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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.