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Akira Chen

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  • Director
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Akira Chen
In 1988, martial law ends in Taiwan and two schoolboys, A-han and Birdy, are about to enter into an illicit love affair after meeting in the school band led by a Canadian priest named Oliver. While the whole country commemorates the late president, the two boys bask in each other's presence as A-han's affection for Birdy is awakened. However, society is homophobic and the threat of violence and social shaming enacted by adults and their fellow teens causes the two to come into conflict as they edge closer to physically enacting on their passions for each other. Birdy pushes A-han away by pretending to fall in love with a girl and this misunderstanding separates them. In desperation, A-han confessed to Father Oliver about his sexuality, only to be cut off again but love knows no bounds and the boys are meant to be together - Inspired by real events, the film is emblematic of the changes in Taiwan which became the first country in Asia to legalise gay marriage.
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Akira Chen was born on 10 March 1969 in Changhua, Taiwan. He is an actor and director, known for Sunshine After Storm (2012), Everlasting Moments (2010) and Cannot Live Without You (2009).
BornMarch 10, 1969
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    • Awards
      • 4 wins & 7 nominations

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    Sunshine After Storm
    • Director
    • 2012
    Everlasting Moments (2010)
    Everlasting Moments
    3.8
    • Director
    • 2010
    Cannot Live Without You (2009)
    Cannot Live Without You
    7.4
    • Actor(as Wen-pin Chen)
    • 2009
    From Now On (2016)
    From Now On
    • Director
    • 2016

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    Actor

    • Zero Day
      • In Production
      • TV Mini Series
    • Annie Chen and Kent Tsai in Xing fu fang wu shi jian bu (2024)
      Xing fu fang wu shi jian bu
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Professor Liao
      • 2024
    • Cong go bun n tang (2024)
      Cong go bun n tang
      TV Movie
      • Pawnbroker
      • 2024
    • Akira Chen and Ko-Yuan Wang in A má (2022)
      A má
      TV Movie
      • Hsu Jen-ta
      • 2022
    • Moon Lee and Wes Lo in The Leaking Bookstore (2022)
      The Leaking Bookstore
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Muqing's dad
      • 2022
    • Tuo Tuo (2022)
      Tuo Tuo
      Short
      • Hai's father
      • 2022
    • Island Nation (2020)
      Island Nation
      8.0
      TV Series
      • Hung Hsin-Chieh
      • 2020
    • Jing-Hua Tseng and Edward Chen in Your Name Engraved Herein (2020)
      Your Name Engraved Herein
      7.3
      • Teacher of Class One
      • 2020
    • Survival (2019)
      Survival
      TV Series
      • Chin's Father
      • 2019
    • Back to the Good Times (2018)
      Back to the Good Times
      5.4
      • Candidate for legislator
      • 2018
    • A Boy Named Flora A (2017)
      A Boy Named Flora A
      7.8
      TV Mini Series
      • Secretary of the party
      • 2017
    • Chia-Yen Ko and Roy Chiu in Marry Me, or Not? (2015)
      Marry Me, or Not?
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Tsai Hung-Li
      • 2015–2016
    • Youth Power (2015)
      Youth Power
      TV Series
      • Pin
      • 2015
    • Crystal Lin, Ryan Kuo, Kang Ren Wu, Peijia Huang, and David Te-Yang Chiu in Long Day's Journey Into Light (2015)
      Long Day's Journey Into Light
      7.0
      TV Series
      • Bro Pang
      • 2015
    • Ning Chang and Joe Cheng Yuan Chang in You Light Up My Star (2014)
      You Light Up My Star
      1.8
      TV Series
      • Hsiao Tu
      • 2014
    • The Pursuit of Happiness (2013)
      The Pursuit of Happiness
      6.6
      TV Series
      • Lei's dad
      • 2013

    Director

    • Cong go bun n tang (2024)
      Cong go bun n tang
      TV Movie
      • Director
      • 2024
    • From Now On (2016)
      From Now On
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Sunshine After Storm
      • Director
      • 2012
    • Everlasting Moments (2010)
      Everlasting Moments
      3.8
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Wintry Night II
      TV Mini Series
      • assistant director
      • 2003–2004

    Writer

    • From Now On (2016)
      From Now On
      • Writer
      • 2016
    • Sunshine After Storm
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • Everlasting Moments (2010)
      Everlasting Moments
      3.8
      • Writer
      • 2010

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    • Alternative name
      • Wen-pin Chen
    • Born
      • March 10, 1969
      • Changhua, Taiwan

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