Movies by Elaine Jin

A Brighter Summer Day

A Brighter Summer Day

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

Yi Yi

Yi Yi

Each member of a family in Taipei asks hard questions about life's meaning as they live through everyday quandaries. NJ is morose: his brother owes him money, his mother is in a coma, his wife suffers a spiritual crisis when she finds her life a blank and his business partners make bad decisions.

Monster Hunt

Monster Hunt

Young monster kids try to make peace between the world of humans and the world of the monsters.

The Virgin Mart

The Virgin Mart

Innocent girls are lured to Hong Kong and trapped in a prostitution ring.

A Confucian Confusion

A Confucian Confusion

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

My Egg Boy

My Egg Boy

Even in modern-day Taipei, women feel the societal pressure to get married and have children before the clock runs out. Thankfully, there is a solution: freeze your eggs and prolong your fertility until the right one comes along! Starring Ariel Lin, the film is a glimpse of what millions of working women struggle with: finding the balance between pursuing a career and marriage.

Ready O/R Rot

Ready O/R Rot

The story revolves around three couples dealing with accidental pregnancy, unfaithfulness, and planning a wedding with a meddling Mother-In-Law. Will they call it quits or remember why they fell in love in the first place?

Port of Call

Port of Call

Based on a real murder case where a dismembered corpse of a murdered 16-year-old prostitute girl was found in Hong Kong in 2008.

A Tale of Three Cities

A Tale of Three Cities

A former spy in the Chinese Nationalist Party falls for an opium-dealing widow, as China is ravaged by war and revolution.

Midnight Diner

Midnight Diner

When people finish their day and hurry home, his day starts. His diner is open from midnight to seven in the morning. Patrons enjoy home cooking and delicious stories at a master chef's small, overnight, counter-only restaurant.

Friendly Ghost

Friendly Ghost

Male chauvinist Ah Wai often boasts of his wife's submission to him. He even persuades her to pretend to be obedient in the presence of his friends who are impressed. This leads to a separation when his wife's older spinster sister comes to know of it. Despondent, he moves to an old house only to find that it is haunted. The ghost and he become friends after much hassle, but when the ghost falls in love with Ah Wai's wife, believing her to be the spinster sister, a battle of life and death follows.