Directed credits
22
Established
Strong directing catalog.
Director
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Directing
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.8
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Directed movies: 22Directed series: 0All crew credits: 63
TMDB ID: 64992
IMDb ID: nm0396284
Known for: Directing
Born: April 8, 1947
Age: 78
Place of birth: Mei County, Guangdong, China
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1962 - 2025
Years active: 64
Average TMDB rating: 7
Wikidata: Q435626
Also known as
Hau Hau-Yin • Hou Syao-Syan • Hou Li • Hook Li • 侯孝賢 • 허우 샤오시엔 • 侯孝贤 • HHH • 허우샤오셴 • 후효현 • +1 more
Frequent jobs
Director (22)Executive Producer (15)Producer (11)Screenplay (7)Writer (7)Supervising Producer (1)
Biography
Hou Hsiao-hsien (Chinese: 侯孝賢; pinyin: Hóu Xiàoxián) (born April 8, 1947) is a retired award-winning film director and a leading figure of Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement.
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Movies
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.
6.4
The Assassin
Director
2015 Movie
5.7
10 Plus 10
Director
2011 Movie
In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship
Director
2008 Movie
6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
2007 Movie
6.2
Flight of the Red Balloon
Director
2007 Movie
7.0
Three Times
Director
2005 Movie
6.7
Café Lumière
Director
2004 Movie
7.0
Millennium Mambo
Director
2001 Movie
6.9
Flowers of Shanghai
Director
1998 Movie
6.8
Goodbye South, Goodbye
Director
1996 Movie
7.2
Good Men, Good Women
Director
1995 Movie
6.6
The Puppetmaster
Director
1993 Movie
7.5
A City of Sadness
Director
1989 Movie
7.0
Daughter of the Nile
Director
1987 Movie
Adult Game
Director
1986 Movie
7.6
Dust in the Wind
Director
1986 Movie
7.3
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
Director
1985 Movie
7.4
A Summer at Grandpa's
Director
1984 Movie
7.0
The Sandwich Man
Director
1983 Movie
7.1
The Boys from Fengkuei
Director
1983 Movie
6.5
The Green, Green Grass of Home
Director
1982 Movie
6.2
Cute Girl
Director
1980 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Hou Hsiao-hsien.
7.9
Raise the Red Lantern
Executive Producer
1991 Movie
7.6
Dust in the Wind
Director
1986 Movie
7.5
A City of Sadness
Director
1989 Movie
7.5
Taipei Story
Screenplay
1985 Movie
7.3
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
Director
1985 Movie
7.0
Millennium Mambo
Director
2001 Movie
7.0
Three Times
Director
2005 Movie
6.9
Flowers of Shanghai
Director
1998 Movie
6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
2007 Movie
6.4
The Assassin
Director
2015 Movie
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Hou Hsiao-hsien.
7.9
Raise the Red Lantern
Executive Producer
1991 Movie
7.5
A City of Sadness
Director
1989 Movie
6.4
The Assassin
Director
2015 Movie
6.5
To Each His Own Cinema
Director
2007 Movie
6.7
Paradise in Service
Executive Producer
2014 Movie
6.9
Flowers of Shanghai
Director
1998 Movie
7.5
Taipei Story
Screenplay
1985 Movie
7.0
Millennium Mambo
Director
2001 Movie
7.0
Three Times
Director
2005 Movie
7.6
Dust in the Wind
Director
1986 Movie
7.5
That Day, on the Beach
as Ah Cai's Executive
1983 Movie
7.3
The Time to Live and the Time to Die
Director
1985 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Hou Hsiao-hsien.
8.0
Mongrel
Executive Producer
2025 Movie
7.7
Daughter's Daughter
Executive Producer
2024 Movie
7.6
Old Fox
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
4.3
Be with Me
Executive Producer
2023 Movie
8.8
Salute
Producer
2022 Movie
I Remember
Producer
2022 Movie
8.0
The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams
Producer
2020 Movie
5.6
Baby
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
6.1
Father to Son
Executive Producer
2018 Movie
5.6
Missing Johnny
Producer
2017 Movie
6.7
Paradise in Service
Executive Producer
2014 Movie
7.7
Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
Executive Producer
2013 Movie
7.0
Return Ticket
Executive Producer
2011 Movie
8.0
Liu Xiaodong: Hometown Boy
Producer
2011 Movie
6.6
Taipei Exchanges
Producer
2010 Movie
7.1
One Day
Executive Producer
2010 Movie
Series
Other Crew Work in Series
Additional series credits for Hou Hsiao-hsien.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Hou Hsiao-hsien.
8.0
Beautified Realism: The Making of 'Flowers of Shanghai'
as Self - archival
2021 Movie
8.0
Keep Rolling
2020 Movie
7.5
Dragon Girls!
as Himself
2016 Movie
The Moment: Fifty Years of Golden Horse
as Self
2016 Movie
7.2
Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
as Self
2014 Movie
6.3
Past Present
as Self
2013 Movie
6.0
A Special Day
as Self
2012 Movie
6.7
I Wish I Knew
as Self
2010 Movie
7.0
Let the Wind Carry Me
as Self
2009 Movie
In the Golden Age of Chinese Craftsmanship
as Voice
2008 Movie
My Father Was a Red Balloon: Albert Lamorisse's Life Story
as Self
2008 Movie
Hou Hsiao-Hsien Master Class
as Himself
2007 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Hou Hsiao-hsien.