Hou Hsiao-hsien

Hou Hsiao-hsien

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.

  • Title : Hou Hsiao-hsien
  • Popularity : 6.664
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1947-04-08
  • Place of Birth : Mei County, Guangdong
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  • Also Known As : Hau Hau-Yin, Hou Syao-Syan, Hou Li, Hook Li, 侯孝賢, 허우 샤오시엔, 侯孝贤, HHH, 허우샤오셴, 후효현, Lai Hou
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Hou Hsiao-hsien Movies

  • 2013
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    Past Present

    Past Present

    6.3 2013 HD

    A contemplative trip down memory lane with one of the leading voices of the Second New Wave of Taiwanese Cinema. Saw Tiong Guan clearly established a...

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  • 2021
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    Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'

    Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'

    1 2021 HD

    A new documentary by Daniel Raim and Eugene Suen on the making of "Flowers of Shanghai," featuring behind-the-scenes footage and interviews with Mark...

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  • 1985
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    Taipei Story

    Taipei Story

    7.5 1985 HD

    A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the...

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  • 1999
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    HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien

    HHH: A Portrait of Hou Hsiao-Hsien

    7.8 1999 HD

    Entry on Taiwanese new-wave filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien for French television's "Cinéma, de notre temps" series, directed by Olivier Assayas.

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  • 2008
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    In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

    In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

    1 2008 HD

    The essence of progress in civilization has always been handiwork. In traditional Chinese civilization, the emperor was supreme. Vested with the...

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  • 1998
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    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

    5.4 1998 HD

    An exploration of Chinese cinema and its relationships with gender and sexuality, which the film argues has been more frankly and provocatively...

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  • 2004
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    Métro Lumière

    Métro Lumière

    6 2004 HD

    French-made documentary, "Métro Lumière", which actually does help provide some of the context for Hsiao-hsien's approach to the film....

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  • 1986
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    Soul

    Soul

    1 1986 HD

    Ip Cheung and her husband, a senior police inspector, had been happily married for 18 years. One day, Ip runs into her neighbour, a Taiwanese woman....

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  • 1988
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    I Love Mary

    I Love Mary

    1 1988 HD

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  • 2014
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    Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

    Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

    7.1 2014 HD

    With Taiwan remaining in the grip of martial law in 1982, a group of filmmakers from that country set out to establish a cultural identity through...

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  • 2010
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    I Wish I Knew

    I Wish I Knew

    6.8 2010 HD

    Focuses on the people, their stories and architecture spanning from the mid-1800s, when Shanghai was opened as a trading port, to the present day.

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  • 1984
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    The Bike & I

    The Bike & I

    1 1984 HD

    Taiwanese comedy film.

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  • 1993
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    Talking with Ozu

    Talking with Ozu

    6.5 1993 HD

    A tribute to the legendary Japanese film director featuring the reflections of filmmakers Lindsay Anderson, Claire Denis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Aki...

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  • 2009
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    Let the Wind Carry Me

    Let the Wind Carry Me

    6.4 2009 HD

    Focusing on Mark Lee Ping-bin, one of the most talented and prolific cinematographers in Asia, the movie details the itinerant lifestyle of a deeply...

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  • 2007
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    Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master Class

    Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master Class

    1 2007 HD

    Chinese film school students and the professors from the Greater China Region gathered together at Hong Kong Baptist University to discuss the many...

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  • 2012
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    A Special Day

    A Special Day

    6 2012 HD

    At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.

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  • 2002
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    Our Time, Our Story

    Our Time, Our Story

    6 2002 HD

    Richly illustrated with film clips and interviews, OUR TIME, OUR STORY tells the still-evolving story of the Taiwanese "new wave," from its rise in...

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  • 2016
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    Dragon Girls !

    Dragon Girls !

    7.5 2016 HD

    Yves Montmayeur takes Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as the starting point for his study of the new female warrior in Asian pop culture. From Beijing...

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  • 1983
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    The Boys from Fengkuei

    The Boys from Fengkuei

    7.1 1983 HD

    Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of...

