Lu Yi-ching

Actress

October 23, 1958 (67 years)

Taiwan

Biography

Lu Yi-ching (Chinese: 陸弈靜; Pinyin: Lù Yìjìng; born 23 October 1958) is a Taiwanese film and television actress. She played in several films directed by Tsai Ming-liang such as The Wayward Cloud, What Time Is It There? and films by Cheng Wen-tang, including Blue Cha Cha. She was previously credited as Lu Hsiao-ling (Chinese: 陸筱琳; Pinyin: Lù Xiǎolín).

Filmography

8.1

Imperfect Us

He Wei Shui-mei

Chien Ching-fen, having attained all her life goals, begins to question the true nature of happiness. Realizing that achieving happiness often involves suffering, she seeks out new challenges. Her curiosity about her former rival, Rebecca, leads her to explore whether suffering is the path to lasting fulfillment.

4.8

Adventure of the Ring

After losing their engagement ring, Yi-Zhi fears for his future with Lisa – but as the ring travels from couple to couple, they begin to re-examine the meaning of true love.

8.3

The Cleaner

One-Two's Mother

Dragon Brother, once a former underworld boss, now runs a cleaning company that specializes in cleaning up death scenes. Together with his disciple, Da Chuan, they enter various accident sites, witnessing the myriad facets of human life and sorting out their own life entanglements. Everything takes a different turn when Dragon Brother’s daughter suddenly returns to the hometown…

6.4

Weekend in Taipei

Joey's grandmother

A former DEA agent and a former undercover operative revisit their romance during a fateful weekend in Taipei, unaware of the dangerous consequences of their past.

9.0

Family Time

Chou Yi-Tan's mother

In every home, there is always a family table. On this table, there will be the taste of sweetness, blandness, and a bit of sourness. Amongst all this, there will be arguments and resolutions, separation and coming together, laughter and tears. In the end, all this is just what we call "life".

9.2

Heaven on the 4th Floor

Heaven a private massage club hidden on the fourth floor of an old apartment; here, the tuina teacher's providence can always use a unique way to touch the wounds in the heart of the guests that they don't want to face, and help them solve the cause of the disease. To find the softest and warmest self...

7.8

Golden Dream on Green Island

Jingfang

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7.2

Vive L'Amour

Waitress (uncredited)

Three lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment: May, a real estate agent who uses it for her sexual affairs; Ah-jung, her current lover; and Hsiao-kang, who's stolen the key and uses the apartment as a retreat.

N/A

Happy Michelin Kitchen

Xiao Qing

An Shaocheng is a second-generation restaurateur who is supposed to take over their restaurant after he was fooled about his mother's death. He then meets and falls in love with an ordinary-looking but extraordinarily skilled chef, Xin Duoduo.

5.9

The Wayward Cloud

Taiwanese Porn Actress

Hsiao-Kang, now working as an adult movie actor, meets Shiang-chyi once again. Meanwhile, the city of Taipei faces a water shortage that makes the sales of watermelons skyrocket.

7.3

Rebels of the Neon God

Hsiao-kang's Mother

In Taipei, four youths face alienation, loneliness, and moments of existential crisis amidst a series of minor crimes.

N/A

谎言游戏

孙母

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7.0

What Time Is It There?

Hsiao-Kang's Mother

A street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris.

5.7

10 Plus 10

Chou Wei-te's Mother (segment "Reverberation")

10+10 is a project initiated by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival to demonstrate the solidarity between Taiwanese film-makers. 20 directors are invited to make a 5-minute short film each on the theme of the “Uniqueness of Taiwan,” but allowed total freedom in all other aspects.

6.1

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

Yonggang

A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.

N/A

China Sea

Xiu

Champion fighter Osvald is banned from competing after injuring a girl in a street fight. Stranded in his bleak Lithuanian hometown, he takes refuge in a run-down Taiwanese restaurant owned by his only friend, Ju-Long. Court-ordered therapy leads him to Skaistė, a woman who offers a glimpse of a life he's never known. But as Osvald clings to this fragile hope, his violent past resurfaces, forcing him to choose between redemption and self-destruction.

6.6

Hello Ghost!

Nagging Ghost

After a failed attempt to take his own life, a man discovers he's returned with four ghosts seeking to fulfil their last wishes in hopes of earning his own place in the afterlife.

6.8

Taipei 24H

Taipei 24H divides 24 hours in Taipei into 8 shorts. It opens with Cheng Fen-fen's upbeat and comedic "Share the Morning", and ends with Lee Kang-sheng running the final leg of this relay with "Remembrance" at 4am. Well-known director Tsai Ming-liang makes a rare appearance visiting a late night coffee shop. Taipei 24H is a contemporary urban chronicle of a city rarely at sleep.

7.4

Hill of No Return

Ah Ying

In 1920s Taiwan, Jou, a controversial woman with a tragic past, seeks to change her life after falling for a man named Che. Meanwhile, a man named Wei seeks to buy the freedom of Fumiko, a dying young woman.

7.0

The Hole

(voice)

In the final days of the year 1999, almost everyone in Taiwan has died from a strange plague that ravished the island. As rain pours down relentlessly, a single man is stuck with an unfinished plumbing job and a hole in his floor. This results in a very odd relationship with the woman who lives below him.