Directed credits
47
Prolific
Very extensive directing filmography.
Director
Tsai Ming-liang
Directing
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2.0
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Directed movies: 47Directed series: 0All crew credits: 64
TMDB ID: 71174
IMDb ID: nm0158857
Known for: Directing
Born: October 27, 1957
Age: 68
Place of birth: Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2026
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.39
Wikidata: Q698710
Also known as
蔡明亮 • 차이밍량 • Tsai Mingliang • Tsai Ming Liang • 蔡 明亮 • Choi Ming-leung • Choi Ming Leung • Choi Mingleung • Cài Míngliàng • Cài Míng-liàng • +1 more
Frequent jobs
Director (45)Director of Photography (2)Writer (6)Screenplay (5)Producer (2)Art Direction (1)Cinematography (1)Executive Producer (1)Presenter (1)
Biography
Tsai Ming-liang (Chinese: 蔡 明亮, Pinyin: Cài Míngliàng; born October 27, 1957) is a Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker. He has written and directed 11 feature films and has also directed many short films, television films, documentaries and art installations. Tsai is one of the most celebrated "Second New Wave" film directors of Taiwanese cinema. His films have been acclaimed worldwide and have won numerous film festival awards.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Tsai Ming-liang.
Back Home
Director
2025 Movie
7.0
Abiding Nowhere
Director
2024 Movie
Xining Public Housing
Director
2024 Movie
Yilan
Director
2023 Movie
Strolling Around
Director
2023 Movie
Where
Director
2022 Movie
6.7
Wandering
Director
2021 Movie
The Moon and the Tree
Director
2021 Movie
6.0
The Night
Director
2021 Movie
6.6
Days
Director
2021 Movie
7.0
Light
Director
2018 Movie
6.8
Your Face
Director
2018 Movie
7.0
The Deserted
Director
2018 Movie
One & Zero
Director
2016 Movie
Autumn Days
Director
2016 Movie
7.3
Afternoon
Director
2015 Movie
5.9
No No Sleep
Director
2015 Movie
Beautiful 2015
Director
2015 Movie
6.3
Journey to the West
Director
2014 Movie
6.3
Stray Dogs
Director
2014 Movie
5.4
Letters from the South
Director
2013 Movie
7.5
Walking on Water
Director
2013 Movie
6.1
Walker
Director
2012 Movie
Diamond Sutra
Director
2012 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Tsai Ming-liang.
7.3
Rebels of the Neon God
Director
1994 Movie
7.2
Vive L'Amour
Director
1995 Movie
7.0
What Time Is It There?
Director
2001 Movie
6.9
The Hole
Screenplay
1999 Movie
6.7
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Writer
2003 Movie
6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
2007 Movie
6.3
Stray Dogs
Director
2014 Movie
5.9
The Wayward Cloud
Writer
2005 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Tsai Ming-liang.
6.7
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Writer
2003 Movie
7.2
Vive L'Amour
Director
1995 Movie
7.0
What Time Is It There?
Director
2001 Movie
4.9
Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
as Self
1998 Movie
6.0
The Game They Call Sex
Writer
1987 Movie
5.9
The Wayward Cloud
Writer
2005 Movie
6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
2007 Movie
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
as Self
2026 Movie
6.3
Journey to the West
Director
2014 Movie
6.9
The Hole
Screenplay
1999 Movie
7.3
Rebels of the Neon God
Director
1994 Movie
6.6
The River
Screenplay
1997 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Tsai Ming-liang.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Tsai Ming-liang.
Night Journey
Screenplay
2025 Movie
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
Cinematography
2022 Movie
Sand
Screenplay
2018 Movie
6.3
Single Belief
Producer
2016 Movie
Sleepwalk
Writer
2012 Movie
5.7
Help Me, Eros
Art Direction
2007 Movie
5.9
The Wayward Cloud
Writer
2005 Movie
6.7
Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Writer
2003 Movie
4.9
The Missing
Executive Producer
2003 Movie
6.9
The Hole
Screenplay
1999 Movie
6.6
The River
Screenplay
1997 Movie
6.0
The Game They Call Sex
Writer
1987 Movie
Spring Daddy
Writer
1985 Movie
8.7
Run Away
Writer
1984 Movie
6.8
Teenage Fugitive
Screenplay
1984 Movie
Stray Dogs at the Museum
Producer
Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Tsai Ming-liang.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Tsai Ming-liang.
Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
as Self
2026 Movie
The Ozu Diaries
as Self
2025 Movie
7.7
Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
as Self - Filmmaker
2024 Movie
Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou
2022 Movie
Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
2022 Movie
6.7
Wandering
2021 Movie
6.8
Your Face
as Self
2018 Movie
Wiara
as Self
2018 Movie
7.3
Afternoon
as Self
2015 Movie
5.2
French Cinema Mon Amour
as Self
2015 Movie
7.2
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
as Self
2014 Movie
6.3
Past Present
as Self
2013 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Tsai Ming-liang.