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Tsai Ming-liang

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Born: 1957-10-27
From: Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.8

Also Known As

蔡明亮차이밍량Tsai MingliangTsai Ming Liang蔡 明亮Choi Ming-leungChoi Ming LeungChoi Mingleung

Biography

Tsai 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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Awards & Nominations6 won · 0 nominated

🏆 Won

Asia's Most Influential Taiwan

2021
🏆 Won

Officer of Arts and Letters

2014
🏆 Won

Golden Horse Award for Best Director

Stray Dogs

2013
🏆 Won

Golden Horse Award for Best Director

Vive L'Amour

1994
🏆 Won

Golden Lion

🏆 Won

National Cultural Award

Acting24 titles

Léaud l'unique
10.0
Movie

Léaud l'unique

2001Drama
Golden Horse Awards
9.0
Series

Golden Horse Awards

1962 - ...Documentary
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
7.7
Movie

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema

2024Documentary
Afternoon
7.3
Movie

Afternoon

2015Documentary
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
7.2
Movie

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema

2014Documentary
Taipei 24H
6.8
Movie

Taipei 24H

2009Comedy
Your Face
6.8
Movie

Your Face

2018Documentary
Wandering
6.7
Movie

Wandering

2021Drama
Past Present
6.3
Movie

Past Present

2013Documentary
Our Time, Our Story
6.0
Movie

Our Time, Our Story

2002Documentary
Sleeping on Dark Waters
5.7
Movie

Sleeping on Dark Waters

2008Documentary
My New Friends
5.5
Movie

My New Friends

1995Documentary
Visage
5.4
Movie

Visage

2009Comedy
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
5.2
Movie

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema

1998Documentary
French Cinema Mon Amour
5.2
Movie

French Cinema Mon Amour

2015Documentary
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
0
Movie

Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?

2022Documentary
seascape
0
Movie

seascape

2024Drama
Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
0
Movie

Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water

2009Documentary
Moonlight in the River
0
Movie

Moonlight in the River

2003Documentary
Wiara
0
Movie

Wiara

2018Documentary
Looking for Tsai
0
Movie

Looking for Tsai

2002Documentary
The Ozu Diaries
0
Movie

The Ozu Diaries

2025Documentary
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
New0
Movie

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema

2026Documentary
Three Piglets
0
Series

Three Piglets

2019 - ...Documentary

Directing54 titles

Back Home
7.5
Movie

Back Home

2025Documentary
Rebels of the Neon God
7.3
Movie

Rebels of the Neon God

1994Drama
Afternoon
7.3
Movie

Afternoon

2015Documentary
Vive L'Amour
7.2
Movie

Vive L'Amour

1995Drama
What Time Is It There?
7.0
Movie

What Time Is It There?

2001Drama
The Hole
7.0
Movie

The Hole

1999Drama
Abiding Nowhere
7.0
Movie

Abiding Nowhere

2024Drama
The Deserted
7.0
Movie

The Deserted

2018Drama
Give Me a Home
7.0
Movie

Give Me a Home

1991Drama
Light
7.0
Movie

Light

2018Documentary
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
6.8
Movie

Goodbye, Dragon Inn

2003Drama
Your Face
6.8
Movie

Your Face

2018Documentary
The River
6.7
Movie

The River

1997Drama
Wandering
6.7
Movie

Wandering

2021Drama
Days
6.6
Movie

Days

2021Drama
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
6.5
Movie

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

2006Drama
To Each His Own Cinema
6.5
Movie

To Each His Own Cinema

2007Comedy
Stray Dogs
6.3
Movie

Stray Dogs

2014Drama
Journey to the West
6.3
Movie

Journey to the West

2014Drama
Boys
6.2
Movie

Boys

1991Drama
Walker
6.1
Movie

Walker

2012Drama
Madame Butterfly
6.0
Movie

Madame Butterfly

2009Drama
Welcome to São Paulo
6.0
Movie

Welcome to São Paulo

2004Drama
My Stinking Kid
6.0
Movie

My Stinking Kid

2004Drama
The Wayward Cloud
5.9
Movie

The Wayward Cloud

2005Comedy
The Skywalk Is Gone
5.9
Movie

The Skywalk Is Gone

2002Comedy
The Night
5.9
Movie

The Night

2021Documentary
No No Sleep
5.9
Movie

No No Sleep

2015Drama
Sleeping on Dark Waters
5.7
Movie

Sleeping on Dark Waters

2008Documentary
My New Friends
5.5
Movie

My New Friends

1995Documentary
All the Corners of the World
5.5
Movie

All the Corners of the World

1989Drama
Visage
5.4
Movie

Visage

2009Comedy
Letters from the South
5.4
Movie

Letters from the South

2013Drama
Beautiful 2012
5.2
Movie

Beautiful 2012

2012Drama
A Conversation with God
5.2
Movie

A Conversation with God

2001Documentary
Li-hsiang’s Love Line
5.0
Movie

Li-hsiang’s Love Line

1990Drama
Transformation
0
Movie

Transformation

2012Drama
No Form
0
Movie

No Form

2012Drama
Aquarium
0
Movie

Aquarium

2004Documentary
The Moon and the Tree
0
Movie

The Moon and the Tree

2021Documentary
Diamond Sutra
0
Movie

Diamond Sutra

2012Drama
Sleepwalk
0
Movie

Sleepwalk

2012Drama
Where
0
Movie

Where

2022Drama
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
0
Movie

Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?

