Asian Drama

Two doctors helping abandoned medical workers and patients to fight against the ruthless government. The SARS epidemic, an infection in the municipal Bo Ai Hospital, exploded in Taiwan of ignorance and miscalculated political decisions in 2003.Under the fear of death and lack of practical supporting measures, the Taipei city government announced the Hospital would be quarantined immediately without warning. Any contacts would be treated as the source of infection. The medical workers, patients, and their family members were forcibly sealed inside the Hospital on the verge of collapse. Chen Yui Mei, a chief resident, led her colleagues and tried to fight to the bitter end. Lo Shi Kai, the Taipei City Health Bureau officer, was to survive between politics, medical ethics, and media. How could he help everyone to break through the deadly threats and return home safely?

Siblings Yu Mei and Yu Nan were born on "Green Island" off the east coast of Taiwan. They grew up listening to fairy tales about mermaids told by their mother. Now a painter based in Taipei, Yu Mei is in a rocky relationship with aspiring boxer Hsiang, who channels all his energy into training.

Sun Zhen is an author, whose life hasn't been going so smoothly. Her novel which she has spent many years in writing didn't get approved by the publication office and she also got dismissed from her part-time job as a private tutor. That led her to not having any money to pay for her rent. Sun Zhen is someone who doesn't like following the trend, as she thinks it is very superficial. She has a younger brother Sun Ping that she has to take care of so although she dislikes the work by author X she still forged the identity of X. She later got unconsciously attracted by Xiao An, who works at the publication office. Sun Zhen has a boyfriend of 2 years Wei You Liang who is a news reporter. They were planning to get engaged and to him his girlfriend is his driving power in life. After Sun Zhen started to use X's identity their relationship went downhill. He didn't understand why Sun Zhen wanted to follow the shadows/footsteps of X but despite that he still couldn't let go of the relationship and start another.

Seven boys form a tight knit gang lead by Yen. They drink beer, smoke cigarettes and ride motorbikes: behaviour pretty much typical of teenagers. The movie is focused on exploring the nature of their friendships and how they change through time.

Although this is predominantly a film about male relationships, the role played by Xiao Yun (Yen's girlfriend) is interesting. Just as the boys struggle to come to terms with the world and their expectations, Xiao Yun struggles to break free from her relationship with Yen. Tang, Yen's best friend, fancies Xiao Yun but never has the courage to tell her. In the end Xiao Yun shows more courage than Tang in dealing with the relationship. The movie shows the difficulties both men and women face in their gender roles.

Unable to cope with the grief of losing his best friend and then his beloved grandfather, Xu Wei shut the world out. In search of redemption, he escaped to Hualian, a place his grandfather often talked about with fondness. There, he began working as a dolphin trainer. Through his work with the dolphins, he gradually opened his heart to the people around him.

Yi Yi is an epic story about the Taipei Jian family seen through three different perspectives: the middle-aged father NJ (Nien-Jen Wu), the young son Yang-Yang (Jonathan Chang), and the teenage daughter, Ting-Ting (Kelly Lee). The three-hour piece starts with a wedding, concludes with a funeral, and contemplates areas of human life in between. The father, NJ, is unsatisfied with his work and the desire of his business partners to enter into a deal with a well-known Japanese videogame company. While his partners are only concerned about making money, NJ finds that his honest nature is unappreciated in the commercial realm. To his surprise, he finds a connection with the Japanese software mogul, Ota. A former old flame, Sherry, tries to walk into his life after a chance reunion. His youngest son has troubles at school with his teachers, while his daughter has to handle a love triangle involving her friend next door and her troubled boyfriend. All three try to deal with their problems while also caring for NJ's aged mother-in-law, who is in a coma, and in the absence of NJ's wife, who has left for a Buddhist retreat after facing a midlife crisis. In addition, A-Di, NJ's overweight brother-in-law who marries a starlet at the start of the film, has to wrestle with his demanding wife and a former love, complicating matters within this extended family. The other Taiwanese cast members include Elaine Jin as NJ's wife, Min-Min, Su-Yun Ko as NJ's former love Sherry, Hsi-Sheng Chen as A-Di, and Pang Chang Yu as Fatty. The film also stars Japanese comedian Issei Ogata as a Japanese software mogul, Ota.