Tsai Ming-liang

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All the Corners of the World
6.9

All the Corners of the World

Mr and Mrs Chang live in Taipei’s Hsi-Men-Ding (the city’s entertainment/red light/nightlife district) with their teenaged kids. The ...
Afternoon
6.9

Afternoon

Sep. 12, 2015

Afternoon

Lush jungle and a building in ruins are the ideal stage for a film-confession that defies storytelling and goes beyond conversation on cinema. ...
Rebels of the Neon God
7.6

Rebels of the Neon God

Oct. 01, 1993

Rebels of the Neon God

Defying his parents, disaffected youth Hsiao Kang drops out of the local cram school to head for the bright lights of downtown Taipei. He falls ...
The Skywalk Is Gone
6.9

The Skywalk Is Gone

Oct. 08, 2002

The Skywalk Is Gone

A girl (Shiang-chyi Chen) looks for a street vendor in Taipei. But she can’t find him since the Skywalk is Gone. Release: The Skywalk Is ...
Walker
6.9

Walker

Sep. 08, 2012

Walker

Kang-sheng Lee is dressed in a red robe and walks slowly and patiently through a lively city. Release: Walker 2012 tt2225782 General: mkv | 220 ...
Boys
6.4

Boys

Apr. 10, 1991

Boys

One of Tsai’s last and most successful television films, Boys also marks Lee Kang-sheng’s acting debut. A slice-of-life tale of a ...
Stray Dogs
6.9

Stray Dogs

Feb. 21, 2014

Stray Dogs

A father and his two children wander the margins of modern day Taipei, from the woods and rivers of the outskirts to the rain streaked streets of ...
Your Face
6.9

Your Face

Sep. 07, 2018

Your Face

Composed of a series of portrait shots of mostly anonymous individuals, filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang’s digital experiment turns the human face ...
Letters from the South
5.9

Letters from the South

Oct. 06, 2013

Letters from the South

In this omnibus film, six directors from the region each reflect on the Chinese diaspora. Thai filmmaker Aditya Assarat describes a meeting in ...
Journey to the West
6.8

Journey to the West

Feb. 09, 2014

Journey to the West

A Buddhist monk walks barefoot and incredibly slowly through Marseille – so slowly, that his progress is barely perceptible and he becomes ...
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
7.1

Goodbye, Dragon Inn

Dec. 12, 2003

Goodbye, Dragon Inn

On a dark, rainy night, a historic and regal Taipei cinema sees its final film: 1967 martial arts feature “Dragon Inn”. As the film ...
Xiao Kang
5.4

Xiao Kang

Sep. 15, 2015

Xiao Kang

This is the festival trailer for Viennale – Vienna International Film Festival 2015. The trailer will be shown in over 100 cinemas in ...
A Conversation with God
5.4

A Conversation with God

Apr. 28, 2001

A Conversation with God

The original subject intended for this film was a spiritual medium who was unbelievably accurate. Tsai Ming-liang jumped on his 50cc motorbike, ...
No No Sleep
6.9

No No Sleep

Apr. 21, 2015

No No Sleep

A new entry in the Walker series. ‘No No Sleep’ is set in Tokyo, where Tsai Ming-liang met with Ando Masanobu. Release: No No Sleep ...
Days
6.3

Days

Feb. 27, 2020

Days

Kang lives alone in a big house, Non in a small apartment in town. They meet, and then part, their days flowing on as before. Release: Days 2020 ...
Wandering
0

Wandering

Dec. 01, 2021

Wandering

This short by Tsai Ming-liang, completed in 2021, was filmed at “the Dune” in Yilan, Taiwan, where the eight films in his Walker ...
The River
7.2

The River

Feb. 18, 1997

The River

A young man develops severe neck pain after swimming in a polluted river; his dysfunctional parents are unable to provide any relief for him or ...
Madame Butterfly
6.1

Madame Butterfly

Jul. 10, 2009

Madame Butterfly

A woman is wandering the upstairs shopping center above a bus terminus aimlessly, as she cannot pay for the bus ticket to travel to Muar, even ...
Face
6.0

Face

Oct. 02, 2009

Face

Hsiao-Kang, a Taiwanese film director, travels to the Louvre in Paris, France, to shoot a film that explores the Salomé myth. Release: Face 2009 ...
Beautiful 2012
6.1

Beautiful 2012

Mar. 21, 2012

Beautiful 2012

A superb package of shorts by four leading East Asian directors: Ann Hui on a male-to-female sex change, Kim Tae-yong on an emotional imposture, ...