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Hsiao-Hsien Hou

Of the ten films that Hsiao-Hsien Hou directed between 1980 and 1989, seven received best film or best director awards from prestigious international films festivals in Venice, Berlin, Hawaii, and the Festival of the Three Continents in Nantes. In a 1988 worldwide critics' poll, Hou was championed as "one of the three directors most crucial to the... See full bio »
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 2015 Cìkè Niè Yinniáng (screenplay - as Hsiao-hsien Hou)
 2003 Kôhî jikô (screenplay)
 1984 Xiao ba ba de tian kong (as Shiaw Shyann Hour)
 1984 Dong dong de jiàqi (screenplay)
 1983 You ma cai zi
 1983 Xiao Bi de gu shi (writer)
 1982 Zai na he pan qing cao qing (writer)
 1980 Tian liang hao ge qiu (screenplay)
 1980 Jiu shi liu liu de ta (screenplay)
 1979 Zao an tai bei (writer)
 1979 Chu lian (screenplay)
 1978 Wo ta lang er lai (as Lei Hou)
 1976 Cui hu han (uncredited)
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TV commercial for Nippon Shokubai Co. - Director

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1 Biographical Movie | 5 Articles | See more »

Alternate Names:

Hsiao-hsien Hou | Lei Hou | Xiao Xian Hou | Xiao-Xian Hou | Shiaw Shyann Hour | Hou Hao Yin
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[on how he became a filmmaker] (When he was in the army) On Sundays, when I was on leave, I'd go to the movies. Sometimes I'd see four films a day. Without knowing whether I'd study cinema, I'd decided it was what I wanted to do. I liked the cinema without knowing exactly what I'd do in it. I began working, as soon as I got out of university, as an assistant and as a screenwriter, not knowing I'd... See more »

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He is the 25th generation of his family. He still sends money to maintain a family temple in China. See more »

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Imagery of a sensual beauty See more »

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Aries

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