Tao Te-san (born 24 August 1955), better known by his pen name Kuo Cheng, is a Taiwanese fiction writer. He is perhaps best known for writing the screenplays of several films directed by Ho Ping and Kevin Chu.
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| Born | Tao Te-san August 24, 1955 Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||||
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| Language | Mandarin Chinese | ||||||||
| Children | 3 | ||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 郭箏 | ||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 郭筝 | ||||||||
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| Chinese | 陶德三 | ||||||||
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His older brother Tao Te-chen (陶德辰) was a filmmaker-actor in the 1980s. Their family originated in Huanggang, Hubei, China.[1]
Works edit
| Year | Chinese title | Translated English title | Translator |
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| 1988 | 彈子王 | "King of the Pool Players"[2] | Ying-tsih Hwang |
| 1991 | 狼行千里 | "The Journey of the Wolf"[3] | Susan Wilf |
| 1991 | 上帝的骰子 | "God's Dice" |
"The Journey of the Wolf" was one of the stories Kuo used when he and director Ho Ping wrote the screenplay for Ho's 1997 film Wolves Cry Under the Moon.
Filmography edit
Films edit
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Director | Notes |
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| 1985 | One Bright Day | 好個翹課天 | Fu Wei-te | original story (adapted by Wu Nien-jen) |
| 1986 | Gallery of Fools | 哥們的糗事 | original story (adapted by Yeh Yun-chiao and Chang Chien) | |
| 1993 | 18 | Ho Ping | ||
| 1995 | Heartbreak Island | 去年冬天 | Hsu Hsiao-ming | co-wrote with John S.C. Chiang |
| Trouble Maker | 臭屁王 | Kevin Chu | ||
| 1996 | The Feeling of Love | 重慶愛情感覺 | ||
| Naughty Boys & Soldiers | 狗蛋大兵 | |||
| 1997 | Wolves Cry Under the Moon | 國道封閉 | Ho Ping | |
| 1998 | Chivalrous Legend | 俠盜正傳 | Tsai Yang-ming | co-wrote with Wu Nien-jen |
| 2000 | The Spy Tycoon | 匪諜大亨 | Ho Ping | TV film |
| 2002 | The Rule of the Game | 挖洞人 | ||
| 2005 | One Stone and Two Birds | 一石二鳥 | Kevin Chu | co-wrote with Lin Man-hsu |
| 2008 | Red Cliff | 赤壁 | John Woo | historical film, co-wrote with Woo, Sheng Heyu and Chan Khan |
| 2015 | Where the Wind Settles | 風中家族 | Wang Toon | co-wrote with Carol Li, Lin Chi-shiang, and Wu Jing |
TV Dramas (incomplete) edit
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Notes |
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| 1997 | The Strange Cases of Lord Shi | 施公奇案 | |
| 1999 | Lord of Imprisonment | 神捕 | |
| Resurrecting the Husband | 聊齋怪談之打鬼救夫 | ||
| 2001 | Legend of the Martial Alliance | 少林七崁 | |
| Chess Warriors | 棋武士 | ||
| Swordsman | 多情刀客無情刀短刀行 | ||
| Pretty Twins | 偷龍轉鳳 | ||
| 2004 | Thirteen Sons of Heaven Bridge | 天橋十三郎 | |
| 2016 | Xiao Shiyilang | 新萧十一郎 |
Film awards edit
| Year | # | Award | Category | Film | Result |
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| 1993 | 30th | Golden Horse Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | 18 | Nominated |
| 2001 | 36th | Golden Bell Awards | Best Screenwriter (TV Film or Miniseries) | The Spy Tycoon | Nominated |
| 2002 | 4th | Deauville Asian Film Festival | Best Screenplay | The Rule of the Game | Won |
References edit
- ^ 郭箏 [Kuo Cheng]. 2007台灣作家作品目錄 (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
籍貫： 湖北黃岡
- ^ The Chinese PEN, Summer 1991.
- ^ Renditions, Spring 2002.
External links edit
- Cheng Kuo at IMDb
- Kuo Cheng at the Hong Kong Movie Database
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