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Category / Hou, Hsiao-Hsien

December 4, 2018June 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Daughter of the Nile (1987)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 1987, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
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Used to be one of Hou’s rarest films, but while it suggests a weaker grasp of his material, it is still worth a shot.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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December 3, 2018June 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Boys from Fengkuei, The (1983)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 1983, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
  • 4 Comments

Hou Hsao-Hsien’s coming-of-age drama shows the hard-hitting reality of surviving in 1980s Taiwan, yet resonates as an evocation of a time passed.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
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December 3, 2018June 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Summer at Grandpa’s, A (1984)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 1984, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
  • 4 Comments

The first of Hou’s ‘coming-of-age’ trilogy is a delightful capture of the nostalgic days of childhood.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
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December 3, 2018June 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Time to Live, a Time to Die, A (1985)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 1985, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
  • 5 Comments

Hou’s autobiographical film is a potent tearjerker and a vivid portrayal of life lived in the ‘50s and ‘60s in rural Taiwan.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
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December 3, 2018June 14, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Dust in the Wind (1986)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 1986, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
  • 2 Comments

The third film in Hou’s ‘coming-of-age trilogy’ eschews sentiment for a bleak if poetic visual meditation on fate, space and time.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
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December 3, 2018June 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

City of Sadness, A (1989)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 1989, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
  • 11 Comments

This historical epic about post-WWII Taiwan is one of Hou’s most ambitious and encompassing works, and also his first true masterpiece.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.
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December 2, 2018June 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Puppetmaster, The (1993)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 1993, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
  • 5 Comments

This is Hou’s masterpiece – a mammoth work about tradition and family, astonishingly crafted, and wrapped in the kind of historical fervour that gives it its power.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.
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December 2, 2018June 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Good Men, Good Women (1995)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 1995, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
  • 2 Comments

An astounding achievement and possibly my favourite work by Hou – this severely underrated film is layered, complex and possesses extraordinary cinematic power.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.
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November 30, 2018June 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Goodbye, South, Goodbye (1996)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 1996, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
  • 6 Comments

A lesser-known Hou film, but not any less brilliant – this is a gritty, uncompromising look at small-time crime in the backwaters of Taipei.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
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November 30, 2018June 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Flowers of Shanghai (1998)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 1998, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
  • 7 Comments

Like “The Assassin”, this is one of Hou’s most formally exquisite works – a gorgeous and sensuous take on the period costume drama.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
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