- Chinese Name: 萬仁
- Born: 1950
- Birthplace: Taipei City
- Did You Know That … ?
- The renowned filmmaker has produced several television series in recent years, including "The War of Betrayal 1895 (亂世豪門),” which delineates tensions between Taiwan and the Qing Dynasty after imperial authorities ceded the island to Japan.
Biography
New Wave Cinema filmmaker Wan Jen is known for making politically sensitive films that are critical about the impacts of industrialization and political corruption. (read more)
Select Works
• 2014 ― "It Takes Two to Tango (車拼)”
• 2001 ― "Puppet Angel (傀儡天使)”
• 1998 ― "Connection by Fate (超級公民)”
• 1995 ― "Super Citizen Ko (超級大國民)”
• 1991 ― "The Story of Taipei Women (胭脂)”
• 1987 ― "Farewell to the Channel (惜別海岸)”
• 1985 ― "Super Citizens (超級市民)”
• 1983 ― "Ah Fei (油麻菜籽)”
• 1983 ― "The Taste of Apples (蘋果的滋味)”
Reviews
"A deeply felt, quietly horrifying look at Taiwan's White Terror of the ‘50s, through the memories of an old man searching for a dead friend's grave, "Super Citizen Ko” is a slow but mesmerizing entry from middle-generation New Waver Wan Jen that should build a solid rep on the fest circuit.” ― Variety
"As part of the so-called New Taiwan Cinema movement in the early 1980s, Wan Jen - like his more well-known contemporaries Hou Hsiao-hsien and Edward Yang - rose to prominence by asking the right questions at the right time, his realist dramas revealing his home country's past political purges and present poverty of the body and soul.” ― Hollywood Reporter