Hou Hsiao-hsien

Hou Hsiao-hsien

ProducerActorDirectorWriterProduction Apr 8 (age 79) Mei County, Guangdong, China 1962–2025 (63 year career)
6.7 avg rating

Biography

Hou Hsiao-hsien (Chinese: 侯孝賢; pinyin: Hóu Xiàoxián) (born April 8, 1947) is a retired award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement.

Known For

Filmography

Crew (73)

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Movies (72)

Mongrel

Mongrel

2025

Executive Producer

8.0
Daughter's Daughter

Daughter's Daughter

2024

Executive Producer

7.7
Old Fox

Old Fox

2023

Executive Producer

7.6
Be with Me

Be with Me

2023

Executive Producer

4.3
I Remember

I Remember

2022

Producer

Salute

Salute

2022

Producer

8.8
The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams

The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams

2020

Producer

8.0
Father to Son

Father to Son

2018

Executive Producer

6.1
Baby

Baby

2018

Executive Producer

5.9
Missing Johnny

Missing Johnny

2017

Producer

5.6
The Assassin

The Assassin

2015

Director

6.4
The Assassin

The Assassin

2015

Executive Producer

6.4
The Assassin

The Assassin

2015

Screenplay

6.4
Paradise in Service

Paradise in Service

2014

Executive Producer

6.7
Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above

2013

Executive Producer

7.7
10 Plus 10

10 Plus 10

2011

Director

5.7
Return Ticket

Return Ticket

2011

Executive Producer

7.0
Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy

Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy

2011

Producer

8.0
Taipei Exchanges

Taipei Exchanges

2010

Producer

6.6
One Day

One Day

2010

Executive Producer

7.1
In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship

2008

Director

To Each His Own Cinema

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

Director

6.5
Flight of the Red Balloon

Flight of the Red Balloon

2007

Director

6.2
Flight of the Red Balloon

Flight of the Red Balloon

2007

Writer

6.2
Reflections

Reflections

2007

Producer

3.4
Three Times

Three Times

2005

Director

7.0
Three Times

Three Times

2005

Writer

7.0
Café Lumière

Café Lumière

2004

Director

6.7
Café Lumière

Café Lumière

2004

Writer

6.7
Millennium Mambo

Millennium Mambo

2001

Director

7.0
Mirror Image

Mirror Image

2001

Executive Producer

6.8
Flowers of Shanghai

Flowers of Shanghai

1998

Director

6.9
Flowers of Shanghai

Flowers of Shanghai

1998

Executive Producer

6.9
Goodbye South, Goodbye

Goodbye South, Goodbye

1996

Director

6.9
Why Don't We Sing?

Why Don't We Sing?

1996

Producer

Heartbreak Island

Heartbreak Island

1995

Executive Producer

5.0
Good Men, Good Women

Good Men, Good Women

1995

Director

7.2
A Borrowed Life

A Borrowed Life

1995

Executive Producer

6.9
The Puppetmaster

The Puppetmaster

1993

Director

6.5
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

1993

Supervising Producer

5.4
Dust of Angels

Dust of Angels

1992

Producer

7.8
Raise the Red Lantern

Raise the Red Lantern

1991

Executive Producer

7.9
King of Chess

King of Chess

1991

Producer

6.5
A City of Sadness

A City of Sadness

1989

Director

7.5
All for Tomorrow

All for Tomorrow

1988

Producer

Daughter of the Nile

Daughter of the Nile

1987

Director

7.0
Dust in the Wind

Dust in the Wind

1986

Director

7.6
Adult Game

Adult Game

1986

Director

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

1985

Director

7.2
The Time to Live and the Time to Die

The Time to Live and the Time to Die

1985

Writer

7.2
Taipei Story

Taipei Story

1985

Screenplay

7.4
My Favorite Season

My Favorite Season

1985

Writer

A Summer at Grandpa's

A Summer at Grandpa's

1984

Director

7.4
Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

1984

Writer

The Sandwich Man

The Sandwich Man

1983

Director

7.0
Ah Fei

Ah Fei

1983

Writer

5.9
Growing Up

Growing Up

1983

Screenplay

7.0
The Boys from Fengkuei

The Boys from Fengkuei

1983

Director

7.1
Six Is Company

Six Is Company

1982

Writer

The Green, Green Grass of Home

The Green, Green Grass of Home

1982

Director

6.5
The Green, Green Grass of Home

The Green, Green Grass of Home

1982

Writer

6.5
Play While You Play

Play While You Play

1981

Director

6.1
Play While You Play

Play While You Play

1981

Writer

6.1
Longing

Longing

1981

Writer

Cute Girl

Cute Girl

1980

Director

6.2
Spring in Autumn

Spring in Autumn

1980

Writer

5.5
It Was Rainy Last Night

It Was Rainy Last Night

1979

Screenplay

Good Morning, Taipei

Good Morning, Taipei

1979

Screenplay

6.0
Chu Lien

Chu Lien

1979

Screenplay

7.5
Lover on the Wave

Lover on the Wave

1978

Screenplay

The Revenge of Two Exorcists

The Revenge of Two Exorcists

1975

Screenplay

LOMA - Our Home

LOMA - Our Home

Executive Producer