2022Documentary
Xining Public Housing
0
Movie

Xining Public Housing

2024Documentary
Autumn Days
0
Movie

Autumn Days

2016Documentary
One & Zero
0
Movie

One & Zero

2016Drama
Sand
0
Movie

Sand

2018Drama
Moonlight in the River
0
Movie

Moonlight in the River

2003Documentary
Yilan
0
Movie

Yilan

2023Documentary
Strolling Around
0
Movie

Strolling Around

2023Drama
Beautiful 2015
0
Movie

Beautiful 2015

2015Drama
It's a Dream
0
Movie

It's a Dream

2007Drama
Night Journey
0
Movie

Night Journey

2025Drama

Writing31 titles

Run Away
8.3
Movie

Run Away

1984Drama
Rebels of the Neon God
7.3
Movie

Rebels of the Neon God

1994Drama
Vive L'Amour
7.2
Movie

Vive L'Amour

1995Drama
The Hole
7.0
Movie

The Hole

1999Drama
Spring Daddy
7.0
Movie

Spring Daddy

1985Drama
Give Me a Home
7.0
Movie

Give Me a Home

1991Drama
What Time Is It There?
7.0
Movie

What Time Is It There?

2001Drama
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
6.8
Movie

Goodbye, Dragon Inn

2003Drama
Teenage Fugitive
6.8
Movie

Teenage Fugitive

1984Comedy
The River
6.7
Movie

The River

1997Drama
Days
6.6
Movie

Days

2021Drama
The Game They Call Sex
6.5
Movie

The Game They Call Sex

1987Romance
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
6.5
Movie

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

2006Drama
Journey to the West
6.3
Movie

Journey to the West

2014Drama
Stray Dogs
6.3
Movie

Stray Dogs

2014Drama
Boys
6.2
Movie

Boys

1991Drama
Walker
6.1
Movie

Walker

2012Drama
Madame Butterfly
6.0
Movie

Madame Butterfly

2009Drama
The Wayward Cloud
5.9
Movie

The Wayward Cloud

2005Comedy
The Night
5.9
Movie

The Night

2021Documentary
The Skywalk Is Gone
5.9
Movie

The Skywalk Is Gone

2002Comedy
All the Corners of the World
5.5
Movie

All the Corners of the World

1989Drama
Visage
5.4
Movie

Visage

2009Comedy
Letters from the South
5.4
Movie

Letters from the South

2013Drama
Li-hsiang’s Love Line
5.0
Movie

Li-hsiang’s Love Line

1990Drama
Sand
0
Movie

Sand

2018Drama
Sleepwalk
0
Movie

Sleepwalk

2012Drama
Diamond Sutra
0
Movie

Diamond Sutra

2012Drama
No Form
0
Movie

No Form

2012Drama
Night Journey
0
Movie

Night Journey

2025Drama
It's a Dream
0
Movie

It's a Dream

2007Drama

Production7 titles

Your Face
6.8
Movie

Your Face

2018Documentary
Days
6.6
Movie

Days

2021Drama
Single Belief
6.3
Movie

Single Belief

2016Drama
Help Me, Eros
5.7
Movie

Help Me, Eros

2007Drama
Visage
5.4
Movie

Visage

2009Comedy
The Missing
5.3
Movie

The Missing

2003Drama
Stray Dogs at the Museum
0
Movie

Stray Dogs at the Museum

2024Documentary

Camera4 titles

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
6.5
Movie

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

2006Drama
Walker
6.1
Movie

Walker

2012Drama
Madame Butterfly
6.0
Movie

Madame Butterfly

2009Drama
The Night
5.9
Movie

The Night

2021Documentary

Art2 titles

Stray Dogs
6.3
Movie

Stray Dogs

2014Drama
Help Me, Eros
5.7
Movie

Help Me, Eros

2007Drama

Editing1 title

Night Journey
0
Movie

Night Journey

2025Drama

Crew4 titles

Madame Butterfly
6.0
Movie

Madame Butterfly

2009Drama
Visage
5.4
Movie

Visage

2009Comedy
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
0
Movie

Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?

2022Documentary
Mother
0
Series

Mother

2022Drama