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Kang-sheng Lee
Lee Kang-sheng () (born 21 October 1968) is a Taiwanese actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in all of Tsai Ming-liang's feature films. Lee's directorial efforts include ''The Missing'' in 2003 and ''Help Me Eros'' in 2007. Career Lee was working at an arcade when he was asked by Tsai Ming-liang to act in his TV film ''Boys''. This started a working relationship that has lasted over 30 years and Tsai said that he would never make another movie without Lee. Awards Lee has received recognition for his acting by winning the Best Actor Award at the 2002 Cinemanila International Film Festival for ''What Time Is It There?'' and getting nominated for a Golden Horse Award in 1994 for ''Vive L'Amour''. Lee won several awards with his directorial debut, ''The Missing''. At the 2004 Rotterdam International Film Festival, he won the KNF Award, the NETPAC Award and the Tiger Award. The film also won the New Currents Award at the 2004 Pusan International Film Festival, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li (surname 李)
Li or Lee (; ) is a common Chinese surname, Chinese-language surname, it is the 4th name listed in the famous ''Hundred Family Surnames.'' Li is one of the most common surnames in Asia, shared by 92.76 million people in China, and more than 100 million in Asia. It is the List of common Chinese surnames, second most common surname in China as of 2018, the second most common surname in Hong Kong, and the 5th most common surname in Taiwan, where it is usually romanized as "Lee". The surname is pronounced as () in Cantonese, ''Lí'' (Pe̍h-ōe-jī, poj) in Taiwanese Hokkien, but is often spelled as "Lee" in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and many overseas Chinese communities. In Macau, it is also spelled as "Lei". In Indonesia it is commonly spelled as "Lie". The common Korean name#Family names, Korean surname, "Lee (Korean surname), Lee" (also romanized as "I", "Yi", "Ri", or "Rhee"), and the Vietnamese name#Family name, Vietnamese surname, "Lý (Vietnamese name), Lý", are both derived f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pusan International Film Festival
The Busan International Film Festival (BIFF, previously Pusan International Film Festival, PIFF), held annually in Haeundae-gu, Busan (''also'' Pusan), South Korea, is one of the most significant film festivals in Asia. The first festival, held from 13 to 21 September 1996, was also the first international film festival in Korea. The main focus of the BIFF is to introduce new films and first-time directors, especially those from Asian countries. Another notable feature is the appeal of the festival to young people, both in terms of the large youthful audience it attracts and through its efforts to develop and promote young talent. In 1999, the Pusan Promotion Plan (renamed Asian Project Market in 2011) was established to connect new directors to funding sources. The 16th BIFF in 2011 saw the festival move to a new permanent home, the Busan Cinema Center in Centum City. History * 1st Busan International Film Festival, 13–21 September 1996 : Films screened: 173 films ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Don't Want To Sleep Alone
''I Don't Want to Sleep Alone'' is a 2006 Malaysian-Taiwanese romantic drama film written and directed by Tsai Ming-liang. Lee Kang-sheng stars in a dual role as a brain-dead patient and as an injured homeless man. The film also stars Norman Atun and Chen Shiang-chyi. Plot The film tells two parallel stories. A brain-dead man, or Paralyzed Guy (as identified in the credits; played by Lee) is abused by his mother and cared for by his family's maid (Chen). Meanwhile, a homeless day laborer, or Homeless Guy (as identified in the credits; also played by Lee) is severely beaten by a mob before being carried home on a mattress around the streets in Kuala Lumpur by a group of men, including Rawang (Atun), a Bangladeshi migrant worker. Rawang slowly nurses Homeless Guy back to health. We follow the routine of their everyday life: Rawang cares for him, cleans him, and sleeps next to him. They share the newly salvaged mattress together in their makeshift home in an abandoned, flooded ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Wayward Cloud
