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No No Sleep () is a 2015
mainland China "Mainland China" is a geopolitical term defined as the territory governed by the People's Republic of China (including islands like Hainan or Chongming), excluding dependent territories of the PRC, and other territories within Greater China. ...
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short film by Taiwanese film director
Tsai Ming-liang Tsai Ming-liang (; born 27 October 1957) is a Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker. 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 ...
, winning ''Best Director'' at the
Taipei Film Awards The Taipei Film Awards () are given by the Taipei Film Festival The Taipei Film Festival (TFF; ) is a film festival promoted by the city of Taipei, Taiwan, through the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Taipei City Government. It was first ...
in 2015. It features Taiwanese actor
Lee Kang-sheng 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. ...
and Japanese actor
Masanobu Andō is a Japanese actor. Ando has appeared in films such as Takeshi Kitano's '' Kids Return'' (1996), Kinji Fukasaku's '' Battle Royale'' (2000), Takashi Miike's '' Sukiyaki Western Django'' (2007), and Chen Kaige's ''Forever Enthralled'' (2008). He ...
, and includes non-sexual full-frontal male nudity.


Plot

''No No Sleep'' consists of a series of scenes filmed with a static camera and without dialogue in a variety of urban locations, such as train tracks, a subway train, a bath-house and a sleep chamber.


See also

* List of Chinese films of 2015 * Nudity in film (East Asian cinema since 1929)


References


External links


China version
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International version
(Uncensored) {{Tsai Ming-liang 2015 short films Chinese short films Films directed by Tsai Ming-liang Films set in Japan Films shot in Japan Taiwanese short films Films without speech Japan in non-Japanese culture