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Genre: Comedy
Director: Bingjian Liu
Year: Y1999
Country: China
Language: Mandarin
Cast: Qing Yang,Bo Yu,Kang Zhang,Jiangang Wei,Zi en Cui



Xiao Bo, a shy boy from the country, comes to the big city and luckily lands a job and place to live thanks to a kind shop keeper, Mrs. Qing. Qing tries setting Xiao on a date only to discover that he really “does not like girls.” When her husband, Kang gets wind of this news, he decides to try and take advantage of the young man causing Xiao to flee. In the end, Qing leaves Kang for another woman and Xiao finds a new home with his old friend Chong. Xiao and Chong find a lot in common as it turns out that Chong is also gay and the two of them start a new relationship.




Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Li-Kong Hsu, Chi Yin
Year: Y2000
Country: China, Taiwan
Language: Mandarin
Cast: Rene Liu,Lei Huang,Chao-te Yin,Leon Dai,Yaoxuan Shu





Set in China in the 1930s, the film is about the unsettling relationship between three characters. Ing'er, the daughter of a theatre-owner, welcomes the return of Shao-dung, her fiancee and a fine cellist from America. Shao-dung soon finds himself captivated by the opera 'Fleeing By Night' and its celebrated actor, Lin Chung, whose voice seems to articulate something within himself. While Shao-dung attempts to blend eastern and western music, Ing'er becomes torn between her affection for both men, and an awareness of the growing intimacy between them.





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Keywords:Asian,Coming Out,China



Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Stanley Kwan
Year: Y2001
Country: China, Hong Kong
Language: Mandarin , Russian
Cast: Ye Liu,Jun Hu,Bin Li,Huatong Li,Shuang Li



LAN YU is based on the controversial, anonymously published Internet novel “Beijing Story,” which chronicles the turbulent gay relationship between a closeted middle-aged businessman and a young college student amid the violent uprising of Tiananmen Square. Filmed entirely underground on location in China, the much-honored LAN YU was an Official Selection at the Cannes, Toronto and Sundance Film Festivals. Keywords:Student



Genre: Drama
Director: Zi en Cui
Year: Y2002
Country: China
Language: Mandarin
Cast: Bing Chen,Narenqimuge,Bo Yu,Xiaoyu Yu,Ge Jia



Xiao lives in a world where the lines defining men from women are constantly dissolving. He kneels at the deathbed of his father who has become a woman, and whose dying wish is to have oral sex with his/her son. His boyfriend “Nana” has also undergone a sex change, but Xiao Bo no longer finds her attractive as a woman. A sexual chain reaction ensues that wreaks havoc on traditional Chinese roles that govern male and female, parent and child. Keywords:Father Son Relationship,Transsexual



Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Chih-yen Yee
Year: Y2002
Country: France, Taiwan
Language: Mandarin
Cast: Bo-lin Chen,Lunmei Kwai,Shu-hui Liang,Joanna Cho



Yuezhen is secretly in love with hunky school swimming star, Shihao. Too shy to approach him, she convinces her best friend Kerou to act as a go-between. Kerou grudgingly agrees, but whenever Shihao appears, Yuezhen flees the scene, leaving the pair alone together. Shihao soon thinks Kerou is slyly using an imaginary character to court him, but she has her sights firmly set elsewhere... Keywords:Lesbian,Friendship,Pool,Closeted Homosexual



Genre: Drama
Director: Zi en Cui
Year: Y2003
Country: China
Language: English , Mandarin
Cast: Zi en Cui,Jian Hou,Ge Jia,Wen Wen,Bin Yu



Xiao Bo comes from a moderate, middle class family but has decided to make his living as a male hustler. His older brother, Dabin, is a Christian evangelist determined to reform China’s entire hustler population. When the two clash Xiao disappears into the streets. As Dabin searches for his brother he meets, befriends and tries to convert many working boys but slowly comes to realize that the hustlers do not consider their work shameful or abhorrent, a realization that is stunning and eye opening. Keywords:Male Prostitute



