Hou Hsiao-hsien

Hou Hsiao-hsien - what members say

Qianxi manbo (2001)
Starring: Qi Shu, Jack Kao, Chun-hao Tuan
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Hsiao-hsien Hou
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Working as a hostess in a trendy bar, a young beauty finds herself mercilessly torn between two men. Set against the intoxicating and decadent backdrop of Taiwan's underground club scene, Millennium Mambo chronicles the finite blossoming of a young woman in a world of excess.

Rate this: 61% from 22 members

Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
Starring: Shuan Fang, Michiko Hada
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Hsiao-hsien Hou
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Based on an 1894 novel by Han Ziyun, FLOWERS OF SHANGHAI explores the lavish, elegant, and decadent world of late 19th century Shanghai brothels. Master Wang (played by Hong Kong film star Tony Leung Chiu-Wai) and his friends are wealthy, privileged officials who spend all of their leisure time ..read more »

Rate this: 69% from 16 members

Goodbye South, Goodbye (1996)
Starring: Hsiang Hsi, Kuei-Ying Hsu, Annie Shizuka Inoh
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Hsiao-hsien Hou
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Goodbye South Goodbye presents a beautifully delineated portrait of a generation of Taiwanese cut off from their society's traditional values.

Rate this: 54% from 10 members

Good Men, Good Women (1995)
Starring: Annie Shizuka Inoh, Giong Lim, Jack Kao
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Hsiao-hsien Hou
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The final chapter of Hou Hsiao-Hsien's historical trilogy (which also includes A CITY OF SADNESS and THE PUPPETMASTER) stars Annie Shizuka Inoh in a dual role as real-life historical figure Chiang Bi-Yu (who was an anti-Japanese resistance fighter) and Liang Ching, an actress who is preparing to ..read more »

Rate this: 71% from 10 members

The Puppetmaster (1993)
Starring: Tianlu Li, Giong Lim, Hung Liou
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Hsiao-hsien Hou
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THE PUPPETMASTER is based on the life of famed Chinese puppet master Li Tien-Lu. Spanning the years 1909 to 1945 and covering major historical events in China's occupation by the Japanese, the film is epic in scope, yet highly personal in focus.

Rate this: 71% from 8 members

City Of Sadness (1989)
Starring: Sung Young Chen, Wou Yi Fang, Nakamura Ikuyo
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien, Hsiao-hsien Hou
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The dramatic story of a Taiwanese family's struggle to survive in a world of smuggling and illegal currency dealing as their country tears itself apart following the Japanese surrender in August, 1945.

Rate this: 78% from 18 members

Flight Of The Red Balloon - 3.0 stars
Qianxi manbo - 3.0 stars
Flowers of Shanghai - 3.5 stars
Goodbye South, Goodbye - 3.0 stars
Good Men, Good Women - 3.5 stars

City Of Sadness - 3.5 stars
The Puppetmaster - 3.5 stars
Flowers of Shanghai - 3.5 stars
Good Men, Good Women - 3.5 stars
Qianxi manbo - 3.0 stars

Flight Of The Red Balloon - 3.0 stars
Goodbye South, Goodbye - 3.0 stars
Qianxi manbo - 3.0 stars
Good Men, Good Women - 3.5 stars
Flowers of Shanghai - 3.5 stars

Annie Shizuka Inoh - 2 times - show films
Jack Kao - 2 times - show films
Giong Lim - 2 times - show films
Hung Liou - 1 times - show films
Anna Sigalevitch - 1 times - show films

Hsiao-hsien Hou - 7 times - show films