Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Xi Meng Ren Sheng (The Puppetmaster)
Edition 1993
142'
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1993
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War, Drama, Biography
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Dialogue:
Mandarin, Japanese
Director:
Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Composer:
Chenming-chang
With:
Lin Chung, Kuei-Chung Cheng, Choju Wei, Tsai Chen-Nan, Langli-Yen
Li Tien Luis the world's most famous puppet master. Bom in Taïwan on the wake of World War I, he lived through the Japanese occupation, and American bombings of his country.
Now eighty-four, he reflects on the farces that shaped his life: "My hands breathed life into my puppet figures. I created them and directed the drama of their fates, almost as though I were God himself. But the reality is that, with someone above me pulling the strings, I, too, am a mere puppet ... "
Now eighty-four, he reflects on the farces that shaped his life: "My hands breathed life into my puppet figures. I created them and directed the drama of their fates, almost as though I were God himself. But the reality is that, with someone above me pulling the strings, I, too, am a mere puppet ... "
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Credits
Director
Hsiao-Hsien Hou
Composer
Chenming-chang
With
Lin Chung, Kuei-Chung Cheng, Choju Wei, Tsai Chen-Nan, Langli-Yen
Scenario
T'ien-wen Chu, Nien-Jen Wu
Director of Photography
Lee Pin-Beng
Editor
Liao Ching-Sung
Producer
Hua-Fu Chang, Hwa-Kun Chang
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Dialogue
Mandarin, Japanese
Countries of production
Taiwan
Screenplay based on
Li Tian-lu
Year
1993
