Tsai Ming-liang
Director · Actor · WriterTsai Ming-liang (Chinese: 蔡 明亮, Pinyin: Cài Míngliàng; born October 27, 1957) is a Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker. He has written and directed 11 feature films and has also directed many short films, television films, documentaries and art installations. 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.
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KNOWN FOR
FILMOGRAPHY
ACTOR25
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
2026
Self
The Ozu Diaries
2025
Self
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
2024
Self - Filmmaker
- The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang
The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang
2022
Tsai Ming-liang
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
2022
- Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou
Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou
2022
Wandering
2021
Your Face
2018
Self
Wiara
2018
Self
Afternoon
2015
Self
French Cinema Mon Amour
2015
Self
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
2014
Self
Past Present
2013
Self
Taipei 24H
2009
Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
2009
Self as the film director of Visage
Visage
2009
- Remembrance
Remembrance
2009
Client
Sleeping on Dark Waters
2008
Moonlight in the River
2003
Narrator
Our Time, Our Story
2002
Self
Looking for Tsai
2002
Himself
Léaud l'unique
2001
Self - filmmaker
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
Self
My New Friends
1995
Himself
seascape
Himself
DIRECTOR54
Back Home
2025
Director
Night Journey
2025
Director
Abiding Nowhere
2024
Director
Xining Public Housing
2024
Director
Yilan
2023
Director
Strolling Around
2023
Director
Where
2022
Director
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
2022
Director
The Night
2021
Director
The Moon and the Tree
2021
Director
Wandering
2021
Director
Days
2021
Director
The Deserted
2018
Director
Your Face
2018
Director
Sand
2018
Director
Light
2018
Director
Autumn Days
2016
Director
One & Zero
2016
Director
No No Sleep
2015
Director
Afternoon
2015
Director
Beautiful 2015
2015
Director
Stray Dogs
2014
Director
Journey to the West
2014
Director
Letters from the South
2013
Director
Transformation
2012
Director
Beautiful 2012
2012
Director
Walker
2012
Director
No Form
2012
Director
Sleepwalk
2012
Director
Diamond Sutra
2012
Director
Visage
2009
Director
Madame Butterfly
2009
Director
Sleeping on Dark Waters
2008
Director
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Director
It's a Dream
2007
Director
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2006
Director
The Wayward Cloud
2005
Director
Aquarium
2004
Director
Welcome to São Paulo
2004
Director
My Stinking Kid
2004
Director
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2003
Director
Moonlight in the River
2003
Director
The Skywalk Is Gone
2002
Director
What Time Is It There?
2001
Director
A Conversation with God
2001
Director
The Hole
1999
Director
The River
1997
Director
Vive L'Amour
1995
Director
My New Friends
1995
Director
Rebels of the Neon God
1994
Director
Boys
1991
Director
Give Me a Home
1991
Director
Li-hsiang’s Love Line
1990
Director
All the Corners of the World
1989
Director
WRITER31
Night Journey
2025
Screenplay
The Night
2021
Writer
Days
2021
Writer
Sand
2018
Screenplay
Journey to the West
2014
Adaptation
Stray Dogs
2014
Writer
Letters from the South
2013
Screenplay
Sleepwalk
2012
Writer
Diamond Sutra
2012
Writer
Walker
2012
Writer
No Form
2012
Screenplay
Madame Butterfly
2009
Writer
Visage
2009
Screenplay, Idea, Story, Writer
It's a Dream
2007
Writer
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2006
Writer
The Wayward Cloud
2005
Writer
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2003
Writer
The Skywalk Is Gone
2002
Screenplay
What Time Is It There?
2001
Screenplay
The Hole
1999
Screenplay
The River
1997
Screenplay
Vive L'Amour
1995
Screenplay
Rebels of the Neon God
1994
Screenplay
Give Me a Home
1991
Writer
Boys
1991
Writer
Li-hsiang’s Love Line
1990
Writer
All the Corners of the World
1989
Writer
The Game They Call Sex
1987
Writer
Spring Daddy
1985
Writer
Run Away
1984
Writer
Teenage Fugitive
1984
Screenplay
