King Shih-chieh

Acting

King Shih-chieh

Born 1951-12-29 · Pingtung, Taiwan

Chin Shih-chieh (Chinese: 金士傑; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kim Sū-kia̍t; born 29 December 1951) is a Taiwanese actor, director and playwright.

Acting credits

The Grandmaster poster
6.6

The fall of China's last dynasty, a time of chaos, division and war, is the golden age of Chinese martial arts. Legendary kung fu master Ip Man, who will eventually train Bruce Lee, finds his peaceful life interrupted by vengeance.

The Grandmaster

2013

A Brighter Summer Day poster
8.2

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.

A Brighter Summer Day

1991

Reign of Assassins poster
6.9

Set in ancient China, Zeng Jing is a skilled assassin who finds herself in possession of a mystical Buddhist monk's remains. She begins a quest to return the remains to its rightful resting place, and thus places herself in mortal danger because a team of assassins is in a deadly pursuit to possess the remains which holds an ancient power-wielding secret.

Reign of Assassins

2010

Brotherhood of Blades poster
6.7

In the late Ming Dynasty, three sworn brothers who serve as the imperial secret police are dispatched to hunt down Wei Zhongxian, a eunuch politician who had been forced to resign from his influential post and exiled from Beijing. The brothers return successfully from their quest, only to find that their task was but the beginning of a strange conspiracy.

Brotherhood of Blades

2014

Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield poster
6.8

An imperial guard searches for the truth behind a conspiracy that framed him and his partners. The proof of his innocence lies with a wanted woman named Bei Zhai... but will she reveal what she knows? In this intense prequel to BROTHERHOOD OF BLADES, the only thing he can truly trust is his sword.

Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal Battlefield

2017

Big Fish & Begonia poster
7.3

Beyond the human realm, there is a magical race of beings who control the tides and the changing of the seasons. One of these beings, a young girl named Chun, seeks something more—she wants to experience the human world! At sixteen, she finally gets her chance and transforms into a dolphin in order to explore the world that has her fascinated. But she soon discovers that it's a dangerous place and nearly gets killed in a vortex. Luckily, her life is spared when a young boy sacrifices himself to save her. Moved by his kindness and courage, she uses magic to bring him back to life only to learn that this power comes at a serious price. On a new adventure, she’ll have to make her own sacrifices in order to protect his soul until it is ready to return to the human world.

Big Fish & Begonia

2016

A City of Sadness poster
7.5

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987.

A City of Sadness

1989

Detective Chinatown poster
6.8

After being rejected from the police college, a mannerly man travels to Bangkok where he and an energetic distant relative must solve a murder case.

Detective Chinatown

2015

Island of Greed poster
6.5

A gutsy police detecive and his team of cops probe into the widespread illegal dealings of a criminal mastermind who schemes to redeem himself by running for government office in taiwan.

Island of Greed

1997

The Guillotines poster
5.6

In the time of the Qing Dynasty, the Emperor Yongzheng created a secret army known as the Guillotines. It was the job of the Guillotines to protect the Emperor by killing anyone who posed a threat to him or his rule. After 348 successful missions to eliminate their target, the 349th assignment proves to be their last.

The Guillotines

2012

Terrorizers poster
7.4

An uncompromising look into urban life from the eyes of a voyeuristic photographer, a rebellious teenager, and a married couple teetering on the edge of adultery.

Terrorizers

1986

A Place Called Silence poster
6.9

Chen Yutong, a girl's middle school student, was bullied at school, but her mother Li Han was unable to save her daughter from the "hell." Everyone around her turned a blind eye, and a collective silence brewed greater violence.

A Place Called Silence

2024

Born to Be King poster
6.3

Triad member Chicken is designated by Taiwan's San Luen Gang to marry Nanako, the daughter of the fifth generation leader of the Yamada Gang in Japan. Later, the leader of the triad group gets murdered. Actually, all the San Luen Gang members suspect Chicken attacked their leader Liu, in order to make a chance for him to rule the Gang and thus have adopted an extremely hostile attitude towards him.

Born to Be King

2000

Black & White: The Dawn of Justice poster
6.2

Police officer in the Southern Precinct, WU Ying-xiong, has been revered as a hero in the Harbor City ever since he stopped the terrorists on a Boeing 777 airplane and kept the city safe. Unfortunately, the peace is only temporary… Panic spreads the whole city as a series of bomb explosions happen within hours and this is just the beginning of a tight-knit conspiracy. Facing the unprecedented crisis, the two-men team of totally opposite characteristics is the only hope to reverse the situation. Nonetheless, when moral standards are turned upside down, what faith should they keep to maintain the so-called justice?

Black & White: The Dawn of Justice

2014

Love The Way You Are poster
5.4

Opposites clash when spunky girl next door Lin Lin meets eccentric nerd Yuke. Despite being neighbors and schoolmates since childhood, Lin Lin and Yuke barely know each other. When the pair are both admitted into the same university, Lin Lin discovers that Yuke harbors a secret crush for campus beauty, Ruting. Ever the busybody, Lin Lin decides to matchmake Yuke and Ruting, only to find herself gradually falling for Yuke.

Love The Way You Are

2019

The Love Flu poster
NR

Four love-sick patients seek help at a clinic for individuals with emotional problems and learn that sometimes other people are the best medicine.

The Love Flu

2013

Duckweed poster
6.6

When a son attempts to reconcile with his father, a series of fateful events allow him to experience the father's life in the past.

Duckweed

2017

The Final Master poster
6.9

Determined to pass down his art, the Final Master of Wing Chun is caught in a power struggle with malicious local officials and ultimately must choose between personal honor and his master’s dying wish.

The Final Master

2015

King of Chess poster
6.9

Two independent stories involving chess wizards are interwoven to satirize the politics of the Chinese Cultural Revolution as well as Taiwan's capitalist boom of the 1970's.

King of Chess

1991

The Lady in the Portrait poster
5.9

An empress commissions a painting of herself from a French outsider in hopes of stirring her husband's interest in this lavish period piece. The Lady in the Portrait is a period yarn evoking the unique rapport between a French missionary and the Manchurian Empress whose portrait he's ordered to paint.

The Lady in the Portrait

2017

Reset poster
6.9

In 2025, a scientist on the verge of making a major discovery related to time travel is suddenly put in peril when a rival kidnaps her young son and demands a hefty ransom: her entire research.

Reset

2017

Deep Quiet Room poster
6.0

After his pregnant wife Yi-ting unexpectedly committed suicide, Ming decides to take care of his father-in-law, only to find out the unbearable truth of Yi-ting’s family that leads to her death.

Deep Quiet Room

2026

Made in Yiwu poster
NR

A mysterious order from Yiwu, China, sets off a storm that involves half the world.

Made in Yiwu

Three Old Boys poster
5.6

The masterminds behind the scenes attempted to unfreeze billions of assets, not hesitating to hire yakuza forces to launder money by extreme means. Behind everything lies a more intricate and complex criminal network and connections. In the face of the temptation of rivals and difficulties, "Trident" can firmly believe, hand in hand to solve the case, to bring the criminals to justice?

Three Old Boys

2024

Behind the camera