Tsai Ming-liang

Tsai Ming-liang

Known for
Directing
Born
October 27, 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2026
Dust poster

Dust

Movie · Director

2025
Back Home poster

Back Home

Movie · Director

2025
Night Journey poster

Night Journey

Movie · Director

2024
Abiding Nowhere poster

Abiding Nowhere

Movie · Director

2024
Xining Public Housing poster

Xining Public Housing

Movie · Director

2023
Yilan poster

Yilan

Movie · Director

2023
Strolling Around poster

Strolling Around

Movie · Director

2022
Where poster

Where

Movie · Director

2022
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang? poster

Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?

Movie · Director

2021
The Night poster

The Night

Movie · Director

2021
The Moon and the Tree poster

The Moon and the Tree

Movie · Director

2021
Wandering poster

Wandering

Movie · Director

2021
Days poster

Days

Movie · Director

2018
The Deserted poster

The Deserted

Movie · Director

2018
Your Face poster

Your Face

Movie · Director

2018
Sand poster

Sand

Movie · Director

2018
Light poster

Light

Movie · Director

2016
Autumn Days poster

Autumn Days

Movie · Director

2015
No No Sleep poster

No No Sleep

Movie · Director

2015
Afternoon poster

Afternoon

Movie · Director

2015
Beautiful 2015 poster

Beautiful 2015

Movie · Director

2014
Stray Dogs poster

Stray Dogs

Movie · Director

2014
Journey to the West poster

Journey to the West

Movie · Director

2013
Letters from the South poster

Letters from the South

Movie · Director

2012
Transformation poster

Transformation

Movie · Director

2012
Beautiful 2012 poster

Beautiful 2012

Movie · Director

2012
Walker poster

Walker

Movie · Director

2012
No Form poster

No Form

Movie · Director

2012
Diamond Sutra poster

Diamond Sutra

Movie · Director

2012
Sleepwalk poster

Sleepwalk

Movie · Director

2009
Visage poster

Visage

Movie · Director

2009
Madame Butterfly poster

Madame Butterfly

Movie · Director

2008
Sleeping on Dark Waters poster

Sleeping on Dark Waters

Movie · Director

2007
To Each His Own Cinema poster

To Each His Own Cinema

Movie · Director

2007
It's a Dream poster

It's a Dream

Movie · Director

2006
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone poster

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

Movie · Director

2005
The Wayward Cloud poster

The Wayward Cloud

Movie · Director

2004
Aquarium poster

Aquarium

Movie · Director

2004
Welcome to São Paulo poster

Welcome to São Paulo

Movie · Director

2004
My Stinking Kid poster

My Stinking Kid

Movie · Director

2003
Goodbye, Dragon Inn poster

Goodbye, Dragon Inn

Movie · Director

2003
The Skywalk Is Gone poster

The Skywalk Is Gone

Movie · Director

2003
Moonlight in the River poster

Moonlight in the River

Movie · Director

2001
What Time Is It There? poster

What Time Is It There?

Movie · Director

2001
A Conversation with God poster

A Conversation with God

Movie · Director

2001
The Moon is Gone

The Moon is Gone

Movie · Director

1998
The Hole poster

The Hole

Movie · Director

1997
The River poster

The River

Movie · Director

1995
My New Friends poster

My New Friends

Movie · Director

1994
Vive L'Amour poster

Vive L'Amour

Movie · Director

1994
Rebels of the Neon God poster

Rebels of the Neon God

Movie · Director

1991
Boys poster

Boys

Movie · Director

1991
Give Me a Home poster

Give Me a Home

Movie · Director

1990
Li-hsiang’s Love Line poster

Li-hsiang’s Love Line

Movie · Director

1989
All the Corners of the World poster

All the Corners of the World

Movie · Director