''The Wayward Cloud'' is a 2005 Taiwanese film directed by Tsai Ming-liang and starring Lee Kang-sheng and Chen Shiang-chyi. Plot There is a water shortage in Taiwan, and watermelons are abundant. Television programs teach various water-saving methods and encourage the drinking of watermelon juice instead of water. Hsiao-kang, a pornographic actor, films sex scenes with watermelons and water. Shiang-chyi is a woman who lives nearby. One day, while Shiang-chyi is out collecting water bottles, she sees watermelons in a river and takes a watermelon. She passes Hsiao-kang sleeping on a bench and uses his water bottle to wash her watermelon. She sits down on the bench across from him. He wakes up, and they realize that they know each other from when he was a watch salesman. She does not know that he now works in porn. The two start a relationship. She feeds him watermelon, they cook food together, and he smokes on the floor under her table. They go to a video store and make out in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
''Goodbye, Dragon Inn'' () is a 2003 Taiwanese comedy-drama slow cinema film written and directed by Tsai Ming-liang about a movie theater about to close down and its final screening of the 1967 wuxia film '' Dragon Inn''. Plot During the last 90 minutes of a screening of '' Dragon Inn'' at an old Taipei cinema about to close down, the hobbled ticket woman tries to find the projectionist to give him a steamed bun. A Japanese tourist seeks a homosexual encounter; Chen Chao-jung brushes off his advance and tells him the place is haunted. Jun Shi, an actor in ''Dragon Inn'', watches the film with tears in his eyes. Outside, he meets Miao Tien, who also acted in the film and attended the screening with his grandson. Cast * Lee Kang-sheng as the projectionist * Chen Shiang-chyi as the ticket woman *Mitamura Kiyonobu as the Japanese tourist *Jun Shih as himself * Miao Tien as himself * Chen Chao-jung as himself * Yang Kuei-mei as the peanut-eating woman Production In his prior f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Skywalk Is Gone
''The Skywalk is Gone'' (Mandarin name: ''Tianqiao bu jian le'') is a 2002 Taiwanese short film directed by Tsai Ming-liang and starring Chen Shiang-chyi and Lee Kang-sheng. Plot Shiang-chyi has returned to Taipei from her trip to Paris. She goes to the skywalk where she first met Hsiao-kang, the salesman who sold her a watch, but some construction has taken place and the skywalk is gone. She stares at a large video screen for a while and then wanders around aimlessly. After crossing a street illegally, she is stopped by a police officer, who checks her ID card. Shiang-chyi then stops at a coffee shop for a short while. She realizes that her card is missing, so she goes back to the officer to ask if he still has it. He replies that he does not. Meanwhile, Hsiao-kang is smoking in a public toilet stall. After he finishes, he washes his hands and leaves the restroom. He then walks up some stairs on the underpass. Shiang-chyi is walking down the same flight of stairs, and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ordinary Heroes (1999 Film)
''Ordinary Heroes'' is a 1999 Hong Kong drama film directed and produced by Ann Hui. Based on real-life prototypes, the film focused on social activists in the 1970s and 1980s who fought defiantly against the British Colonial government for the rights of the Yau Ma Tei boat people and their mainland wives. Mostly leftists and Communist sympathisers, their despair after the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre is also highlighted. The Chinese title refers to a popular Teresa Teng song which played during the film. ''Ordinary Heroes'' was critically acclaimed, winning Best Picture at the 19th Hong Kong Film Awards and the 36th Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, among others. Cast *Loletta Lee as Sow Fung-tai (credited as Rachel Lee) **Lee Kim-yu as teenaged Sow Fung-tai * Lee Kang-sheng as Lee Siu-tung **Cheung Nga-kwan as teenaged Lee Siu-tung * Anthony Wong as Father Kam *Tse Kwan-ho as Yau Ming-foon *Paw Hee-ching as Lee's mother *Lawrence Ah Mon as police officer *Mok Chiu-yu as street ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Hole (1998 Film)
''The Hole'' (), also known as ''The Last Dance'', is a 1998 Taiwanese drama-musical film directed by Tsai Ming-liang. It stars Yang Kuei-mei and Lee Kang-sheng. Plot Just before the turn of the new millennium, a strange disease hits Taiwan that causes people to crawl on the floor and search for dark places. It also rains constantly. Despite evacuation orders, tenants of a rundown apartment building stay put, including Hsiao Kang (Lee Kang-sheng). Hsiao Kang runs a food store with few customers. One day, a plumber arrives at Hsiao Kang's apartment to check the pipes. He drills a small hole into the floor which comes down through the ceiling of the woman downstairs (Yang Kuei-mei). The woman, who maintains her flooded apartment while stockpiling toilet paper, becomes annoyed by Hsiao Kang's antics on the other side of the hole. She confronts him at his store. However, the hole remains there, and the two continue to get on each other's nerves. The woman sprays her room, creating a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The River (1997 Film)
