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Tsai Ming-liang

Directing

Tsai Ming-liang

EN, ZH, KO, FR cinema · 80 credits

Born

27 October 1957 (age 69)

Birthplace

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Also known as 蔡明亮 · 차이밍량 · Tsai Mingliang · Tsai Ming Liang · 蔡 明亮 · Choi Ming-leung

Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese: 蔡 明亮, Pinyin: Cài Míngliàng; born October 27, 1957) is a Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker. He has written and directed 11 feature films and has also directed many short films, television films, documentaries and art installations. 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.

Known for

Filmography

seascape poster

seascape

ENNot rated

as Himself

Stray Dogs at the Museum poster

Stray Dogs at the Museum

ZHNot rated

Producer

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema poster

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema

KO · 20267.5

as Self

Dust poster

Dust

ZH · 20267.5

Director

The Ozu Diaries poster

The Ozu Diaries

EN · 2025Not rated

as Self

Back Home poster

Back Home

ZH · 20257.5

Director

Night Journey poster

Night Journey

ZH · 2025Not rated

Screenplay, Editor, Director

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema poster

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

FR · 20247.2

as Self - Filmmaker

Abiding Nowhere poster

Abiding Nowhere

ZH · 20247.0

Director

Xining Public Housing poster

Xining Public Housing

ZH · 20246.0

Director

Yilan poster

Yilan

XX · 2023Not rated

Director

Strolling Around poster

Strolling Around

XX · 2023Not rated

Director

The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang

2022

The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang

EN · 2022Not rated

as Tsai Ming-liang

Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang? poster

Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?

FR · 2022Not rated

Actor, Director, Director of Photography

Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou

2022

Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou

ZH · 2022Not rated

Actor

Where poster

Where

ZH · 2022Not rated

Director

Wandering poster

Wandering

XX · 20216.8

Actor, Director

The Night poster

The Night

ZH · 20215.9

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

The Moon and the Tree poster

The Moon and the Tree

ZH · 20216.0

Director

Days poster

Days

ZH · 20216.3

Director, Writer, Executive Producer

Your Face poster

Your Face

ZH · 20186.6

as Self, Director, Producer

Wiara poster

Wiara

EN · 2018Not rated

as Self

Sand poster

Sand

ZH · 2018Not rated

Screenplay, Director

The Deserted poster

The Deserted

ZH · 20187.0

Director

Light poster

Light

ZH · 20186.3

Director

Autumn Days poster

Autumn Days

ZH · 2016Not rated

Director

Single Belief poster

Single Belief

ZH · 20166.5

Producer

Afternoon poster

Afternoon

ZH · 20157.3

as Self, Director

French Cinema Mon Amour poster

French Cinema Mon Amour

FR · 20155.2

as Self

No No Sleep poster

No No Sleep

ZH · 20156.1

Director

Beautiful 2015 poster

Beautiful 2015

ZH · 2015Not rated

Director

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema poster

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

ZH · 20147.1

as Self

Stray Dogs poster

Stray Dogs

ZH · 20146.3

Director, Writer, Art Direction

Journey to the West poster

Journey to the West

ZH · 20146.3

Director, Adaptation

Past Present poster

Past Present

ZH · 20136.3

as Self

Letters from the South poster

Letters from the South

ZH · 20135.4

Director, Screenplay

Transformation poster

Transformation

ZH · 2012Not rated

Director

Beautiful 2012 poster

Beautiful 2012

ZH · 20125.2

Director

Walker poster

Walker

ZH · 20126.2

Director, Writer, Director of Photography

No Form poster

No Form

ZH · 2012Not rated

Director, Screenplay

Sleepwalk poster

Sleepwalk

ZH · 20126.0

Director, Writer

Diamond Sutra poster

Diamond Sutra

ZH · 20126.0

Director, Writer

Taipei 24H poster

Taipei 24H

ZH · 20096.8

Actor

Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water poster

Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water

FR · 2009Not rated

as Self as the film director of Visage

Visage poster

Visage

FR · 20095.4

Actor, Director, Screenplay, Producer, Idea, Story, Script, Writer

Remembrance

2009

Remembrance

ZH · 2009Not rated

as Client

Madame Butterfly poster

Madame Butterfly

MS · 20096.0

Director of Photography, Writer, Director, Cinematography

Sleeping on Dark Waters poster

Sleeping on Dark Waters

ZH · 20085.7

Actor, Director

To Each His Own Cinema poster

To Each His Own Cinema

FR · 20076.4

Director

Help Me, Eros poster

Help Me, Eros

ZH · 20075.7

Art Direction, Producer

It's a Dream poster

It's a Dream

ZH · 2007Not rated

Director, Writer

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone poster

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

ZH · 20066.6

Director, Director of Photography, Writer

The Wayward Cloud poster

The Wayward Cloud

ZH · 20056.0

Director, Writer

Aquarium poster

Aquarium

ZH · 2004Not rated

Director

Welcome to São Paulo poster

Welcome to São Paulo

PT · 20046.2

Director

My Stinking Kid poster

My Stinking Kid

ZH · 20046.0

Director

Moonlight in the River poster

Moonlight in the River

ZH · 2003Not rated

as Narrator, Director

The Missing poster

The Missing

ZH · 20035.3

Executive Producer

Goodbye, Dragon Inn poster

Goodbye, Dragon Inn

ZH · 20036.8

Director, Writer

The Skywalk Is Gone poster

The Skywalk Is Gone

ZH · 20035.9

Director, Screenplay

Our Time, Our Story poster

Our Time, Our Story

ZH · 20026.0

as Self

Looking for Tsai poster

Looking for Tsai

EN · 2002Not rated

as Himself

Léaud l'unique poster

Léaud l'unique

FR · 200110.0

as Self - filmmaker

What Time Is It There? poster

What Time Is It There?

ZH · 20017.0

Director, Screenplay

A Conversation with God poster

A Conversation with God

ZH · 20015.2

Director

月亮不见了

2001

The Moon is Gone

ZH · 2001Not rated

Director

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema poster

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

CN · 19985.5

as Self

The Hole poster

The Hole

ZH · 19987.1

Director, Screenplay

The River poster

The River

ZH · 19976.8

Director, Screenplay

My New Friends poster

My New Friends

ZH · 19955.5

as Himself, Director

Vive L'Amour poster

Vive L'Amour

ZH · 19947.3

Director, Screenplay

Rebels of the Neon God poster

Rebels of the Neon God

ZH · 19947.3

Director, Screenplay

Boys poster

Boys

ZH · 19916.2

Director, Writer

Give Me a Home poster

Give Me a Home

ZH · 19917.0

Director, Writer

Li-hsiang’s Love Line poster

Li-hsiang’s Love Line

ZH · 19905.0

Director, Writer

All the Corners of the World poster

All the Corners of the World

ZH · 19895.5

Director, Writer

The Game They Call Sex poster

The Game They Call Sex

CN · 19876.3

Writer

Run Away poster

Run Away

ZH · 19858.2

Writer

Spring Daddy poster

Spring Daddy

ZH · 19857.0

Writer

Teenage Fugitive poster

Teenage Fugitive

ZH · 19846.8

Screenplay