Genre: Romance, Comedy
Director: Yin-jung Chen
Year: Y2004
Country: Taiwan
Language: English , Mandarin
Cast: Tony Yang,Duncan Lai,Chin King,Dada Ji,Jimmy Yang



A 17-year-old boy goes searching for love and adventure in the summer heat of Taipei, but finds himself attracted to the biggest playboy known to mankind. Will he be able to change this playboy into a stable boyfriend? Formula 17 is the cool recipe for a hot summer. Keywords:Dance Club,Undressing,Dancing



Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Ang Lee
Year: Y1993
Country: Taiwan, USA
Language: English , Mandarin
Cast: Ya-lei Kuei,Sihung Lung,May Chin,Winston Chao,Mitchell Lichtenstein





Wai-Tung Gao (Winston Chao) and Simon (Mitchell Lichtenstein) are a happy gay couple living in Manhattan. Wai-Tung is in his late 20s, so his Taiwanese parents (Sihung Lung and Ah-Leh Gua) are eager to see him get married and have a child. The early part of the movie is madcap comedy. When Wai-Tung's parents hire a dating service he and Simon stall for time by inventing impossible demands. Chinese opera singers are always men, so they demand an opera singer and add that she must be very tall, must have two PhD s and should speak five languages. The service actually locates a 1.75 m (5'9") Chinese woman who sings Western opera, speaks five languages and has a single PhD. She is very gracious when Wai-Tung explains his dilemma, as she, too, is hiding a relationship (with a Caucasian man). At Simon's insistence, Wai-Tung decides to get married to one of his tenants, Wei-Wei (May Chin), a penniless artist from mainland China in need of a green card. Besides helping out Wei-Wei, Simon and Wai-Tung hope that this will placate Wai-Tung's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Gao decide to fly in from Taiwan, bringing US$30,000 to hold a magnificent wedding ceremony for their son. Wai-Tung dares not tell his parents the true situation, because his father has just recovered from a stroke; they go through with the wedding. However, the heartbreak his mother experiences at the courthouse wedding prepares the story for a shift to drama. The only way to atone for the disgraceful wedding is a magnificent wedding banquet. After the banquet, Wei-Wei seduces the drunken Wai-tung, and becomes pregnant. Simon is extremely upset when he finds out, and his relationship with Wai-Tung begins to deteriorate...
Keywords:Green Card,Wedding,Banquet



Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Leste Chen
Year: Y2006
Country: Taiwan
Language: Mandarin
Cast: Bryant Chang,Hsiao-chuan Chang,Kate Yeun



Three high school students experience the perks and pitfalls of love in director Leste Chen's sensitive tale of friendship and yearning... Keywords:Male Female Relationship,Confession,Romantic Friendship,Lasting Friendship,Taiwanese



Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Kenneth Bi
Year: Y2004
Country: Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore
Language: English , French , Mandarin
Cast: Sylvia Chang,Martin Yan,Melanie Laurent,LePham Tan,Craig Toh



Fearing her son could be gay, a conservative mother takes in a French foreign exchange student, who ends up teaching the family a lot about life, acceptance, and love. Keywords:Chinese Restaurant,Cooking,Friendship Between Boys,Cycling



Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Director: Kar Wai Wong
Year: Y1997
Country: Hong Kong
Language: Cantonese , Mandarin , Spanish
Cast: Leslie Cheung,Tony Leung Chiu Wai,Chen Chang,Gregory Dayton,Shirley Kwa



Yiu-Fai and Po-Wing arrive in Argentina from Hong Kong and take to the road for a holiday. Something is wrong and their relationship goes adrift. A disillusioned Yiu-Fai starts working at a tango bar to save up for his trip home. When a beaten and bruised Po-Wing reappears, Yiu-Fai is empathetic but is unable to enter a more intimate relationship. After all, Po-Wing is not ready to settle down. Yiu-Fai now works in a Chinese restaurant and meets the youthful Chang from Taiwan. Yiu-Fai's life takes on a new spin, while Po-Wing's life shatters continually in contrast. Keywords:Argentina,Restaurant,Bar,Tango,Tango Bar