Tsai Ming-liang

Tsai Ming-liang

Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese: 蔡 明亮, Pinyin: Cài Míngliàng; born October 27, 1957) is a Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker. He has written and directed 10 feature films and has also directed many short films and television films. 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.

  • Title : Tsai Ming-liang
  • Popularity : 5.619
  • Known For : Directing
  • Birthday : 1957-10-27
  • Place of Birth : Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
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  • Also Known As : 蔡明亮, 차이밍량, Tsai Mingliang, Tsai Ming Liang, 蔡 明亮, Choi Ming-leung, Choi Ming Leung, Choi Mingleung, Cài Míngliàng, Cài Míng-liàng, Cài Míng Liàng
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Tsai Ming-liang Movies

  • 2021
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    Missing Pictures

    Missing Pictures

    1 2021 HD

    For every film completed, dozens of potential films fall by the wayside and never make it onto the big screen. In the VR experience Missing Pictures,...

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  • 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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  • 2008
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    Sleeping on Dark Waters

    Sleeping on Dark Waters

    5.7 2008 HD

    A behind-the-scenes documentary on the making of Ming-liang Tsai’s I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone.

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  • 2022
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    The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang

    The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang

    1 2022 HD

    A leading figure of the "Second New Wave" of Taiwanese cinema, award-winning Director Tsai Ming-Liang has left his mark on the art world with his...

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  • 2021
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    Wandering

    Wandering

    7 2021 HD

    This short by Tsai Ming-liang, completed in 2021, was filmed at "the Dune" in Yilan, Taiwan, where the eight films in his Walker series were being...

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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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  • 2022
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    Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?

    Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?

    1 2022 HD

    "For reasons of health, Lee Kang-sheng and I moved to the mountains. We don't have any neighbors. Our house is part of a row of dilapidated houses. I...

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  • 1970
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    seascape

    seascape

    1 1970 HD

    An audio-visual collage of New York City juxtaposed with a Washington seaside. Featuring words from director Tsai Ming-liang.

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  • 2009
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    Taipei 24H

    Taipei 24H

    6 2009 HD

    Taipei 24H divides 24 hours in Taipei into 8 shorts. It opens with Cheng Fen-fen's upbeat and comedic "Share the Morning", and ends with Lee...

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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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  • 2022
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    Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou

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

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2015
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    Afternoon

    Afternoon

    7.3 2015 HD

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

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  • 2015
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    French Cinema Mon Amour

    French Cinema Mon Amour

    0.5 2015 HD

    French Cinema Mon Amour is an ensemble film in which each contributor brings their own voice, their own particular approach, their culture, and their...

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  • 2009
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    Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water

    Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water

    1 2009 HD

    The title of the François Lunel film is the Buddhist proverb concluding by: "all is but illusion". His movie draws the Tsai Ming-Liang's face...

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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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  • 2003
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    Moonlight in the River

    Moonlight in the River

    1 2003 HD

    Tsai Ming-liang designed this short film as a farewell to his friend Simon Field, who was about to leave his position as director of the Rotterdam...

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  • 2018
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    Your Face

    Your Face

    6.9 2018 HD

    Composed of a series of portrait shots of mostly anonymous individuals, filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang's digital experiment turns the human face into a...

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  • 1995
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    My New Friends

    My New Friends

    1 1995 HD

    Tsai interrupted his pre-production for The River to make this pioneering documentary for Taiwan's nascent AIDS-awareness campaign. Ignoring...

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  • 2018
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    Wiara

    Wiara

    1 2018 HD

    Six authorities of cinema describe their approach to transcendence, mysticism, spirituality and life after dead.

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  • 2002
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    Looking for Tsai

    Looking for Tsai

    1 2002 HD

    Human shortcomings in the pursuit of an idol. Two film school students travel to interview Taiwanese film director Tsai Ming-liang and actor Lee...

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  • 2009
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    Face

    Face

    5.7 2009 HD

    Hsiao-Kang, a Taiwanese film director, travels to the Louvre in Paris, France, to shoot a film that explores the Salomé myth.

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  • 2024
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    Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

    Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

    7.7 2024 HD

    A portrait of the legendary actor Jean-Pierre Léaud, icon of the French New Wave and closely linked to the work of François Truffaut...

