The Puppetmaster
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Cho Ju-wei
Hwang Ching-ru
Tsai Yi-hwa
Li Tien-lu
Li Hei
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Based on the memoirs of Taiwan-born Li Tien-lu, a famed exponent of traditional hand puppetry, whose early life is used as a mirror of Taiwan under Japanese colonial rule during the first half of this century.
Director
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Cast
Cho Ju-wei
Hwang Ching-ru
Tsai Yi-hwa
Li Tien-lu
Li Hei
Kao Tung-hsiu
Li Wen-chang
Hung Liu
Cheng Kueik-chung
Yang Li-yin
I Toshiro
Chen Yi-shan
Tsai Chen-nan
Crew
Hung Chih-yu
Osaka Fumiko
Osaka Fumiko
Zhang Hong
Zhan Hongzhi
Chen Huai-en
Hasegawa Ichiro
H T Jan
Lee Pinbin
Lin Ping
Liao Qingsong
Xie Renchang
Jiang Ruizong
Wang Shaoji
Chen Shunfa
Chen Xihaung
Chen Xunhi
Michael Yang
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States 1993
Released in United States 1994
Released in United States April 1994
Released in United States May 1993
Released in United States May 2001
Released in United States October 1993
Released in United States on Video September 25, 2001
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (in competition) May 13-24, 1993.
Shown at Istanbul International Film Festival April 2-17, 1994.
Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 1993.
Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 28 - May 12, 1994.
Feature acting debut for Taiwanese rock singer Lin Chung.
Received the International Film Critics Prize (FIPRESCI) at the 1994 Istanbul International Film Festival.
Shown in New York City (The Screening Room) as part of program "The Masterworks of Hou Hsiao-hsien" May 4-17, 2001.
The second installment in Hou Hsiao-hsien's epic trilogy about 20th century Taiwan. The others are "A City of Sadness" (Taiwan/1989) and "Good Men, Good Women" (Taiwan/1995).
Released in United States 1993
Released in United States 1994 (Shown at San Francisco International Film Festival April 28 - May 12, 1994.)
Released in United States April 1994 (Shown at Istanbul International Film Festival April 2-17, 1994.)
Released in United States May 1993 (Shown at Cannes Film Festival (in competition) May 13-24, 1993.)
Released in United States May 2001 (Shown in New York City (The Screening Room) as part of program "The Masterworks of Hou Hsiao-hsien" May 4-17, 2001.)
Released in United States on Video September 25, 2001
Released in United States October 1993 (Shown at New York Film Festival October 1-17, 1993.)
