Li Tian-Lu
Li Tien-lu was a Taiwanese puppeteer. He is best known to the international audience for playing principal characters in several Taiwanese films directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.
A City of Sadness
as Ah LuThe story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression...
Movie pageDust in the Wind
as GrandpaA-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where...
Movie pageThe Puppetmaster
as SelfMaster puppeteer Li Tien-lu recalls his life in Japanese-occupied Taiwan during the first half...
Movie pageGoodbye South, Goodbye
as Pig OwnerIn this portrait of small-time hoods rendered in rhythm-of-life anecdotal detail, Gao is the...
Movie pageDust of Angels
as Old ManA-Guo and A-Dou are two teenagers living in an industrial town in Taiwan, who fight, loaf, and...
Movie pageDaughter of the Nile
as GrandfatherLin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried...
Movie pageEmperor's Adventures in Hsi Hu
as uncreditedThe story of frivolous and lecherous emperor Qianlong's search for a morally upstanding person...
Movie pageSuch a life
as uncredited'Such a Life' is quite a sad film. It is set in the sixties, in a village on the west coast of...
Movie pageModern Republic
as uncreditedThe lives of three young Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles.
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