Never Too Late to Repent

NEVER TOO LATE TO REPENT is the parent of all Taiwan B-movies. The infamous, reformed criminal-turned-writer MA Sha plays himself in this film adaptation of his own memoirs, but director OUYANG Chun merges MA's story with fictive and sensual elements. The film is an adrenaline-fueled ride of violence and decadence set deep in the red-light district. With his signature tattoos and wild performance, MA became a badass icon of Taiwanese social realist films. (Anthology Film Archives)