Hou Hsiao-hsien Movies

In 1920s China, 19-year-old Songlian becomes a concubine of a powerful lord and is forced to compete with his three wives for the privileges gained.

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the...

9th century China. Ten year old general’s daughter Nie Yinniang is abducted by a nun who initiates her into the martial arts, transforming her...

In 2011, Vicky looks back on her life a decade earlier, recalling her turbulent relationship with her controlling boyfriend Hao Hao and her growing...

Yves Montmayeur takes Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon as the starting point for his study of the new female warrior in Asian pop culture. From Beijing...

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...

At the end of the 19th century, Shanghai is divided into several foreign concessions. In the British concession, a number of luxurious “flower...

An autobiographical film based on Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien's memories of his youth growing up in Taiwan after emigrating from mainland...

A young woman urgently seeks to navigate the maze of contemporary Taipei and find a future. She hopes that her boyfriend Lung is the key to the...

Set in the island Kinmen, often seen as the most dangerous military base because it’s geographically close to China, "Paradise in Service"...

In three separate segments, set respectively in 1966, 1911, and 2005, three love stories unfold between three sets of characters, under three...

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,...

Two friends who haven't seen each other for thirteen years reunite. One is a successful concert pianist just back from a European tour and the other...

A coming-of-age story about a young brother and sister whom spend a pivotal summer in the country with their grandparents.

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,...

Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of...

In a distinctly contemporary Tokyo that looks backwards to the city’s disappearing past, Yoko is a writer investigating the life of a modernist...

Composed of three separate stories, the film vividly portrays Taiwan during the cold war period when the country developed its economy with help from...

At the 60th anniversary of Cannes Film Festival, 34 famous directors are followed by camera.

The first part in a new series of films produced by Musée d'Orsay, 'Flight of the Red Balloon' tells the story of a French family as seen...