Li Tian-Lu

Born: 1910-12-02

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.


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A City of Sadness

as Ah Lu
Released: 1989-10-21

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression...

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Dust in the Wind

as Grandpa
Released: 1986-05-09

A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where...

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Daughter of the Nile

as Grandfather
Released: 1987-08-22

Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried...

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The Puppetmaster

as Self
Released: 1993-12-08

In the first half of this century, young Li Tienlu joins a travelling puppet theatre and...

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Goodbye South, Goodbye

as Pig Owner
Released: 1996-05-13

In this portrait of small-time hoods rendered in rhythm-of-life anecdotal detail, Gao is the...

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Dust of Angels

as uncredited
Released: 1992-07-03

A-Guo and A-Dou are two teenagers living in an industrial town in Taiwan, who fight, loaf, and...

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Such a life

as uncredited
Released: 1997-09-28

'Such a Life' is quite a sad film. It is set in the sixties, in a village on the west coast of...

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Modern Republic

as uncredited
Released: 1995-01-01

The lives of three young Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles.

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Emperor's Adventures in Hsi Hu

as uncredited
Released: 1994-12-31

The story of frivolous and lecherous emperor Qianlong's search for a morally upstanding person...

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