''The River'' is a 1997 Taiwanese film directed by Tsai Ming-liang and starring Lee Kang-sheng, Miao Tien, and Lu Yi-ching. The plot centers on a family who has to deal with the son's neck pain. In 2003, a critic called it Tsai's "bleakest film."Hughes, Darren"Tsai Ming-liang" ''archive.sensesofcinema.com'', March 2003. Retrieved 2010-12-13. Plot Hsiao-Kang (Lee Kang-sheng), a young man in his 20s, is going up an escalator in Taipei when he meets an old girlfriend of his (Chen Shiang-chyi). She convinces him to accompany her to a film shoot that she is working on. While eating lunch, Hsiao-Kang is spotted by the film's director (Ann Hui). The scene that they are currently shooting needs an actor, so Hsiao-Kang agrees to step in. He lies face down in the dirty Tamsui River for a few seconds, pretending to be a dead body. After the scene is completed, he and his friend get a room in a hotel so Hsiao-Kang can take a shower. The two then have sexual intercourse. Hsiao-Kang drives home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sweet Degeneration
''Sweet Degeneration'' () is a 1997 Taiwanese drama film written and directed by Lin Cheng-sheng. It was entered into the 48th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Pen-yu Chang as Mei-li * Shiang-chyi Chen as Ju-feng * Shih-huang Chen as Father * Leon Dai Leon Dai (, born 27 July 1966) is a Taiwanese actor and film director. His film ''Cannot Live Without You'' was Taiwan's submission to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The film also won two awards at the 46th Golden Hor ... as Ah-hai * Chao-yin Hsiao as Hsiao-lien * Tze-min Hsiao as Mei-li's friend * Kang-sheng Lee as Chun-sheng * Su-feng Lee as Motel chef * Chih-long Lin as Ah-ching * Li-jung Lu as Prostitute * Ming-Ching Lu as Ah-biao * Mei-fong Yen as Motel chef References External links * 1997 films 1997 drama films 1990s Mandarin-language films Films directed by Lin Cheng-sheng Taiwanese drama films {{Taiwan-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebels Of The Neon God
''Rebels of the Neon God'' () is a 1992 Taiwanese drama film written and directed by Tsai Ming-liang in his feature film directorial debut. It stars Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Chao-jung, and Jen Chang-bin. Plot A young man, Hsiao-Kang, attends a cram school and lives with his parents. In a parallel storyline, Tze and Ping are petty thieves. After a night out, Tze returns to his flooded apartment. The next morning, he meets Kuei, a young woman who had just had a one-night stand in the neighboring room with Ah-Tze's brother, a car salesman. Kuei does not know where she is, and Tze gives her a ride on his motorcycle. Meanwhile, Hsiao-Kang's motorcycle is impounded. His father, a taxi driver, spots him and gives him a ride to school. During an altercation in traffic, Tze intentionally breaks the side mirror on Hsiao-Kang's father's taxi. Tze, Ping, and Kuei hang out together at night and get drunk. Kuei passes out, and the two men leave her in a hotel room. In the morning, Kuei calls Tze an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Film Festival Of Bangkok
The World Film Festival of Bangkok ( th, เทศกาลภาพยนตร์โลกแห่งกรุงเทพฯ) is an annual international film festival held in Bangkok, Thailand. The 15th World Film Festival of Bangkok, the latest edition of World Film Festival of Bangkok, is held from December 2 to December 11, 2022. History Nation Multimedia Group, a media company based in Thailand, organised the first Bangkok Film Festival in the country in 1998. Various international films were screened to promote cinematic art and film appreciation in Thailand. The event was held annually until 2002. The Tourism Authority of Thailand became the main organizer and changed the name to the Bangkok International Film Festival. Since 2003, the World Film Festival of Bangkok has been held annually in October by the Nation Multimedia Group with Mr Kriengsak Victor Silakong as the festival director. The 1st World Film Festival of Bangkok 2003 was held at the Grand EGV The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
