The Puppetmaster (1993)
The Puppetmaster (1993)
Plot.
In the first half of this century, young Li Tienlu joins a travelling puppet theatre and subsequently makes a career as one of Taiwan's leading puppeteers.
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Cast & Crew.
Li Tian-Lu
Self
Bai Ming-Hwa
Ong Hsiu
Lim Giong
Li Tianlu (young)
Cheng Kuei-Chung
Li Tien Lu adolescent
Tsai Chen-Nan
Xu Jinmu
Huang Chien-ru
Actress
Yang Li-Yin
Lin Laifa
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Director
Chu Tien-wen
Writer
Hung Liou
Li Huo
Wu Nien-jen
Writer
Chang Hua-Fu
Producer
Chang Hwa-Kun
Producer
Chiu Fu-Sheng
Producer
Liao Ching-Sung
Editor
Joyce Pierpoline
Publicist
Mark Lee Ping-Bing
Director of Photography
Yang Teng-Kuei
Executive Producer
Chen Ming-Chang
Original Music Composer
Yixiong Chen
Assistant Editor / Assistant Camera
Hung Chih-Yu
Second Assistant Director
Chen Hwai-En
Assistant Director
Tu Duu-chih
Sound
Sung Tien-sheng
Lighting Technician
Jan Hung-Tze
Executive Producer
Meng Chi-Liang
Sound Recordist
Liao Shu-Chen
Makeup Artist
Zhang Hongda
Original Music Composer
Hung Chang
Production Design
Ho Hsien-Ko
Production Design
Lu Ming-Ching
Production Design
Tsai Chao-yi
Production Design
Chang Kuang-Hui
Costume Design
Juan Pei-yun
Costume Design / Choreographer
Wu Mei-Hui
Hairstylist
Chiang Shui-Chung
Assistant Director
Hui Ying-Kwong
Props
Chang Kuang-Hui
Choreographer
Liu Wen-pin
I. Toshiro
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 8, 1993
Original Name戲夢人生
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 22m
Genres
Wiki.
The Puppetmaster is a 1993 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. Based on the memoirs of Li Tian-lu, Taiwan's most celebrated puppeteer, this story covers the years from Li's birth in 1909 to the end of Japan's fifty-year occupation of Taiwan in 1945.
Many consider The Puppetmaster a masterpiece of world cinema. In the British Film Institute's 2012 Sight & Sound poll, seven critics and three directors named it one of the greatest films ever made.
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