Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Director, Actor

Filmography (All Films)

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City of Sadness, A (Beiging Chengsi) (1989): Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Hsin Shu-fen, Chen Sown-yung…; The first of the director’s trilogy of films about the modern history of Taiwan, here depicting the unstable post–WW2 period through the eyes…
Puppetmaster, The (1993): Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Feat. Li Tianlu; The turbulent pre–WWII history of Taiwan is woven into this epic yet simple docu–drama of the early years of famous puppeteer Li Tianlu,…
Goodbye South Goodbye (1996): Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Feat. Jack Kao, Lim Giong; Another exemplary, detailed effort from dir. Hsiao–Hsien, this time following a couple of small time grafters trying to put together 'the big…
Flowers of Shanghai (1998): Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Feat. Tony Leung (Chiu-wai), Michiko Hada, Shuan Fang…; Signature film for Taiwanese master Hou, this is a magnificent, but minimal examination of the world of courtesans in late–1800s Shanghai. A…
Millennium Mambo (2001): Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Feat. Shu Qi; The first in dir. Hou’s ‘contemporary youth’ trilogy is a light–infused strobe of aimless young adults living in the accelerated urban…
Cafe Lumiere (Kôhî jikô) (2003): Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Feat. Tadanobu Asano, Yo Hitoto; Luminous tribute to Japanese dir. Yasujiro Ozu from a Taiwanese admirer, which honours Ozu's aesthetic in a minimalist study of personal…
Hou Hsiao-Hsien's Classics: From 1983 to 1986 (The Boys From Fengkuei; A Summer at Grandpa's; A Time to Live, A Time to Die; Dust in the Wind) (2003): Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien; A collection of four of the early films from director Hou Hsiao–Hsien, who is a leading figure in the Taiwanese New Wave. The Boys From…
Three Times (2005): Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Feat. Chen Chang, Shu Qi; Taiwanese great Hou Hsiao–Hsien rekindles the memory of three of his finest films, linking a trio of elegant, erstwhile love stories (across…
Flight of the Red Balloon, The (Le Voyage du Ballon Rouge) (2007): Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Feat. Juliette Binoche; From Taiwanese grandmaster Hou Hsiao–hsien, this rhapsodic French sojourn evokes Albert Lamorisse’s enchanting 1956 short film, chronicling a…
Chacun Son Cinema (To Each His Own Cinema) (2007): Dir. Theo Angelopoulos, Olivier Assayas, Bille August; 35 auteurs convey the meaning of cinema in less than three minutes each, in this epic commission to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film…
Assassin, The (2015): Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Feat. Shu Qi, Chen Chang, Satoshi Tsumabuki; Acclaimed director Hou Hsiao–Hsien returns with a breathtaking martial–arts epic in which an assassin accepts a dangerous mission to kill…

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Filmography (All Films)