| Birth Name: | Tao Te-san | ||||||||||||
| Birth Date: | 24 August 1955 | ||||||||||||
| Birth Place: | Taipei, Taiwan | ||||||||||||
| Language: | Mandarin Chinese | ||||||||||||
| Children: | 3 | ||||||||||||
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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.
His older brother Tao Te-chen (陶德辰) was a filmmaker-actor in the 1980s. Their family originated in Huanggang, Hubei, China.[1]
| Year | Chinese title | Translated English title | Translator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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" |
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Year | English title | Chinese title | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Year | Award | Category | Film | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 30th | Golden Horse Awards | Best Adapted Screenplay | 18 | ||
| 2001 | 36th | Golden Bell Awards | Best Screenwriter (TV Film or Miniseries) | The Spy Tycoon | ||
| 2002 | 4th | Deauville Asian Film Festival | Best Screenplay | The Rule of the Game |