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Hou Hsiao-hsien

Hou Hsiao-hsien

April 8, 1947 (77 years old)

The Assassin

V.O.: Nie Yinniang
Taïw. 2015. Martial arts by Hou Hsiao-hsien with Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Zhou Yun. In ninth century China, an assassin must choose between killing a powerful governor she feels affection for or betraying her guild and family.
Runtime: 104 min.

Shuriken School: The Ninja's Secret

V.O.: Le Voyage du ballon rouge
Fr. 2007. Dramatic comedy by Hou Hsiao-hsien with Juliette Binoche, Simon Iteanu, Fang Song. In Paris, a film student of Chinese origin becomes the babysitter of the young son of a divorced actress, overwhelmed by her many activities.
Runtime: 115 min.

Three Times

V.O.: Zui hao de shi guang
Taïw. 2005. Sentimental drama by Hou Hsiao-hsien with Shu Qi, Chang Chen, Mei Fang. In 1966, 1911 and 2005, the love stories of young Taiwanese individuals are upset by various circumstances.
Runtime: 135 min.

Millenium Mambo

V.O.: Qian xi man bo
Jap. 2001. Sentimental drama by Hou Hsiao-hsien with Shu Qi, Jack Kao, Duan Chun-hao. The loves of a young woman in the night clubs of Taipei.
Runtime: 120 min.

Flowers of Shanghai

V.O.: Hai shang hua
Jap. 1998. Drama by Hou Hsiao-hsien with Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Michiko Hada, Carina Lau. Various stories set in a Shanghai brothel.
Runtime: 113 min.
Taïw. 1985. Biography by Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Runtime: 138 min.

The Boys from Fengkuei

V.O.: Fong guei lai de ren
Taïw. 1983. Drama by Hou Hsiao-hsien with Doze Niu Cheng-Tse, Zhang Shi, Lin Hsiu-Ling. Three young people from a fishing village set off to find work in a port town.
Runtime: 99 min.

The Green, Green Grass of Home

V.O.: Zai na hepan qingcao qing
Taïw. 1982. Drama by Hou Hsiao-hsien with Kenny Bee, Jing-kuo Yen, Meifeng Chen. A teacher from Taipei gets a job as a substitute teacher in a remote village school, where he falls in love with a female colleague.
Runtime: 91 min.

Cute Girl

V.O.: Jiou shih liou liou de ta
Taïw. 1980. Dramatic comedy by Hou Hsiao-hsien with Kenny Bee, Fong Fei-fei, Anthony Chan Yau. While learning French to go and live with her fiancé in Europe, a young Taiwanese woman falls in love with a poor civil engineering student.
Runtime: 90 min.

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