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Writing

Chu Tien-Wen

Career

Active from 1983 to 2020, busiest in 1985 with 4 main titles.

Average score
GoodWatch score81/100
Highest rated
Poster for A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
GoodWatch score90/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 16 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 2.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.5 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.7 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Chu Tien-Wen Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Adrenaline
    2.6, average 4.8
  • Scare
    1.0, average 2.6
  • Violence
    2.7, average 4.2
  • Tension
    4.6, average 6.0

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Taiwanese Cinema 9
  • Social Commentary 6
  • Coming-of-Age 5
  • Character-Driven 5
  • Taiwanese History 3
  • Family Drama 3
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Non-Linear Narrative 2
  • Visually Stunning 2
  • Complex Characters 2
  • Melancholic Tone 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

21
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

1 title
The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams
The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams (2020)

Director

2010s

1 title · average score 70
The Assassin
The Assassin (2015)
GoodWatch score 70

Screenplay

2000s

3 titles · average score 76
Three Times
Three Times (2005)
GoodWatch score 78

Writer

Café Lumière
Café Lumière (2004)
GoodWatch score 79

Writer

Millennium Mambo
Millennium Mambo (2001)
GoodWatch score 73

Producer, Screenplay

1990s

4 titles · average score 84
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
GoodWatch score 78

Writer

Goodbye South, Goodbye
Goodbye South, Goodbye (1998)
GoodWatch score 87

Screenplay

Good Men, Good Women
Good Men, Good Women (1995)
GoodWatch score 85

Writer

The Puppetmaster
The Puppetmaster (1993)
GoodWatch score 85

Writer

1980s

12 titles · average score 83
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness (1989)
GoodWatch score 90

Writer

Daughter of the Nile
Daughter of the Nile (1987)
GoodWatch score 87

Writer

Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind (1986)
GoodWatch score 90

Writer

Drifters
Drifters (1986)

Story

Taipei Story
Taipei Story (1985)
GoodWatch score 89

Screenplay

The Time to Live and the Time to Die
The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985)
GoodWatch score 87

Writer

My Favorite Season
My Favorite Season (1985)

Writer

His Matrimony
His Matrimony (1985)

Writer

A Summer at Grandpa's
A Summer at Grandpa's (1984)
GoodWatch score 75

Writer

Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue (1984)

Writer

The Boys from Fengkuei
The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)
GoodWatch score 76

Writer

Growing Up
Growing Up (1983)
GoodWatch score 72

Novel