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  • 2016
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    The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

    The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse

    1 2016 HD

    In 2013, the Golden Horse Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary. The ministry of Culture commissioned director Yang Li-chou to make a...

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

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

    1 2008 HD

    Pascal Lamorisse is the son of filmmaker Albert Lamorisse. He is also the little hero of some of his father's films (White Mane, The Red Balloon and...

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  • 1983
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    That Day, on the Beach

    That Day, on the Beach

    7.7 1983 HD

    Two friends who haven't seen each other for thirteen years reunite. One is a successful concert pianist just back from a European tour and the other...

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

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

    7 1993 HD

    From the 1980s to the 1990s, New Taiwanese Cinema gained international attention for adopting a completely different approach to that of the...

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  • 2020
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    Keep Rolling

    Keep Rolling

    8 2020 HD

    One of Hong Kong's most influential filmmakers, Ann Hui, becomes a “star” for the first time in Man Lim-chung's directorial debut. A...

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  • 1991
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    Raise the Red Lantern

    Raise the Red Lantern

    7.9 1991 HD

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  • 2001
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    Millennium Mambo

    Millennium Mambo

    7 2001 HD

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  • 2005
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    Three Times

    Three Times

    7 2005 HD

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  • 2005
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    Three Times

    Three Times

    7 2005 HD

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  • 2020
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    The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams

    The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams

    1 2020 HD

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  • 2007
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    Flight of the Red Balloon

    Flight of the Red Balloon

    6.17 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    To Each His Own Cinema

    To Each His Own Cinema

    6.5 2007 HD

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  • 1981
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    Play While You Play

    Play While You Play

    6.1 1981 HD

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  • 2007
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    Reflections

    Reflections

    3 2007 HD

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  • 1998
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    Flowers of Shanghai

    Flowers of Shanghai

    6.91 1998 HD

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  • 1985
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    The Time to Live and the Time to Die

    The Time to Live and the Time to Die

    7.351 1985 HD

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  • 1986
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    Dust in the Wind

    Dust in the Wind

    7.632 1986 HD

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  • 2022
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    I Remember

    I Remember

    1 2022 HD

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  • 1989
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    A City of Sadness

    A City of Sadness

    7.36 1989 HD

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  • 2010
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    One Day

    One Day

    7.1 2010 HD

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  • 2004
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    Café Lumière

    Café Lumière

    6.8 2004 HD

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  • 2008
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    In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

    In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

    1 2008 HD

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  • 1984
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    A Summer at Grandpa's

    A Summer at Grandpa's

    7.4 1984 HD

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  • 1993
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    The Puppetmaster

    The Puppetmaster

    6.659 1993 HD

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  • 1982
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    The Green, Green Grass of Home

    The Green, Green Grass of Home

    6.5 1982 HD

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  • 1982
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    The Green, Green Grass of Home

    The Green, Green Grass of Home

    6.5 1982 HD

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  • 1987
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    Daughter of the Nile

    Daughter of the Nile

    7 1987 HD

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  • 1995
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    Good Men, Good Women

    Good Men, Good Women

    7.158 1995 HD

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  • 1981
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    Play While You Play

    Play While You Play

    6.1 1981 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Boys from Fengkuei

    The Boys from Fengkuei

    7.1 1983 HD

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  • 1996
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    Goodbye South, Goodbye

    Goodbye South, Goodbye

    6.842 1996 HD

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  • 1980
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    Cute Girl

    Cute Girl

    6.2 1980 HD

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  • 1995
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    A Borrowed Life

    A Borrowed Life

    6.9 1995 HD

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  • 1991
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    King of Chess

    King of Chess

    6.5 1991 HD

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  • 1983
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    The Sandwich Man

    The Sandwich Man

    7 1983 HD

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  • 2015
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    The Assassin

    The Assassin

    6.41 2015 HD

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  • 2011
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    10 Plus 10

    10 Plus 10

    5.7 2011 HD

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  • 2011
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    Return Ticket

    Return Ticket

    7 2011 HD

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  • 2023
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    Be With Me

    Be With Me

    3.5 2023 HD

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  • 1983
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    Ah Fei

