Lee Kang-sheng

ActorProducerDirectorWriterDirecting Oct 12 (age 57) Taipei, Taiwan 1991–2025 (34 year career)

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Biography

Lee Kang-Sheng (Chinese: 李康生; Pinyin: Lǐ Kāngshēng; b. 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese actor, film director, and screenwriter. He has appeared in all of Tsai Ming-liang's theatrical feature films. Lee's own directorial efforts include The Missing (2003) and Help Me Eros (2007).

Known For

Film

Rebels of the Neon God

Hsiao-kang

Film

Vive L'Amour

Hsiao-kang

Film

Goodbye, Dragon Inn

Projectionist

Film

What Time Is It There?

Hsiao-Kang

Film

To Each His Own Cinema

(segment: It’s A Dream)

Film

The Hole

The Man Upstairs

Film

The River

Hsiao-Kang

Film

Stray Dogs

Father

Filmography

Acting (73)

Movies (69)

Blue Sun Palace

2025

as Cheung

6.5

Absence

2025

as Han Jiangyu

Night Journey

Black Ox

Stranger Eyes

as Lao Wu

Abiding Nowhere

Sonata of Wave

as Dongbin

Everything Is Unknown

as Hua Qi

Lost in Forest

as Sheng

The Wind Will Say

Fantasy · World

as Tang Shicheng

Hotel Iris

as Boatman

Where

as Monk

Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou

Grit

as Chief Liu

Wandering

Days

as Kang

Absence

as Han Jiangyu

Come and Go

2021

as Xiao Kang

Abyssal Spider

as Ship's Captain

The Rope Curse 2

as Huo-ge

The Deserted

Sand

as Self

Your Face

2018

as Self

6.8

The Tenants Downstairs

as Guo Li

Autumn Days

One & Zero

Single Belief

Sashimi

as Chen-ming

No No Sleep

as Monk

Beautiful 2015

Afternoon

as Self

Stray Dogs

as Father

Journey to the West

as Monk

Past Present

as Self

Letters from the South

2013

as Xiao Kang (segment "Walking on Water")

Walking on Water

Walker

as Monk

No Form

Sleepwalk

Diamond Sutra

Beautiful 2012

Transformation

as Himself

Visage

2009

as Kang / The Director

5.4

Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water

2009

as Self / Hsiao Kang - the director / St. John Baptist

Sleeping on Dark Waters

2008

5.7

To Each His Own Cinema

2007

as (segment: It’s A Dream)

Help Me, Eros

as Ah Jie

It's a Dream

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

2006

as Hsiao-Kang

6.5

The Wayward Cloud

2005

as Taiwanese Porn Actor

Goodbye, Dragon Inn

as Projectionist

The Skywalk Is Gone

as Hsiao-Kang

A Way We Go

as Ah Hui

Looking for Tsai

2002

as Himself

What Time Is It There?

as Hsiao-Kang

Sunny Doll

Ordinary Heroes

as Lee Siu Tung

The Hole

as The Man Upstairs

Sweet Degeneration

as Chun-sheng

The River

as Hsiao-Kang

A Drifting Life

as Ku-cheng

Vive L'Amour

as Hsiao-kang

My New Friends

Rebels of the Neon God

as Hsiao-kang

Boys

Sichuan Culinary Chronicles: In Four Chapters

The Rope Curse 4: Kuntilanak

The House On The Moon

as Yue Lao

Television (4)

Twisted Strings

as Tang Niansheng

Sisyphus

as Jiang Sen

Three Piglets

as Self

Golden Horse Awards

1962

as Self

9.0

Crew (14)

Movies (14)

Lost in Forest

Executive Producer

Single Belief

Director

Stray Dogs

Producer

Taipei 24H

Director

Taipei 24H

Writer

Remembrance

Director

Help Me, Eros

Director

Help Me, Eros

Writer

My Stinking Kid

Director

My Stinking Kid

Screenplay

The Missing

Director

The Missing

Writer

What Time Is It There?

2001

Producer

6.9

A Conversation with God

2001

Assistant Director

4.4