Hou Hsiao-hsien

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Directing

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

24 films as director · Active 1980–2015

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

Golden Horse Awards

Golden Horse Awards

1962

A Special Day

A Special Day

2012

Taipei Story

Taipei Story

1985

Sunless Days

Sunless Days

1990

That Day, on the Beach

That Day, on the Beach

1983

Talking with Ozu

Talking with Ozu

1993

The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

2016

Dragon Girls!

Dragon Girls!

2016

Directed(24)

The Assassin

2015The Assassin★ 6.4

10 Plus 10

201110 Plus 10★ 5.7

In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

2008In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

Flight of the Red Balloon

2007Flight of the Red Balloon★ 6.3

To Each His Own Cinema

2007To Each His Own Cinema★ 6.5

the electric princess house

2007the electric princess house

Three Times

2005Three Times★ 7.0

Café Lumière

2004Café Lumière★ 6.7

Millennium Mambo

2001Millennium Mambo★ 7.0

Flowers of Shanghai

1998Flowers of Shanghai★ 6.9

Goodbye South, Goodbye

1996Goodbye South, Goodbye★ 6.9

Good Men, Good Women

1995Good Men, Good Women★ 7.2

The Puppetmaster

1993The Puppetmaster★ 6.5

A City of Sadness

1989A City of Sadness★ 7.5

Daughter of the Nile

1987Daughter of the Nile★ 7.1

Dust in the Wind

1986Dust in the Wind★ 7.6

Adult Game

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

1985The Time to Live and the Time to Die★ 7.2

A Summer at Grandpa's

1984A Summer at Grandpa's★ 7.5

The Boys from Fengkuei

1983The Boys from Fengkuei★ 7.2

The Sandwich Man

1983The Sandwich Man★ 7.1

The Green, Green Grass of Home

1982The Green, Green Grass of Home★ 6.5

Play While You Play

1981Play While You Play★ 6.4

Cute Girl

1980Cute Girl★ 6.2

Acting(26)

2021Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'Self - archival

2020Keep Rolling

2016Dragon Girls!Himself

Hou Hsiao-hsien — Watchpile | Watchpile

2016The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden HorseSelf

2014Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New CinemaSelf

2013Past PresentSelf

2012A Special DaySelf

2010I Wish I KnewSelf

2009Let the Wind Carry MeSelf

2008In the Golden Age of Chinese CraftsmanshipVoice

2008My Father Was a Red Balloon: Albert Lamorisse's Life StorySelf

2007Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master ClassHimself

2004Métro LumièreSelf

2002Our Time, Our StorySelf

1999HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien

1998Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese CinemaSelf

1993Talking with OzuSelf

1993When Cinema Reflects the Times: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward YangSelf

1990Sunless Days

1988I Love Mary

1986SoulBoy-Boy

1985Taipei StoryLung

1984The Bike & I

1983The Boys from FengkueiArong's Sister's Boyfriend

1983That Day, on the BeachAh Cai's Executive

1962Golden Horse AwardsSelf