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The Puppetmaster is a 1993 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. Based on the memoirs of Li Tian-lu, Taiwan's most celebrated puppeteer, this story covers the years from Li's birth in 1909 to the end of Japan's fifty-year occupation of Taiwan in 1945. Many consider The Puppetmaster a masterpiece of world cinema.
Oct 20, 2015 · Hou Hsiao-hsien on the Films That Changed His Life. By Hillary Weston. Interviews —. Oct 20, 2015. I t’s been seven years since the release of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s film Flight of the Red Balloon, and the Taiwanese auteur is finally back with his long-gestated epic The Assassin, which had its U.S. premiere at the New York Film Festival ...
May 3, 2024 · Hou Hsiao-hsien, Chinese-born Taiwanese director known for his film explorations of Taiwan’s history and family life, which emphasized realism through their subject matter and measured pace. Perhaps his best-known movie is Flight of the Red Balloon. Learn more about Hou’s life and career.
Overview. Born. April 8, 1947 · Meixian, Guangdong, China. Nickname. Hou Xiaoxian. Mini Bio. Of the ten films that Hsiao-Hsien Hou directed between 1980 and 1989, seven received best film or best director awards from prestigious international films festivals in Venice, Berlin, Hawaii, and the Festival of the Three Continents in Nantes.
May 28, 2020 · Through the 1980s and ’90s, American fans of the Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-Hsien regarded his movies as, essentially, too brilliant to be released: Although his films showed at festivals...
Aug 17, 2015 · Hou has made 18 features since his debut with Cute Girl (1980), which makes it difficult for newcomers to know where to begin. He has realised three trilogies – ‘Coming of Age’, ‘Taiwan History’, and ‘Urban Female Youth’ – but overlaps in time, space and theme have lead some critics to make the case for quartets or even quintets.
Oct 24, 2023 · Hou Hsiao-hsien, director of timeless masterpieces such as “A City of Sadness,” “The Puppetmaster,” “Flowers of Shanghai,” and “Millennium Mambo” is battling dementia and is now retired from...
