Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 54 wins & 43 nominations. See more awards »

Known For

The Assassin Writer

(2015)

Zui hao de shi guang Writer

(2005)

Tóngnián wangshì Writer

(1985)

Dong dong de jiàqi Writer

(1984)

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Filmography

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Writer (22 credits)

2015 The Assassin (screenplay - as Hsiao-hsien Hou)

2007 Le voyage du ballon rouge

2005 Zui hao de shi guang

2003 Café Lumière (screenplay)

1995 Qu nian dong tian

1985 Tóngnián wangshì

1985 Taipei Story

1985 Zui xiang nian de ji jie

1984 Dong dong de jiàqi (screenplay)

1984 Xiao ba ba de tian kong (as Shiaw Shyann Hour)

1983 You ma cai zi

1983 Xiao Bi de gu shi (writer)

1982 Qiao ru cai die fei fei fei

1982 Zai na he pan qing cao qing (writer)

1981 Feng er ti ta cai

1980 Jiu shi liu liu de ta (screenplay)

1980 Tian liang hao ge qiu (screenplay)

1979 Zao an tai bei (writer)

1979 Qiu lian (screenplay)

1978 Wo ta lang er lai (as Lei Hou)

1978 Yan bo jiang shang

1976 Cui hu han (uncredited)

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Director (21 credits)

2015 The Assassin

2011 10+10 (segment "La Belle Epoque")

2007 Chacun son cinéma ou Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s'éteint et que le film commence (segment "The Electric Princess House")

2007 Le voyage du ballon rouge

2005 Zui hao de shi guang

2003 Café Lumière

2001 Millennium Mambo

1998 Hai shang hua

1996 Nan guo zai jian, nan guo

1995 Hao nan hao nu

1993 The Puppetmaster

1989 A City of Sadness

1987 Ni luo he nu er

1986 Liàn liàn fengchén

1985 Tóngnián wangshì

1984 Dong dong de jiàqi

1983 Feng gui lai de ren

1983 Er zi de da wan ou

1982 Zai na he pan qing cao qing

1981 Feng er ti ta cai

1980 Jiu shi liu liu de ta

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Producer (17 credits)

2018 Father to Son (executive producer)

2017 Missing Johnny (executive producer)

2016 Ri Chang Dui Hua (Documentary) (executive producer)

2015 The Assassin (executive producer - as Hsiao-hsien Hou) / (producer - as Hsiao-hsien Hou)

2013 Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above (Documentary) (executive producer) / (producer)

2011 Jin cheng xiao zi (Documentary) (executive producer)

2011 Return Ticket (executive producer)

2010 Di 36 ge gu shi (executive producer)

2010 You yi tian (executive producer)

2001 Ming dai zhui zhu (co-executive producer)

1999 Borderline (producer)

1995 Qu nian dong tian (executive producer)

1994 Duo sang (executive producer)

1992 Shao nian ye, an la! (executive producer)

1991 Raise the Red Lantern (executive producer)

1991 Qi wang (associate producer)

1983 Xiao Bi de gu shi (producer)

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Second Unit Director or Assistant Director (7 credits)

1980 Tian liang hao ge qiu (assistant director)

1979 Zuo yu xiao xiao (assistant director)

1978 Nan hai yu nü hai de zhan zheng (assistant director)

1977 Yan shui han (assistant director)

1977 Ai you ming tian (assistant director)

1975 Yun shen bu zhi chu (deputy director)

1974 Jin shui lou tai (deputy director)

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Miscellaneous Crew (6 credits)

2017 Missing Johnny (presented by)

2014 Lei she (Short) (Dean: Golden Horse Film Academy)

2011 10+10 (presenter - segment "La Belle Epoque")

1991 Qi wang (planner)

1983 Tai shang tai xia (script consultant)

1973 Xin you qian qian jie (script supervisor)

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Actor (4 credits)

2013 Qing Chun Pai

1986 Lao niang gou sao
Boy-Boy

1985 Taipei Story
Lung

1984 Wo ai Mali

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Self (20 credits)

2016 Dragon Girls (Documentary)
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2015 Cinema 3 (TV Series)
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- Episode dated 28 November 2015 (2015) ... Himself

2014/II The Moment (Documentary)
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2014 Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema (Documentary)
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2013 Zuo tian (Documentary)
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2012 Une journée particulière (Documentary)
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2010 I Wish I Knew (Documentary)
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2009 Cheng zhe guang ying lu xing (Documentary)
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2008 Festival international de Cannes (TV Series)
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- Cérémonie de clôture du 61ème Festival international du film de Cannes (2008) ... Himself

2007 Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master Class (Video documentary)
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2007 Pierre Rissient: Man of Cinema (Documentary)
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2006 Paraskinio (TV Series documentary)
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- 46o Festival Thessalonikis - Eikosi okto kinimatografistes (2006) ... Himself

2004 Métro Lumière: Hou Hsiao-Hsien à la rencontre de Yasujirô Ozu (TV Movie documentary)

2002 Bai Ge Ji Hua: Taiwan Xin Dianying Ershi Nian Huei Gu (Documentary)

1999 Jam session - Kikujiro no natsu koshiki kaizokuban (Documentary)
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1998 Naamsaang-neuiseung (Documentary)

1998 Signé croisette (TV Series)
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- Episode dated 20 May 1998 (1998) ... Himself

1997 Cinéma, de notre temps (TV Series documentary)
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- HHH - Un portrait de Hou Hsiao-Hsien (1997) ... Himself

1993 Talking with Ozu (Documentary short)
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1990 Meiyou taiyang de rizi (Documentary)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

TV commercial for Nippon Shokubai Co. - Director

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie | 5 Articles | See more »

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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on the complicated nature of the story in Nie yin niang] That's normal, and it can't be helped. Hollywood-style films are popular all around the world nowadays, and they need a strict story structure. If the story is not told that way, not continuous enough, the audience will have difficulty following along. But that's only one of the many ways of telling a story: there are hugely different ways... See more »

Trivia:

It was only because critics kept telling him how much his own work resembled that of the Japanese master Yasujiro Ozu that he decided to explore it. He first saw Ozu's films in Paris, in the mid-1980s. See more »