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Third World Hero (1999)

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Category / Hou, Hsiao-Hsien

January 25, 2022January 25, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Cheerful Wind (1981)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 1981, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
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A light-hearted Taiwanese romance starring Feng Fei Fei that sees Hou dabbling in commercial genre cinema early on in his career—there’s little in the way of depth but it is still moderately entertaining.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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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
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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
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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, 2018January 25, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Good Men, Good Women (1995)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 1995, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
  • 3 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
  • 10 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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