    Ah Fei

    6.1 1983 HD

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  • 2013
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    Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

    Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

    7.6 2013 HD

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  • 2013
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    Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

    Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

    7.6 2013 HD

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  • 2007
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    Flight of the Red Balloon

    Flight of the Red Balloon

    6.17 2007 HD

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  • 2022
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    Salute

    Salute

    8.8 2022 HD

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  • 2014
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    Paradise in Service

    Paradise in Service

    6.8 2014 HD

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  • 2023
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    Old Fox

    Old Fox

    7.6 2023 HD

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  • 2015
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    The Assassin

    The Assassin

    6.41 2015 HD

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  • 2024
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    Daughter's Daughter

    Daughter's Daughter

    8.5 2024 HD

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  • 1982
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    Six Is Company

    Six Is Company

    1 1982 HD

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  • 1980
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    Spring in Autumn

    Spring in Autumn

    1 1980 HD

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  • 1981
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    Beng beng yi chuan xin

    Beng beng yi chuan xin

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1998
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    Flowers of Shanghai

    Flowers of Shanghai

    6.91 1998 HD

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  • 2024
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    Mongrel

    Mongrel

    4 2024 HD

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  • 1983
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    Growing Up

    Growing Up

    7 1983 HD

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  • 2004
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    Café Lumière

    Café Lumière

    6.8 2004 HD

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  • 1970
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    LOMA - Our Home

    LOMA - Our Home

    1 1970 HD

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  • 1984
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    A Summer at Grandpa's

    A Summer at Grandpa's

    7.4 1984 HD

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  • 1978
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    Lover on the Wave

    Lover on the Wave

    1 1978 HD

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  • 1980
    imgMovies

    Cute Girl

    Cute Girl

    6.2 1980 HD

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  • 1985
    imgMovies

    The Time to Live and the Time to Die

    The Time to Live and the Time to Die

    7.351 1985 HD

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  • 1993
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    Treasure Island

    Treasure Island

    6.5 1993 HD

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  • 1995
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    Why Don't We Sing?

    Why Don't We Sing?

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1975
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    The Revenge of Two Exorcists

    The Revenge of Two Exorcists

    1 1975 HD

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  • 1985
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    My Favorite Season

    My Favorite Season

    1 1985 HD

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  • 2015
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    The Assassin

    The Assassin

    6.41 2015 HD

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  • 1979
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    Chu Lien

    Chu Lien

    7.5 1979 HD

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  • 1992
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    Dust of Angels

    Dust of Angels

    7.6 1992 HD

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  • 2017
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    Missing Johnny

    Missing Johnny

    5.6 2017 HD

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  • 2018
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    Father to Son

    Father to Son

    6.1 2018 HD

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  • 2018
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    Baby

    Baby

    5.2 2018 HD

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  • 1979
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    It Was Rainy Last Night

    It Was Rainy Last Night

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1979
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    Good Morning, Taipei

    Good Morning, Taipei

    6 1979 HD

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  • 1984
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    Out of the Blue

    Out of the Blue

    1 1984 HD

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  • 2011
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    Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy

    Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy

    8 2011 HD

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  • 2001
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    Mirror Image

    Mirror Image

    6.8 2001 HD

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  • 2010
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    Taipei Exchanges

    Taipei Exchanges

    6.771 2010 HD

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  • 1985
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    Taipei Story

    Taipei Story

    7.5 1985 HD

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  • 1995
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    Heartbreak Island

    Heartbreak Island

    5 1995 HD

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  • 1986
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    Adult Game

    Adult Game

    1 1986 HD

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  • 1988
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    All for Tomorrow

    All for Tomorrow

    1 1988 HD

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  • 1962
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    Golden Horse Awards

    Golden Horse Awards

    1 1962 HD

    The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī:...

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  • 1970
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    Golden Horse Awards

    Golden Horse Awards

    7 1970 HD

    Leading Taiwan cinema names Hou Hsiao-hsien (“The Assassin,” “The Puppetmaster”) and Lee Kang-sheng (“Days,”...

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