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Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Hou Hsiao-Hsien

Director 23 / Writer 18 / Actor 17 · 1978 – 2020 · 🎬 58

Hou Hsiao-hsien is a Taiwanese film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a leading figure in world cinema and in Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement. He won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1989 for his film A City of Sadness (1989), and the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015 for The Assassin (2015). Other highly regarded works of his include The Puppetmaster (1993) and Flowers of Shanghai (1998).

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Keep Rolling

Keep Rolling

actor

2020

Dragon Girls!

Dragon Girls!

actor

2016

The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

actor

2016

The Assassin

The Assassin

director

2015

The Assassin

The Assassin

writer

2015

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

actor

2014

Past Present

Past Present

actor

2013

A Special Day

A Special Day

actor

2012

10 Plus 10

10 Plus 10

director

2011

I Wish I Knew

I Wish I Knew

actor

2010

Let the Wind Carry Me

Let the Wind Carry Me

actor

2009

In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

director

2008

In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

actor

2008

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

director

2007

Flight of the Red Balloon

Flight of the Red Balloon

director

2007

Flight of the Red Balloon

Flight of the Red Balloon

writer

2007

Three Times

Three Times

director

2005

Three Times

Three Times

writer

2005

Café Lumière

Café Lumière

director

2004

Café Lumière

Café Lumière

writer

2004

Our Time, Our Story

Our Time, Our Story

actor

2002

Millennium Mambo

Millennium Mambo

director

2001

Flowers of Shanghai

Flowers of Shanghai

director

1998

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

actor

1998

Goodbye South, Goodbye

Goodbye South, Goodbye

director

1996

Good Men, Good Women

Good Men, Good Women

director

1995

The Puppetmaster

The Puppetmaster

director

1993

Talking with Ozu

Talking with Ozu

actor

1993

When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang

actor

1993

A City of Sadness

A City of Sadness

director

1989

Daughter of the Nile

Daughter of the Nile

director

1987

Adult Game

Adult Game

director

1986

Soul

Soul

actor

1986

Dust in the Wind

Dust in the Wind

director

1986

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

writer

1985

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

director

1985

Taipei Story

Taipei Story

actor

1985

Taipei Story

Taipei Story

writer

1985

My Favorite Season

My Favorite Season

writer

1985

A Summer at Grandpa's

A Summer at Grandpa's

writer

1984

A Summer at Grandpa's

A Summer at Grandpa's

director

1984

Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

writer

1984

The Sandwich Man

The Sandwich Man

director

1983

The Boys from Fengkuei

The Boys from Fengkuei

director

1983

The Boys from Fengkuei

The Boys from Fengkuei

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1983

That Day, on the Beach

That Day, on the Beach

actor

1983

Ah Fei

Ah Fei

writer

1983

Growing Up

Growing Up

writer

1983

The Green, Green Grass of Home

The Green, Green Grass of Home

writer

1982

The Green, Green Grass of Home

The Green, Green Grass of Home

director

1982

Play While You Play

Play While You Play

writer

1981

Play While You Play

Play While You Play

director

1981

Spring in Autumn

Spring in Autumn

writer

1980

Cute Girl

Cute Girl

writer

1980

Cute Girl

Cute Girl

director

1980

Chu Lien

Chu Lien

writer

1979

Good Morning, Taipei

Good Morning, Taipei

writer

1979

Lover on the Wave

Lover on the Wave

writer

1978

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