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Hou Hsiao-hsien — Ligoscope

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Directing

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Born April 8, 1947 · Mei County, Guangdong, China

Hou Hsiao-hsien (Chinese: 侯孝賢; pinyin: Hóu Xiàoxián) (born April 8, 1947) is a retired award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement.

Known For

Raise the Red Lantern

Raise the Red Lantern

1991 · Executive Producer

The Assassin

The Assassin

2015 · Director

Millennium Mambo

Millennium Mambo

2001 · Director

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

2007 · Director

A City of Sadness

A City of Sadness

1989 · Director

Taipei Story

Taipei Story

1985 · Lung

Taipei Story

Taipei Story

1985 · Screenplay

Dust in the Wind

Dust in the Wind

1986 · Director

Flowers of Shanghai

Flowers of Shanghai

1998 · Director

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

1985 · Director

Three Times

Three Times

2005 · Director

The Boys from Fengkuei

The Boys from Fengkuei

1983 · Arong's Sister's Boyfriend

Production

Mongrel

Mongrel

2025 · Executive Producer

Daughter's Daughter

Daughter's Daughter

2024 · Executive Producer

Be with Me

Be with Me

2023 · Executive Producer

Old Fox

Old Fox

2023 · Executive Producer

I Remember

I Remember

2022 · Producer

Salute

Salute

2022 · Producer

Twisted Strings

Twisted Strings

2022 · Executive Producer

The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams

The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams

2020 · Producer

Father to Son

Father to Son

2018 · Executive Producer

Baby

Baby

2018 · Executive Producer

Missing Johnny

Missing Johnny

2017 · Producer

Paradise in Service

Paradise in Service

2014 · Executive Producer

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

2013 · Producer

Return Ticket

Return Ticket

2011 · Executive Producer

Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy

Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy

2011 · Producer

One Day

One Day

2010 · Executive Producer

Taipei Exchanges

Taipei Exchanges

2010 · Producer

Reflections

Reflections

2007 · Producer

Mirror Image

Mirror Image

2001 · Executive Producer

Why Don't We Sing?

Why Don't We Sing?

1996 · Producer

A Borrowed Life

A Borrowed Life

1995 · Executive Producer

Heartbreak Island

Heartbreak Island

1995 · Executive Producer

Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1993 · Supervising Producer

Dust of Angels

Dust of Angels

1992 · Producer

Directing

The Assassin

The Assassin

2015 · Director

10 Plus 10

10 Plus 10

2011 · Director

In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

2008 · Director

Flight of the Red Balloon

Flight of the Red Balloon

2007 · Director

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

2007 · Director

the electric princess house

the electric princess house

2007 · Director

Three Times

Three Times

2005 · Director

Café Lumière

Café Lumière

2004 · Director

Millennium Mambo

Millennium Mambo

2001 · Director

Flowers of Shanghai

Flowers of Shanghai

1998 · Director

Goodbye South, Goodbye

Goodbye South, Goodbye

1996 · Director

Good Men, Good Women

Good Men, Good Women

1995 · Director

The Puppetmaster

The Puppetmaster

1993 · Director

A City of Sadness

A City of Sadness

1989 · Director

Daughter of the Nile

Daughter of the Nile

1987 · Director

Dust in the Wind

Dust in the Wind

1986 · Director

Adult Game

Adult Game

1986 · Director

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

1985 · Director

A Summer at Grandpa's

A Summer at Grandpa's

1984 · Director

The Boys from Fengkuei

The Boys from Fengkuei

1983 · Director

The Sandwich Man

The Sandwich Man

1983 · Director

The Green, Green Grass of Home

The Green, Green Grass of Home

1982 · Director

Cute Girl

Cute Girl

1980 · Director

Writing

My Favorite Season

My Favorite Season

1985 · Writer

Taipei Story

Taipei Story

1985 · Screenplay

Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

1984 · Writer

Ah Fei

Ah Fei

1983 · Writer

Growing Up

Growing Up

1983 · Screenplay

Six Is Company

Six Is Company

1982 · Writer

Play While You Play

Play While You Play

1981 · Writer

Longing

Longing

1981 · Writer

Spring in Autumn

Spring in Autumn

1980 · Writer

Chu Lien

Chu Lien

1979 · Screenplay

It Was Rainy Last Night

It Was Rainy Last Night

1979 · Screenplay

Good Morning, Taipei

Good Morning, Taipei

1979 · Screenplay

Lover on the Wave

Lover on the Wave

1978 · Screenplay

The Revenge of Two Exorcists

The Revenge of Two Exorcists

1975 · Screenplay

Acting

Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'

Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'

2021 · Self - archival

Keep Rolling

Keep Rolling

2020

Dragon Girls!

Dragon Girls!

2016 · Himself

The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

2016 · Self

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

2014 · Self

Past Present

Past Present

2013 · Self

A Special Day

A Special Day

2012 · Self

I Wish I Knew

I Wish I Knew

2010 · Self

Let the Wind Carry Me

Let the Wind Carry Me

2009 · Self

In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

2008 · Voice

My Father Was a Red Balloon: Albert Lamorisse's Life Story

My Father Was a Red Balloon: Albert Lamorisse's Life Story

2008 · Self

Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master Class

Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master Class

2007 · Himself

Métro Lumière

Métro Lumière

2004 · Self

Our Time, Our Story

Our Time, Our Story

2002 · Self

HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien

HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien

1999

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

1998 · Self

Talking with Ozu

Talking with Ozu

1993 · Self

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

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

1993 · Self

Sunless Days

Sunless Days

1990

I Love Mary

I Love Mary

1988

Soul

Soul

1986 · Boy-Boy

Taipei Story

Taipei Story

1985 · Lung

The Bike & I

The Bike & I

1984

The Boys from Fengkuei

The Boys from Fengkuei

1983 · Arong's Sister's Boyfriend