Hou Hsiao-hsien

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Daughter of the Nile
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Daughter of the Nile

Aug. 22, 1987

Daughter of the Nile

Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother ...
Dust in the Wind
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Dust in the Wind

May. 09, 1986

Dust in the Wind

A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night ...
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
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The Time to Live and the Time to Die

An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien’s memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from ...
The Boys from Fengkuei
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The Boys from Fengkuei

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 ...
Play While You Play
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Play While You Play

Nov. 18, 1981

Play While You Play

A photographer travels with her boyfriend to a seaside village in Penghu. There she strikes up a relationship with a blind man. When they ...
To Each His Own Cinema
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To Each His Own Cinema

Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, “To Each His Own Cinema” brought together 33 of the ...
Goodbye South, Goodbye
7.2

Goodbye South, Goodbye

In this portrait of small-time hoods rendered in rhythm-of-life anecdotal detail, Gao is the leader of a circle of layabouts including his ...
A City of Sadness
7.8

A City of Sadness

Oct. 21, 1989

A City of Sadness

The story of a family embroiled in the “White Terror,” the Kuomintang government’s anti-communist political repression that was ...