Lee Kang-sheng
Lee Kang-sheng (Chinese: 李康生; Pinyin: Lǐ Kāngshēng; b. 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese actor, film director, and screenwriter. He has appeared in all of Tsai Ming-liang's theatrical feature films. Lee's own directorial efforts include The Missing (2003) and Help Me Eros (2007).
To Each His Own Cinema
as (segment: It’s A Dream)Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema"...
Movie pageThe Wayward Cloud
as Taiwanese Porn ActorHsiao-Kang, now working as an adult movie actor, meets Shiang-chyi once again. Meanwhile, the...
Movie pageThe Tenants Downstairs
as Guo LiA loafer inherits an apartment block and lets out the place to a group of tenants, including a...
Movie pageRebels of the Neon God
as Hsiao-kangDefying his parents, disaffected youth Hsiao Kang drops out of the local cram school to head for...
Movie pageVive L'Amour
as Hsiao-kangThree lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment: May, a real estate agent...
Movie pageThe Hole
as The Man UpstairsIn the final days of the year 1999, almost everyone in Taiwan has died from a strange plague...
Movie pageGoodbye, Dragon Inn
as ProjectionistOn a dark and rainy night, a historic and regal Taipei cinema sees its final film: 1967 martial...
Movie pageThe Rope Curse 2
as Huo-geJia-min, who was born sensitive to the paranormal, tries to summon "Yi-A-Gu" with two streamers....
Movie pageWhat Time Is It There?
as Hsiao-KangA street vendor with a grim home-life forges a connection with a young woman on her way to Paris.
Movie pageThe River
as Hsiao-KangA young man develops severe neck pain after swimming in a polluted river for a movie shoot, but...
Movie pageI Don't Want to Sleep Alone
as Hsiao-KangRawang, an immigrant from Bangladesh living in awful conditions, takes pity on a Chinese man,...
Movie pageStray Dogs
as FatherAn alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross paths with a...
Movie pageSashimi
as Chen-mingA Japanese porno actor, HIV positive, commits suicide. Natsumi, a popular porno actress who has...
Movie pageNo No Sleep
as MonkIn the wee hours of winter a night train travels through a sleepless city. This is a panorama of...
Movie pageHelp Me, Eros
as Ah JieHaving lost all his money in the stock market, a depressed man falls in love with a woman over a...
Movie pageCome and Go
as Xiao KangTourists, foreigners and outcasts converge on the streets of Osaka in this sprawling ensemble...
Movie pageFace
as Kang / The DirectorHsiao-Kang, a Taiwanese film director, travels to the Louvre in Paris, France, to shoot a film...
Movie pageAbiding Nowhere
as uncreditedThe walker with the shaved head and dressed in a red robe is barefoot. He walks slowly but...
Movie pageDays
as KangKang lives alone in a big house, Non in a small apartment in town. They meet, and then part,...
Movie pageBlue Sun Palace
as CheungA sudden loss catalyzes an unlikely bond between two migrants in the Chinese community of...
Movie pageHotel Iris
as uncreditedSomewhere on the coast of Taiwan is Hotel Iris, a mouldering seaside establishment run by a cold...
Movie pageJourney to the West
as MonkIn 2014, Tsai Ming-Liang was invited to make a film for the MarseilleFID, Marseille...
Movie pageSweet Degeneration
as Chun-shengWith a singular voice that distinguishes him from his New Taiwan Cinema contemporaries, Lin...
Movie pageBlack Ox
as uncreditedIn the Meiji Period, in the 19th century Japan, transitioning towards modernization, BLACK OX...
Movie pageFantasy · World
as Tang ShichengA cold, hard-nosed lawyer, Zhang, discovers that his past client, Tang, is involved in yet...
Movie pagePast Present
as SelfA contemplative trip down memory lane with one of the leading voices of the Second New Wave of...
Movie pageAbyssal Spider
as Ship's CaptainRescue member Ajie and his companions rescued a reef tanker in the storm, but met the captain...
Movie pageGrit
as Chief LiuCroc is a young gangster who goes back to work for his former boss at a city councilor’s office...
Movie pageLost in Forest
as ShengAsheng, once a gang member of the Zhongshan District, was sent to jail for 12 years after saving...
Movie pageSand
as SelfIn 2018, Tsai Ming-Liang was invited by the Northeast and Yilan Coast National Scenic Area...
Movie pageA Drifting Life
as Ku-chengAfter his wife dies during childbirth, Ku-cheng leaves his children behind in their rural...
Movie pageThe Skywalk Is Gone
as Hsiao-KangA young woman wandering around meets a young man going to a casting call for a pornographic film.