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  • 2009
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    Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

    6 2009 HD

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  • 2009
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    Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

    6 2009 HD

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  • 1995
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    Vive L'Amour

    Vive L'Amour

    7.2 1995 HD

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  • 2001
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    What Time Is It There?

    What Time Is It There?

    7.024 2001 HD

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  • 2006
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    I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

    I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

    6.6 2006 HD

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  • 2006
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    I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

    I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

    6.6 2006 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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  • 2005
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    The Wayward Cloud

    The Wayward Cloud

    5.8 2005 HD

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  • 2005
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    The Wayward Cloud

    The Wayward Cloud

    5.8 2005 HD

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  • 2003
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    The Missing

    The Missing

    4.9 2003 HD

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  • 1999
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    The Hole

    The Hole

    7 1999 HD

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  • 1999
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    The Hole

    The Hole

    7 1999 HD

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  • 1997
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    The River

    The River

    6.8 1997 HD

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  • 1997
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    The River

    The River

    6.8 1997 HD

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  • 2009
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    Face

    Face

    5.7 2009 HD

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  • 2009
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    Face

    Face

    5.7 2009 HD

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  • 2003
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    Goodbye, Dragon Inn

    Goodbye, Dragon Inn

    6.7 2003 HD

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  • 2003
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    Goodbye, Dragon Inn

    Goodbye, Dragon Inn

    6.7 2003 HD

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  • 1994
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    Rebels of the Neon God

    Rebels of the Neon God

    7.32 1994 HD

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  • 1987
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    The Game They Call Sex

    The Game They Call Sex

    6 1987 HD

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  • 2012
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    Transformation

    Transformation

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2022
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    Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?

    Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2012
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    Beautiful 2012

    Beautiful 2012

    5.2 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    Walker

    Walker

    6.1 2012 HD

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  • 2001
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    A Conversation with God

    A Conversation with God

    5.2 2001 HD

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  • 2008
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    Sleeping on Dark Waters

    Sleeping on Dark Waters

    5.7 2008 HD

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  • 2014
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    Stray Dogs

    Stray Dogs

    6.4 2014 HD

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  • 2002
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    The Skywalk Is Gone

    The Skywalk Is Gone

    5.9 2002 HD

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  • 2012
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    No Form

    No Form

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2009
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    Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

    6 2009 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Night

    The Night

    6.148 2021 HD

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  • 2013
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    Letters from the South

    Letters from the South

    5.4 2013 HD

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  • 2014
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    Journey to the West

    Journey to the West

    6.317 2014 HD

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  • 2014
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    Journey to the West

    Journey to the West

    6.317 2014 HD

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  • 2004
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    Aquarium

    Aquarium

    1 2004 HD

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  • 2001
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    What Time Is It There?

    What Time Is It There?

    7.024 2001 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Moon and the Tree

    The Moon and the Tree

    1 2021 HD

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  • 2004
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    Welcome to São Paulo

    Welcome to São Paulo

    5.6 2004 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Night

    The Night

    6.148 2021 HD

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  • 2014
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    Stray Dogs

    Stray Dogs

    6.4 2014 HD

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  • 2021
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    The Night

    The Night

    6.148 2021 HD

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  • 2013
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    Letters from the South

    Letters from the South

    5.4 2013 HD

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  • 2018
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    Sand

    Sand

    1 2018 HD

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  • 1991
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    Boys

    Boys

    6.5 1991 HD

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  • 2015
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    No No Sleep

    No No Sleep

    6.2 2015 HD

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  • 2013
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    Walking on Water

    Walking on Water

    7.5 2013 HD

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  • 2001
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    The Moon is Gone

    The Moon is Gone

    1 2001 HD

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  • 2015
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    Afternoon

    Afternoon

    7.3 2015 HD

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  • 2015
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    Xiao Kang

    Xiao Kang

    4.8 2015 HD

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  • 2012
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    Sleepwalk

    Sleepwalk

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    Sleepwalk

    Sleepwalk

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    Diamond Sutra

    Diamond Sutra

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    Diamond Sutra

    Diamond Sutra

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2024
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    Abiding Nowhere

    Abiding Nowhere

    7 2024 HD

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  • 2021
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    Wandering

    Wandering

    7 2021 HD

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  • 1984
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    Run Away

    Run Away

    8.7 1984 HD

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  • 2022
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    Where

    Where

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2022
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    Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?

    Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?

    1 2022 HD

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  • 2024
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    Xining Public Housing

    Xining Public Housing

    1 2024 HD

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  • 1984
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    Teenage Fugitive

    Teenage Fugitive

    6.8 1984 HD

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  • 2014
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    Le voyage en Occident

    Le voyage en Occident

    4.5 2014 HD

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  • 2004
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    My Stinking Kid

    My Stinking Kid

    6 2004 HD

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  • 2007
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    Help Me, Eros

    Help Me, Eros

    5.8 2007 HD

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  • 2007
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    Help Me, Eros

    Help Me, Eros

    5.8 2007 HD

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  • 2006
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    I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

    I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

    6.6 2006 HD

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  • 1985
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    Spring Daddy

    Spring Daddy

    1 1985 HD

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  • 2016
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    Autumn Days

    Autumn Days

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2016
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    Single Belief

    Single Belief

    6.3 2016 HD

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  • 2011
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    The Hole

    The Hole

    1 2011 HD

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  • 2018
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    The Deserted

    The Deserted

    7 2018 HD

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  • 2012
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    Walker

    Walker

    6.1 2012 HD

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  • 1991
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    Give Me a Home

    Give Me a Home

    7 1991 HD

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  • 2018
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    Your Face

    Your Face

    6.9 2018 HD

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  • 2016
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    One & Zero

    One & Zero

    1 2016 HD

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  • 2018
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    Sand

    Sand

    1 2018 HD

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  • 2012
    imgMovies

    Walker

    Walker

    6.1 2012 HD

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  • 2012
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    No Form

    No Form

    1 2012 HD

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  • 2002
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    The Skywalk Is Gone

    The Skywalk Is Gone

    5.9 2002 HD

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  • 2018
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    Light

    Light

    7 2018 HD

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  • 2003
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    Moonlight in the River

    Moonlight in the River

    1 2003 HD

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  • 1990
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    Li-hsiang’s Love Line

    Li-hsiang’s Love Line

    5 1990 HD

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  • 1990
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    Li-hsiang’s Love Line

    Li-hsiang’s Love Line

    5 1990 HD

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  • 2021
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    Days

    Days

    6.7 2021 HD

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  • 1995
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    My New Friends

    My New Friends

    1 1995 HD

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  • 1995
    imgMovies

    Vive L'Amour

    Vive L'Amour

    7.2 1995 HD

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  • 2014
    imgMovies

    Stray Dogs

    Stray Dogs

    6.4 2014 HD

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  • 2021
    imgMovies

    Days

    Days

    6.7 2021 HD

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  • 2021
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    Days

    Days

    6.7 2021 HD

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  • 1994
    imgMovies

    Rebels of the Neon God

    Rebels of the Neon God

    7.32 1994 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    Boys

    Boys

    6.5 1991 HD

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  • 1991
    imgMovies

    Give Me a Home

    Give Me a Home

    7 1991 HD

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  • 1989
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    All the Corners of the World

    All the Corners of the World

    6.2 1989 HD

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  • 1989
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    All the Corners of the World

    All the Corners of the World

    6.2 1989 HD

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  • 1970
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    Stray Dogs at the Museum

    Stray Dogs at the Museum

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2018
    imgMovies

    Your Face

    Your Face

    6.9 2018 HD

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  • 2009
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    Face

    Face

    5.7 2009 HD

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  • 2009
    imgMovies

    Madame Butterfly

    Madame Butterfly

    6 2009 HD

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  • 2023
    imgMovies

    Yilan

    Yilan

    1 2023 HD

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  • 2023
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    Strolling Around

    Strolling Around

    1 2023 HD

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  • 1970
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    TS-CAM

    TS-CAM

    1 1970 HD

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  • 2019
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    Three Piglets

    Three Piglets

    1 2019 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

    1 1970 HD

    At age 12, in the twilight of the Chinese Civil War, GAO Bing-han followed the Nationalist government in their exodus to Taiwan under his...

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