Hou Hsiao-hsien

Hou Hsiao-hsien

Actor · Director · Producer · Writer

Mei County, Guangdong, China
April 8, 1947

Biography

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.

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Hou Hsiao-hsien 1
Hou Hsiao-hsien 2

Representative Works

Raise the Red Lantern
Raise the Red Lantern
7.9
/ Chinese Simplified
The Assassin
The Assassin
6.4
/ Chinese Simplified
A City of Sadness
A City of Sadness
7.5
/ Chinese Simplified
Millennium Mambo
Millennium Mambo
7.0
/ Chinese Simplified
Dragon Girls!
Dragon Girls!
6.8
/ French
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
7.2
/ Chinese Simplified
Flowers of Shanghai
Flowers of Shanghai
6.9
/ Chinese Simplified
Taipei Story
Taipei Story
7.5
/ Chinese Simplified
Paradise in Service
Paradise in Service
6.8
/ Chinese Simplified
Dust in the Wind
Dust in the Wind
7.6
/ Chinese Simplified
The Sandwich Man
The Sandwich Man
7.1
/ Chinese Simplified

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Raise the Red Lantern
1991Winner

Best Picture

Raise the Red Lantern

The Assassin
2015Nominee

Best Director

The Assassin

A City of Sadness
1989Nominee

Best Director

A City of Sadness

Career Highlights

Millennium Mambo
2001Highlight

Best Director

Millennium Mambo

To Each His Own Cinema
2007Highlight

Best Director

To Each His Own Cinema

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