Personal Info
Birthday
October 27, 1957
Place of Birth
Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Known For
Directing
Tsai Ming-liang
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.
Directed Movies (54)
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Night Journey
Movie2025
7.5
Back Home
Movie2025
7.0
Abiding Nowhere
Movie2024
0.0
Xining Public Housing
Movie2024
No Backdrop
0.0
Yilan
Movie2023
No Backdrop
0.0
Strolling Around
Movie2023
0.0
Where
Movie2022
No Backdrop
0.0
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
Movie2022
6.7
Wandering
Movie2021
0.0
The Moon and the Tree
Movie2021
5.9
The Night
Movie2021
6.3
Days
Movie2021
7.0
Light
Movie2018
6.8
Your Face
Movie2018
0.0
Sand
Movie2018
No Backdrop
7.0
The Deserted
Movie2018
No Backdrop
0.0
One & Zero
Movie2016
0.0
Autumn Days
Movie2016
7.3
Afternoon
Movie2015
5.9
No No Sleep
Movie2015
No Backdrop
0.0
Beautiful 2015
Movie2015
6.3
Journey to the West
Movie2014
6.3
Stray Dogs
Movie2014
5.4
Letters from the South
Movie2013
6.1
Walker
Movie2012
0.0
Diamond Sutra
Movie2012
No Backdrop
0.0
Sleepwalk
Movie2012
0.0
No Form
Movie2012
No Backdrop
5.2
Beautiful 2012
Movie2012
No Backdrop
0.0
Transformation
Movie2012
5.4
Visage
Movie2009
6.0
Madame Butterfly
Movie2009
No Backdrop
5.7
Sleeping on Dark Waters
Movie2008
6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
Movie2007
No Backdrop
0.0
It's a Dream
Movie2007
6.6
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
Movie2006
5.9
The Wayward Cloud
Movie2005
No Backdrop
0.0
Aquarium
Movie2004
No Backdrop
6.0
Welcome to São Paulo
Movie2004
No Backdrop
6.0
My Stinking Kid
Movie2004
6.8
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Movie2003
No Backdrop
0.0
Moonlight in the River
Movie2003
5.9
The Skywalk Is Gone
Movie2002
7.0
What Time Is It There?
Movie2001
No Backdrop
5.2
A Conversation with God
Movie2001
7.0
The Hole
Movie1999
6.8
The River
Movie1997
7.2
Vive L'Amour
Movie1995
No Backdrop
5.5
My New Friends
Movie1995
7.3
Rebels of the Neon God
Movie1994
No Backdrop
6.2
Boys
Movie1991
No Backdrop
7.0
Give Me a Home
Movie1991
No Backdrop
5.0
Li-hsiang’s Love Line
Movie1990
5.5
All the Corners of the World
Movie1989
Acting Filmography (24)
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Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
Movie2026
0.0
The Ozu Diaries
Movie2025
7.7
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
Movie2024
No Backdrop
0.0
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
Movie2022
6.7
Wandering
Movie2021
0.0
Three Piglets
TV Series2019
6.8
Your Face
Movie2018
No Backdrop
0.0
Wiara
Movie2018
7.3
Afternoon
Movie2015
5.2
French Cinema Mon Amour
Movie2015
7.2
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
Movie2014
6.3
Past Present
Movie2013
No Backdrop
6.8
Taipei 24H
Movie2009
5.4
Visage
Movie2009
No Backdrop
0.0
Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
Movie2009
No Backdrop
5.7
Sleeping on Dark Waters
Movie2008
No Backdrop
0.0
Moonlight in the River
Movie2003
No Backdrop
6.0
Our Time, Our Story
Movie2002
No Backdrop
0.0
Looking for Tsai
Movie2002
No Backdrop
10.0
Léaud l'unique
Movie2001
5.2
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
Movie1998
No Backdrop
5.5
My New Friends
Movie1995
9.0
Golden Horse Awards
TV Series1962
No Backdrop
0.0
seascape
MovieN/A