Movie pageBeautiful 2012
as uncreditedA collection of shorts by four East Asian directors: Ann Hui on a male-to-female sex change, Kim...
Movie pageAbsence
as Han JiangyuAfter ten years in prison, Han Jiangyu returns to Hainan Island. Housing construction is...
Movie pageWalker
as MonkA metaphor for mourning as much as it is a reminder to slow down, Tsai Ming-liang's stunningly...
Movie pageYour Face
as SelfComposed of a series of portrait shots of mostly anonymous individuals, filmmaker Tsai...
Movie pageEverything Is Unknown
as Hua QiWhile he was in Macau, Pan Yiming unexpectedly receives a will from his father. They haven't...
Movie pageStranger Eyes
as Lao WuAfter the mysterious disappearance of their baby daughter, a young couple receives strange...
Movie pageOrdinary Heroes
as Lee Siu TungOrdinary Heroes is a narration about the life stories of an advocate, a prostitute, a social...
Movie pageSonata of Wave
as DongbinDong Bin has opened a surfing shop by the sea where Xiao Fang started working. The young man,...
Movie pageTransformation
as HimselfIn order to recreate a photograph, two actors undergo a transformation.
Movie pageAfternoon
as SelfLush jungle and a building in ruins are the ideal stage for a film-confession that defies...
Movie pageAbsence
as Han JiangyuShort film directed by Lang Wu. In 2021, Absence was nominated for Best Short Film at the 74th...
Movie pageMaking-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou
as uncreditedWandering
as uncreditedThis short by Tsai Ming-liang, completed in 2021, was filmed at "the Dune" in Yilan, Taiwan,...
Movie pageMy New Friends
as uncreditedTsai interrupted his pre-production for The River to make this pioneering documentary for...
Movie pageBoys
as uncreditedA junior-high student bullies and blackmails a younger boy, then receives the same treatment at...
Movie pageLooking for Tsai
as HimselfHuman shortcomings in the pursuit of an idol. Two film school students travel to interview...
Movie pageThe Wind Will Say
as uncreditedChen’s daughter is returning from the UK after her university graduation. On the weekend of her...
Movie pageWhere
as MonkThe ninth opus of his Walker Films series, which was shot at Centre Pompidou.
Movie pageThe Deserted
as uncreditedTsai Ming-Liang, the artisan of cinematography approaches virtual reality, pushing the...
Movie pageSingle Belief
as uncreditedXimending was once the trendiest area in Taipei, and it's also where Kang-sheng Lee's first film...
Movie pageSleeping on Dark Waters
as uncreditedA behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Ming-liang Tsai’s I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone.
Movie pageLetters from the South
as Xiao Kang (segment "Walking on Water")Six filmmakers present six short films about the experiences of Chinese immigrants. Shot across...
Movie pageNo Form
as uncreditedIn 2011, Tsai Ming-Liang staged a play, "Only You", for Taiwan's National Theater and Concert...
Movie pageDiamond Sutra
as uncreditedIn 2012, Taiwanese architects Michael Lin and Liao Wei-li invited Tsai Ming-Liang to create...
Movie pageOne & Zero
as uncreditedTsai Ming-liang has been living in an abandoned house in the mountains since 2014. Around the...
Movie pageAutumn Days
as uncreditedA documentary about Nogami Teruyo, who for nearly half a century stood by Akira Kurosawa as a...
Movie pageSleepwalk
as uncreditedA continuation of Tsai Ming-Liang's Walker series, featuring Lee Kang-Sheng as a barefoot monk...
Movie pageAll the Corners of the World
as Ah-tongMr and Mrs Chang live in Taipei's Hsi-Men-Ding (the city's entertainment/red light/nightlife...
Movie pageSunny Doll
as uncreditedHsin-He, a high school sophomore who can get along just fine on her own, lives with her father....
Movie pageGolden Horse Awards
as SelfThe Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ...
TV Show pageSisyphus
as Jiang SenZhang Hai Feng quits his job as a police officer after the death of his daughter, Duo Duo....
TV Show pageTwisted Strings
as uncreditedLeading Taiwan cinema names Hou Hsiao-hsien (“The Assassin,” “The Puppetmaster”) and Lee...
TV Show pageTwisted Strings
as YongLeading Taiwan cinema names Hou Hsiao-hsien (“The Assassin,” “The Puppetmaster”) and Lee...
TV Show pageTwisted Strings
as Tang NianshengLeading Taiwan cinema names Hou Hsiao-hsien (“The Assassin,” “The Puppetmaster”) and Lee...
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