FILM DIRECTOR

Tsai Ming-liang

1957 - Today

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Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese: 蔡明亮; born 27 October 1957) is a Malaysian filmmaker based in Taiwan. Tsai has written and directed 11 feature films, many short films, and television films. He is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tsai Ming-liang has received more than 600,011 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Tsai Ming-liang is the 703rd most popular film director (down from 702nd in 2019), the 24th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 23rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Malaysian Film Director.

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  • 51.65

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  • 24

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.17

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  • 2.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Tsai Ming-liang ranks 703 out of 2,041. Before him are Walter Salles, Richard Marquand, Dorothy Arzner, Artavazd Peleshyan, Ruben Östlund, and Mario Camerini. After him are Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, David Chase, Pierre Granier-Deferre, Barry Sonnenfeld, Daniel Schmid, and Olle Hellbom.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Tsai Ming-liang ranks 153. Before him are Seve Ballesteros, Éder Aleixo de Assis, Tan Dun, Afrika Bambaataa, Andreï Makine, and Šefik Džaferović. After him are John T. Dunlap, Kevin Rudd, Tony Abbott, Abu Ali al-Anbari, Achille Mbembe, and Amanda Plummer.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Tsai Ming-liang ranks 24 out of 90. Before him are Jimmy Choo (1948), Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943), James Wan (1977), Abdullah Abdul Kadir (1796), Azlan Shah of Perak (1928), and Hisamuddin of Selangor (1898). After him are Muhammad V of Kelantan (1969), Salahuddin of Selangor (1926), Ismail Sabri Yaakob (1960), Putra of Perlis (1920), Ling Liong Sik (1943), and Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan (1922).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In Malaysia

Among film directors born in Malaysia, Tsai Ming-liang ranks 2. Before him are James Wan (1977).

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Filmography

Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Director
On a dark and rainy night, a historic and regal Taipei cinema sees its final film: 1967 martial arts feature "Dragon Inn". As the film plays, the lives of the theater's various employees and patrons intersect, and two ghostly actors arrive to mourn the passing of an era.
Dec 12o 20036.7 / 10
Rebels of the Neon God
Director
Defying his parents, disaffected youth Hsiao Kang drops out of the local cram school to head for the bright lights of downtown Taipei. He falls in wit Ah Tze, a young hoodlum, and their relationship is a confused mixture of hero-worship and rivalry that soon leads to trouble.
Aug 4o 19947.3 / 10
To Each His Own Cinema
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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