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Tsai Ming-liang

Personal Information

Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birth DateOct 27, 1957 (68 years old)
Zodiac Sign♏Scorpio
Place of BirthKuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Career Span1962 – Present (65 yrs)
Known Credits79 Titles
Official Links
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DirectingPopularity Score 1.5

Tsai Ming-liang

Also known as:蔡明亮차이밍량Tsai MingliangTsai Ming Liang+7 more
Total Works

79

76 movies • 3 shows

Avg Rating

6.5 / 10

across rated releases

Box Office

—

worldwide gross

Global Reach

#2

TMDB star index

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.

Signature Roles & Milestones

Goodbye, Dragon Inn
6.8
Role: Writer
Vive L'Amour
7.3
Vive L'Amour
1994•movie
Role: Director
To Each His Own Cinema
6.4
Role: Director
Rebels of the Neon God
7.3
Role: Director

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Full Filmography & Credits

Showing 79 titles featuring Tsai Ming-liang

Goodbye, Dragon Inn
6.8

Role: Writer

Vive L'Amour
7.3
Vive L'Amour
1994•movie

Role: Director

To Each His Own Cinema
6.4

Role: Director

Rebels of the Neon God
7.3

Role: Director

The Wayward Cloud
6.0
The Wayward Cloud
2005•movie

Role: Director

What Time Is It There?
7.0

Role: Director

The Hole
7.0
The Hole
1998•movie

Role: Screenplay

Stray Dogs
6.3
Stray Dogs
2014•movie

Role: Director

The River
6.8
The River
1997•movie

Role: Screenplay

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
6.6

Role: Director

Days
6.3
Days
2021•movie

Role: Director

The Skywalk Is Gone
5.9

Role: Director

The Night
5.9
The Night
2021•movie

Role: Director

Journey to the West
6.3

Role: Director

Visage
5.5
Visage
2009•movie
Help Me, Eros
5.7
Help Me, Eros
2007•movie

Role: Art Direction

Walker
6.2
Walker
2012•movie

Role: Director

Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
7.1

as Self

Your Face
6.6
Your Face
2018•movie

as Self

No No Sleep
6.1
No No Sleep
2015•movie

Role: Director

Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
5.5

as Self

The Missing
5.3
The Missing
2003•movie

Role: Executive Producer

Welcome to São Paulo
6.3

Role: Director

Run Away
8.2
Run Away
1985•movie

Role: Writer

Afternoon
7.3
Afternoon
2015•movie

as Self

Madame Butterfly
6.0
Madame Butterfly
2009•movie

Role: Director of Photography

Beautiful 2012
5.2
Beautiful 2012
2012•movie

Role: Director

A Conversation with God
5.2

Role: Director

Boys
6.2
Boys
1991•movie

Role: Director

All the Corners of the World
5.5

Role: Writer

Taipei 24H
6.8
Taipei 24H
2009•movie
Wandering
6.8
Wandering
2021•movie
Our Time, Our Story
6.0

as Self

Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
7.2

as Self - Filmmaker

Letters from the South
5.4

Role: Director

Teenage Fugitive
6.8
Teenage Fugitive
1984•movie

Role: Screenplay

Single Belief
6.5
Single Belief
2016•movie

Role: Producer

Past Present
6.3
Past Present
2013•movie

as Self

Sleeping on Dark Waters
5.7
The Game They Call Sex
6.3

Role: Writer

Abiding Nowhere
7.0
Abiding Nowhere
2024•movie

Role: Director

Light
6.3
Light
2018•movie

Role: Director

French Cinema Mon Amour
5.2

as Self

My New Friends
5.5
My New Friends
1995•movie

as Himself

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
7.5

as Self

Léaud l'unique
10.0
Léaud l'unique
2001•movie

as Self - filmmaker

Golden Horse Awards
9.0
2 eps
Golden Horse Awards
1962•series

as Self

The Moon and the Tree
6.0

Role: Director

Sleepwalk
6.0
Sleepwalk
2012•movie

Role: Director

Diamond Sutra
6.0
Diamond Sutra
2012•movie

Role: Writer

Xining Public Housing
6.0

Role: Director

My Stinking Kid
6.0
My Stinking Kid
2004•movie

Role: Director

Spring Daddy
7.0
Spring Daddy
1985•movie

Role: Writer

The Deserted
7.0
The Deserted
2018•movie

Role: Director

Give Me a Home
7.0
Give Me a Home
1991•movie

Role: Director

Li-hsiang’s Love Line
5.0

Role: Director

Back Home
7.5
Back Home
2025•movie

Role: Director

Dust
7.5
Dust
2026•movie

Role: Director

Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
seascape

as Himself

Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water

as Self as the film director of Visage

Moonlight in the River

as Narrator

Wiara
Wiara
2018•movie

as Self

Looking for Tsai
Looking for Tsai
2002•movie

as Himself

The Ozu Diaries
The Ozu Diaries
2025•movie

as Self

Three Piglets
1 eps
Three Piglets
2019•series

as Self

Transformation
Transformation
2012•movie

Role: Director

No Form
No Form
2012•movie

Role: Director

Aquarium
Aquarium
2004•movie

Role: Director

Sand
Sand
2018•movie

Role: Screenplay

Where
Where
2022•movie

Role: Director

Autumn Days
Autumn Days
2016•movie

Role: Director

Stray Dogs at the Museum

Role: Producer

Yilan
Yilan
2023•movie

Role: Director

Strolling Around
Strolling Around
2023•movie

Role: Director

Beautiful 2015
Beautiful 2015
2015•movie

Role: Director

It's a Dream
It's a Dream
2007•movie

Role: Director

Night Journey
Night Journey
2025•movie

Role: Screenplay

Mother
Mother
2022•series

Role: Presenter