The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful
The Bold, the Corrupt, and the Beautiful is a 2017 Taiwanese crime drama film written and directed by Yang Ya-che, set in Taiwan in the 1980s. The film stars Kara Wai, Wu Ke-xi and Vicky Chen. It premiered on October 15, 2017, at the 22nd Busan International Film Festival.
Plot
Madame Tang, the wife of a general, is an antique dealer who lives in a mansion with her two daughters. Dealing with high ranking government officials and the rich, their lives are disrupted when the family of their close friend is murdered. Soon, the murder escalates into a game of survival between those who are involved, in which the person with the last laugh is the winner.Cast
- Kara Wai as Madame Tang
- Wu Ke-xi as Tang Ning
- Vicky Chen as Tang Chen
- Sally Chen as Director
- Ko Chia-yen as Tang Chen
- Moon Wang as Wife of county magistrate
- Wen Chen-ling as Lin Pien-pien
- Carolyn Chen as Assistant of city councilor
- Mariko Okubo as Legislator Lin's wife
- Jun Fu as Police officer Liao
- Ting Chiang as Secretary-general
- Yin Chao-te as Legislator Lin
- Showlen Maya as Singer
- Ying Wei-min as Gu Xianzong
- Shih Ming-shuai as Duan Yi
- Kenny Yan as Jiayuan
- Lee Chuan as Tang Chen's assistant
- Lin Chih-ju
- Wu Shu-wei
- Yang Hsiu-ching