Tsai Ming-liang
🎬 Director

Tsai Ming-liang

🎂 Born 27 October 1957 (age 68)📍 Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
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Popularity Score
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Acting Credits
54
Directed

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.

Known For

Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
2026
Self
Visage
★ 5.4
Visage
2009
Taipei 24H
★ 6.8
Taipei 24H
2009
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
★ 5.2
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
1998
Self

Directed Films(54)

Days
★ 6.4
Days
2021
Director
Vive L'Amour
★ 7.2
Vive L'Amour
1995
Director
To Each His Own Cinema
★ 6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
2007
Director
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
★ 6.8
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
2003
Director
Rebels of the Neon God
★ 7.3
Rebels of the Neon God
1994
Director
The Wayward Cloud
★ 5.9
The Wayward Cloud
2005
Director
What Time Is It There?
★ 7.0
What Time Is It There?
2001
Director
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
★ 6.5
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
2006
Director
Visage
★ 5.4
Visage
2009
Director
No No Sleep
★ 5.9
No No Sleep
2015
Director
Stray Dogs
★ 6.3
Stray Dogs
2014
Director
The River
★ 6.7
The River
1997
Director
The Hole
★ 7.0
The Hole
1999
Director
Walker
★ 6.1
Walker
2012
Director
Journey to the West
★ 6.3
Journey to the West
2014
Director
Night Journey
Night Journey
2025
Director
One & Zero
One & Zero
2016
Director
Your Face
★ 6.8
Your Face
2018
Director
Boys
★ 6.2
Boys
1991
Director
Welcome to São Paulo
★ 6.0
Welcome to São Paulo
2004
Director
Madame Butterfly
★ 6.0
Madame Butterfly
2009
Director
Letters from the South
★ 5.4
Letters from the South
2013
Director
Sand
Sand
2018
Director
Diamond Sutra
Diamond Sutra
2012
Director
Wandering
★ 6.7
Wandering
2021
Director
Abiding Nowhere
★ 7.0
Abiding Nowhere
2024
Director
All the Corners of the World
★ 5.5
All the Corners of the World
1989
Director
Beautiful 2015
Beautiful 2015
2015
Director
No Form
No Form
2012
Director
Where
Where
2022
Director
Beautiful 2012
★ 5.2
Beautiful 2012
2012
Director
My Stinking Kid
★ 6.0
My Stinking Kid
2004
Director
The Deserted
★ 7.0
The Deserted
2018
Director
Transformation
Transformation
2012
Director
My New Friends
★ 5.5
My New Friends
1995
Director
Autumn Days
Autumn Days
2016
Director
The Skywalk Is Gone
★ 5.9
The Skywalk Is Gone
2002
Director
Afternoon
★ 7.3
Afternoon
2015
Director
Light
★ 7.0
Light
2018
Director
Li-hsiang’s Love Line
★ 5.0
Li-hsiang’s Love Line
1990
Director
The Night
★ 5.9
The Night
2021
Director
Xining Public Housing
Xining Public Housing
2024
Director
Sleepwalk
Sleepwalk
2012
Director
A Conversation with God
★ 5.2
A Conversation with God
2001
Director
It's a Dream
It's a Dream
2007
Director
Back Home
★ 7.5
Back Home
2025
Director
The Moon and the Tree
The Moon and the Tree
2021
Director
Moonlight in the River
Moonlight in the River
2003
Director
Sleeping on Dark Waters
★ 5.7
Sleeping on Dark Waters
2008
Director
Strolling Around
Strolling Around
2023
Director
Aquarium
Aquarium
2004
Director
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
2022
Director
Give Me a Home
★ 7.0
Give Me a Home
1991
Director
Yilan
Yilan
2023
Director

Full Filmography(21 films)

YearTitleRating
2026Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema—2009Visage★ 5.42009Taipei 24H★ 6.81998Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema★ 5.22014Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema★ 7.22002Our Time, Our Story★ 6.02018Your Face★ 6.82015French Cinema Mon Amour★ 5.22025The Ozu Diaries—2013Past Present★ 6.32024Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema★ 7.72021Wandering★ 6.71995My New Friends★ 5.52015Afternoon★ 7.32001Léaud l'unique★ 10.02018Wiara—2003Moonlight in the River—2009Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water—2008Sleeping on Dark Waters★ 5.72002Looking for Tsai—2022Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?—
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