Li Tian-Lu
Also Known As: Tianlu Li, Tian-Lu Li, Li Tien-Lu, Lee Tin-Luk, 李天祿
Biography: Li Tien-lu was a Taiwanese puppeteer. He is best known to the international audience for playing principal characters in several Taiwanese films directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Taipei, Taiwan
Birthday: December 02, 1910
Deathday: August 13, 1998
Adult: No
Gender: Male
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Dust in the Wind
Overview: A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school, and A-yun works as a helper at a tailors. Everyone thinks they are meant for each other, and so do they. They fail to see time and fate are beyond their control.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1986-05-09
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The Puppetmaster
Overview: Master puppeteer Li Tien-lu recalls his life in Japanese-occupied Taiwan during the first half of the 20th century.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1993-12-08
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Modern Republic
Overview: The lives of three young Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Emperor's Adventures in Hsi Hu
Overview: The story of frivolous and lecherous emperor Qianlong's search for a morally upstanding person is told in a fashion that smartly fuses the puppet proscenium with the conventions of cinematic language. While everything is obviously arranged on a stage, the camera moves freely around in this environment, getting close to the puppets or setting them up in deep focus shots. The result is deeply enchanting, with the puppets soon feeling like living creatures of a very special kind, whose presence and company one cheerfully enjoys.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1994-12-31
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Goodbye South, Goodbye
Overview: In this portrait of small-time hoods rendered in rhythm-of-life anecdotal detail, Gao is the leader of a circle of layabouts including his sidekick, Flathead, and their girlfriends, Pretzel and Ling. He is also the originator of petty crime schemes, which promise to get the gang nowhere fast.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1996-05-13
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Daughter of the Nile
Overview: Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school. With no mother and her father currently working out of town, it is up to Lin Hsiao-yang to take care of her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1987-08-22
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Dust of Angels
Overview: A-Guo and A-Dou are two teenagers living in an industrial town in Taiwan, who fight, loaf, and cause trouble all day and hang out with Jie, a young gangster. When Jie's gangland patron is gunned down, the trio set out to revenge the killing. As a result, the two teens are forced into hiding.
Genres: Action Crime Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1992-07-03
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Such a life
Overview: 'Such a Life' is quite a sad film. It is set in the sixties, in a village on the west coast of Taiwan, where many are succumbing to 'black foot', a disease caused by drinking contaminated well water. The only 'cure' is to amputate the afflicted limb, and to avoid drinking the contaminated water. Many in the village were already sick, and few could afford to have tap-water installed. At the center of the story is Ah Chung, who lives with his grandfather, who has already lost one leg to 'black foot'. In the same village also live an opera family, who are finding things increasingly difficult there, an oyster farmer, who complains that his oysters are being poisoned by a nearby pharmaceutical plant, and an assortment of children who enjoy swimming in the sea, and who bully Ah Chung. A significant portion of the action also takes place in the village school, where Ah Chung is having trouble keeping up with the fees.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1997-09-28
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A City of Sadness
Overview: The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror", mainland China's political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people by the Kuomintang government in the late 1940s.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1989-10-21
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