Tsai Ming-liang

Born: 1957-10-27

Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese: 蔡 明亮, Pinyin: Cài Míngliàng; born October 27, 1957) is a Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker. He has written and directed 10 feature films and has also directed many short films and television films. Tsai is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese cinema. His films have been acclaimed worldwide and have won numerous film festival awards.


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Face

as uncredited
Released: 2009-10-02

Hsiao-Kang, a Taiwanese film director, travels to the Louvre in Paris, France, to shoot a film...

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Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

as Self
Released: 2014-10-01

With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that...

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Past Present

as Self
Released: 2013-10-04

A contemplative trip down memory lane with one of the leading voices of the Second New Wave of...

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Your Face

as Self
Released: 2018-09-07

Composed of a series of portrait shots of mostly anonymous individuals, filmmaker Tsai...

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Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

as Himself
Released: 1998-06-04

An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film...

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Wandering

as uncredited
Released: 2021-12-01

This short by Tsai Ming-liang, completed in 2021, was filmed at "the Dune" in Yilan, Taiwan,...

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French Cinema Mon Amour

as Self
Released: 2015-07-06

French Cinema Mon Amour is an ensemble film in which each contributor brings their own voice,...

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Wiara

as Himself
Released: 2018-01-14

Six authorities of cinema describe their approach to transcendence, mysticism, spirituality and...

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seascape

as Himself
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An audio-visual collage of New York City juxtaposed with a Washington seaside. Featuring words...

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Missing Pictures

as Himself
Released: 2021-06-09

For every film completed, dozens of potential films fall by the wayside and never make it onto...

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Our Time, Our Story

as Self
Released: 2002-10-25

Richly illustrated with film clips and interviews, OUR TIME, OUR STORY tells the still-evolving...

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Taipei 24H

as uncredited
Released: 2009-10-09

Taipei 24H divides 24 hours in Taipei into 8 shorts. It opens with Cheng Fen-fen's upbeat and...

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Afternoon

as Self
Released: 2015-09-12

Lush jungle and a building in ruins are the ideal stage for a film-confession that defies...

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Sleeping on Dark Waters

as uncredited
Released: 2008-01-01

A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Ming-liang Tsai’s I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone.

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My New Friends

as Himself
Released: 1995-01-01

Tsai interrupted his pre-production for The River to make this pioneering documentary for...

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Moonlight in the River

as Narrator
Released: 2003-01-01

Tsai Ming-liang designed this short film as a farewell to his friend Simon Field, who was about...

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Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?

as uncredited
Released: 2022-11-25

"For reasons of health, Lee Kang-sheng and I moved to the mountains. We don't have any...

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Looking for Tsai

as Himself
Released: 2002-06-06

Human shortcomings in the pursuit of an idol. Two film school students travel to interview...

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Golden Horse Awards

as Self
First aired: 1962-10-31

The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ...

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Three Piglets

as Self
First aired: 2019-02-22

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