With a singular voice that distinguishes him from his New Taiwan Cinema contemporaries, Lin Cheng-sheng adds to his brief, but already remarkable, filmography with Sweet Degeneration, his third film in two years.

Past Present Trailer (2013)

04 October 2013

A contemplative trip down memory lane with one of the leading voices of the Second New Wave of Taiwanese Cinema.

Goodbye, Dragon Inn Trailer (2003)

12 December 2003

On a dark, wet night in Taipei City, a cavernous old picture palace is about to close its doors forever.

What Time Is It There? Trailer (2001)

26 September 2001

A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris.

The Wayward Cloud Trailer (2005)

19 May 2005

Hsiao-Kang, now working as an adult movie actor, meets Shiang-chyi once again. Meanwhile, the city of Taipei faces a water shortage that makes the sales of watermelons skyrocket.

A Confucian Confusion Trailer (1994)

13 October 1994

Over the course of a few days, the paths of a group of young friends, lovers, and acquaintances in Taipei intersect, prompting them to arrive at realizations about their lives.

The River Trailer (1997)

07 August 1997

A young man develops severe neck pain after swimming in a polluted river for a movie shoot, but nobody can provide him any relief.

Exit Trailer (2014)

01 April 2014

After losing her job as a garment worker, Ling sees her prospects dim dramatically: in her mid forties, she lives in a small, dilapidated apartment in the Taiwanese city of Kaohsiung and spends much of her time locked in arguments with her testy daughter.

Stray Dogs Trailer (2014)

21 February 2014

An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross paths with a lonely grocery clerk who might help them make a better life.

Bear Hug Trailer (2004)

03 September 2004

Dajun still lives with his father, who dates and plans to marry a ditsy starlet. The boy's mother is a flight stewardess, hence often away, and so Dajun's chubby cousin Yifen is often hired in as a child-minder.

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone Trailer (2006)

02 December 2006

Rawang, an immigrant from Bangladesh living in awful conditions, takes pity on a Chinese man, Hsiao-kang, who is beaten up and left in the street.

The Hole Trailer (1999)

24 March 1999

In the final days of the year 1999, almost everyone in Taiwan has died from a strange plague that ravished the island.

Yours and Mine Trailer (1997)

21 June 1997

This is a four-part anthology comedy. The themes of four parts are: car, house, body and friendship. The central characters are a plastic surgeon Chen, a nurse, an experienced maid, three energetic teenagers and a young couple.

The Deserted Trailer (2018)

31 March 2018

Tsai Ming-Liang, the artisan of cinematography approaches virtual reality, pushing the boundaries of VR film.

The Receptionist Trailer (2017)

23 June 2017

Weighed down by financial problems, Tina takes a job as a receptionist at an illegal massage parlour in London.

My Stinking Kid Trailer (2004)

01 January 2004

Drama about a young boy who suffers from a rare deficiency disease. The medicine he has to take every day has the side effect of making him reek of ammonia.

Growth Period Trailer (1993)

31 January 1993

It portrays the tumultuous life of a middle-class couple and the reshuffling of relationship dynamics when the woman's young assistant and their landlord become involved, presenting urban life as observed by Yang through a multitude of rapid dialogue.

Visage Trailer (2009)

02 October 2009

Hsiao-Kang, a Taiwanese film director, travels to the Louvre in Paris, France, to shoot a film that explores the Salomé myth.

The Clearstream Affair Trailer (2015)

11 February 2015

Journalist Denis Robert sparked a storm in the world of European finance by denouncing the murky operations of banking firm Clearstream.

Likely Consequence Trailer (1992)

01 January 1992

Filmed performance of Yang's one-act two-character play which shifts back and forth from comedy to much darker tones as a married couple try to figure out what to do with the body of a man the wife has killed in their kitchen.

Soul Trailer (2013)

30 August 2013

Chuan, a quiet 30-year-old man working as a chef in a Japanese restaurant, collapses suddenly and is rushed to a hospital.

The Skywalk Is Gone Trailer (2002)

08 October 2002

A young woman wandering around meets a young man going to a casting call for a pornographic film.

Restless Trailer (2001)

26 January 2001

Leah is travelling the world when she eventually settles in Beijing, China, where she meets Master Sun Zhan who teaches her the art of weiqi.

Increasing Echo Trailer (2022)

14 January 2022

Everything around Mrs. Yan looks perfect, but her mind is as confused and complex as the variety of medications she is taking.

Tsuru-Henry Trailer (1998)

21 August 1998

Tsuru is a roving broadcaster and collector of singing-and-dancing DNA samples, kept in her lunchbox.

Half of Heaven Trailer (2001)

28 February 2001

Anne Laugel, a young divorced woman, mother of a ten-year-old girl, Sophie, travels to China to adopt a baby.