Li Tian-Lu

Li Tian-Lu Trailers

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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.

Most Popular Li Tian-Lu Trailers

Total trailers found: 9

A City of Sadness Trailer (1989)

21 October 1989

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist political repression that was wrought on the Taiwanese people from 1947-1987.

Modern Republic Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

The lives of three young Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles.

Dust in the Wind Trailer (1986)

09 May 1986

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.

The Puppetmaster Trailer (1993)

08 December 1993

Master puppeteer Li Tien-lu recalls his life in Japanese-occupied Taiwan during the first half of the 20th century.

Goodbye South, Goodbye Trailer (1996)

13 May 1996

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.

Daughter of the Nile Trailer (1987)

22 August 1987

Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chicken and going to night school.

Emperor's Adventures in Hsi Hu Trailer (1994)

31 December 1994

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.

Such a life Trailer (1997)

28 September 1997

'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.

Dust of Angels Trailer (1992)

03 July 1992

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.