Hsiao-Hsien Hou

The film is set during the mighty Tang Dynasty-period in Chinese history. Nie Yinniang returns to family after several years in exile. The mission of her order is to eliminate the tyrany of the Governors who avoid the authority of the Emperor. Now she will have to choose between sacrificing the man she loves, or break definitively with the "order of the Assassins" (Martin Matevosyan)

Suzanne (Juliette Binoche) is charming but she is a mother snowed under by obligations. With her puppet shows, the classes she teaches and the two children, Simon and Louise, that she has been raising alone since their father left, she hasn't got a minute to herself. To help her, she takes in a young Taiwanese babysitter, Song Fang, who is a student at Paris University... (imdb)

Set across three different eras in Taiwan—1966, 1911, and 2005—the film follows the evolving romantic connection between a man and a woman in three distinct stories. From a pool hall in the 1960s to a 1910s courtesan house and modern Taipei, their encounters explore themes of love, longing, and freedom across changing social landscapes.

A residential neighborhood in Tokyo, 2003. Yoko, a freelance writer researching musical legend Jiang Ewn-Ye, befriends Hajime, the owner of a secondhand bookstore. They spend many hours together in the district's coffee shops and train stations. Yoko feels she can tell the quiet, calm Hajime anything. When she is with him, she experiences an unusual peace of mind, a calmness of spirit. For his part, Hajime loves Yoko profoundly, but remains silent... (Wild Bunch)

This film chronicles the slow, mournful disintegration of a long-term relationship between Chin, a modern, ambitious woman who embraces Taipei's rapidly changing, Westernized future, and her childhood sweetheart, Lung, a former baseball player clinging to the nostalgia and traditions of the past. As Chin faces a corporate dead-end and Lung is constantly burdened by old debts and a reluctant view of his former glory, their differing visions for marriage and potential emigration to America cause a growing emotional rift. Their profound sense of alienation and inability to connect becomes a mirror reflecting the spiritual and cultural void gripping a rapidly modernizing and globalizing 1980s Taipei.

This evocative coming-of-age drama follows a young boy named Ah-ha as he grows up in rural Taiwan. The narrative captures the quiet rhythms of daily life and the inevitable passage of time, focusing on the protagonist's evolving relationships with his family members against a backdrop of personal loss and the shifting social landscape of the post-war era.

Da-Nian is a young man from Taipei. He goes to a remote village and works as a substitute teacher. He and Su-Yun, another teacher at the school, fall in love. There are several students in his class who are like the naughty "three musketeers", and a sad, silent boy Xiang-Wang, whose parents are divorced. Besides, in order to support the family, Xian-Wang's father kills the fish in the river with electricity, which is against the law and causes a lot of damage to the natural resources. (imdb)

THE REVENGE OF THE TWO EXORCISTS (1975) is another rarity; this one from Lai Sheng Ying, a cinematographer turned director. Based on a Chinese folk tale, according to the article, all the stars are new faces and a portion of the film was shot in Japan. (coolasscinema)