Taiwan Synopsis
血觀音
“Love is the most important thing in the world.”
Madame Tang colludes and mediates between the government and the private businesses for the benefits of her all-female family. One case does not go according to plan, and an entire family close to Madame Tang fall victim to a gruesome murder. Ambition, desire and lust eventually change Tang's relationships with her own family forever.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Atom Cinema
The 2016–2018 Taiwan Window
The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful holds position #8 of 19 Taiwan films in the 2016–2018 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1Back to 1989
★ 8.0 · 2016
#2The Great Buddha+
★ 7.8 · 2017
#3HIStory
★ 7.3 · 2017
#4A Boy Named Flora A
★ 7.3 · 2017
#5Who Killed Cock Robin
★ 7.0 · 2017
#6On Happiness Road
★ 7.0 · 2018
#7Your Face
★ 7.0 · 2018
#8The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful
★ 6.8 · 2017
The 2010s Taiwan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in Taiwan, 70 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful premiered alongside 8 others.
Thriller + Mystery in Taiwan
6 Taiwan titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Mystery genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful itself).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 8 other Taiwan films in 2017.
The 131st Taiwan title from Taiwan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1972).
Our Taiwan catalog contains 174 titles in total (149 films).
Audience Engagement
62 audience reviews — more than 83% of Taiwan films in our index.
Review volume (83th percentile) outruns trending popularity (51th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- black money · 5
- power politics · 4
- power struggle · 2
- family conflicts · 2
- evil mother · 1
- corruption · 29
- mother daughter relationship · 17
- family secrets · 6
- revenge · 210
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #73 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (58th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the Taiwan average of 6.6/10.
Among Taiwan Thriller productions specifically: #2 of 15 (top 13%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | Atom Cinema |
| Runtime | 1h 52m |
| Release Date | November 24, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt7479784 |