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Hou Hsiao-hsien

1947 - Today

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Hou Hsiao-hsien (Chinese: 侯孝賢; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hâu Hàu-hiân; born 8 April 1947) is a retired Mainland Chinese-born Taiwanese film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a leading figure in world cinema and in Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement. He won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1989 for his film A City of Sadness (1989), and the Best Director award at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015 for The Assassin (2015). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hou Hsiao-hsien has received more than 652,513 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia. Hou Hsiao-hsien is the 935th most popular actor (up from 1,099th in 2019), the 396th most popular biography from China (up from 447th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Chinese Actor.

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  • 650k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.31

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 28

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.40

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.93

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Hou Hsiao-hsien ranks 935 out of 13,578. Before him are Vera Miles, Max Schreck, John Turturro, Sebastian Shaw, Kenny Baker, and Cesar Romero. After him are Jesper Christensen, Olga Knipper, Josephine Chaplin, Michelle Rodriguez, Ryan Reynolds, and Corinne Cléry.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Hou Hsiao-hsien ranks 102. Before him are Edu Coimbra, Edward James Olmos, Wes Studi, Marouf al-Bakhit, Anne Wiazemsky, and Haji Mohammad Chamkani. After him are Mitt Romney, Viktor Suvorov, Jerzy Popiełuszko, Patrick Dewaere, Ron Dennis, and Marisa Berenson.

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In China

Among people born in China, Hou Hsiao-hsien ranks 396 out of 1,610. Before him are Zhuge Jin (174), Di Yi (-1200), Qi Baishi (1864), Emperor Duanzong (1268), Cangjie (-2650), and Emperor Huai of Jin (300). After him are Kong Rong (153), Deng Ai (197), Mi Fu (1051), Liu Zhang (200), Pan Geng (-1500), and Shen Buhai (-385).

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    Zhuge Jin

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    174 - Present

    HPI: 59.39

    Rank: 390

  • Photo of Di Yi

    Di Yi

    POLITICIAN

    1200 BC - 1076 BC

    HPI: 59.39

    Rank: 391

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    Qi Baishi

    PAINTER

    1864 - 1957

    HPI: 59.38

    Rank: 392

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    Emperor Duanzong

    POLITICIAN

    1268 - 1278

    HPI: 59.36

    Rank: 393

  • Photo of Cangjie

    Cangjie

    HISTORIAN

    2650 BC - Present

    HPI: 59.33

    Rank: 394

  • Photo of Emperor Huai of Jin

    Emperor Huai of Jin

    POLITICIAN

    300 - 313

    HPI: 59.33

    Rank: 395

  • Photo of Hou Hsiao-hsien

    Hou Hsiao-hsien

    ACTOR

    1947 - Present

    HPI: 59.31

    Rank: 396

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    Kong Rong

    POLITICIAN

    153 - 208

    HPI: 59.30

    Rank: 397

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    Deng Ai

    MILITARY PERSONNEL

    197 - Present

    HPI: 59.28

    Rank: 398

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    Mi Fu

    PAINTER

    1051 - 1107

    HPI: 59.27

    Rank: 399

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    Liu Zhang

    POLITICIAN

    200 - 219

    HPI: 59.24

    Rank: 400

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    Pan Geng

    POLITICIAN

    1500 BC - 1374

    HPI: 59.23

    Rank: 401

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    Shen Buhai

    PHILOSOPHER

    385 BC - 337 BC

    HPI: 59.20

    Rank: 402

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Hou Hsiao-hsien ranks 7. Before him are Toshiro Mifune (1920), Jet Li (1963), Bolo Yeung (1946), Donnie Yen (1963), Gong Li (1965), and Yoshiko Yamaguchi (1920). After him are Yuen Biao (1957), Run Run Shaw (1907), Shih Kien (1913), Yuen Siu-tien (1912), Ti Lung (1946), and Zhou Xuan (1920).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Assassin
9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her into an exceptional assassin charged with eliminating cruel and corrupt local governors. One day, having failed in a task, she is sent back by her mistress to the land of her birth, with orders to kill the man to whom she was promised – a cousin who now leads the largest military region in North China. After 13 years of exile, the young woman must confront her parents, her memories and her long-repressed feelings.
Aug 27o 20156.4 / 10
Millennium Mambo
Vicky recalls her romances with her exes Hao Hao and Jack in the neon-lit clubs of Taipei.
Oct 31o 20017 / 10
To Each His Own Cinema
Commissioned to mark the 60th anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, "To Each His Own Cinema" brought together 33 of the world's pre-eminent filmmakers to produce short pieces exploring the multifarious facets of cinema and their perspective on the state of their chosen artform in the early 21st century.
Oct 31o 20076.466 / 10