Cinematography: Liao Pen-jung

The best movies, series, and documentaries with cinematography by Liao Pen-jung. Explore visually stunning titles that highlight an exceptional filmmaking.


Rebels of the Neon God

1992 · Movie · 102 min. · Taiwan

Direction Tsai Ming-liang

Cast Lee Kang-sheng · Jerry Chan · Yu-Wen Wang · Jen Chang-pin

Plot Defying by his parents, Hsiao Kang drops out of the local crammer to head for the bright lights of downtown Taipei. He falls in with Ah Tze, a pretty hood...

7.1

586 votes

7.1

586 votes

The River

1997 · Movie · 115 min. · Taiwan

Direction Tsai Ming-liang

Cast Lee Kang-sheng · Miao Tian · Lu Yi-ching · Chen Shiang-chyi

Plot A mother, father, and son live together in a small apartment in Taipei but lead very separate lives. The son, Xiao Kang (Lee Kang Sheng), drifts through life without a...

7.0

386 votes

7.0

386 votes

Vive l'amour

1994 · Movie · 118 min. · Taiwan

Direction Tsai Ming-liang

Cast Yang Kuei-mei · Lee Kang-sheng · Lu Yi-ching · Lu Hsiao-Ling

Plot Yang Kuei-Mei and Chen Chao-Jung (both from the hit comedy "Eat Drink Man Woman") star as May, a chic and seductive real estate agent, and Ah-jong, a street merchant. This...

7.0

675 votes

7.0

675 votes

The Hole

1998 · Movie · 95 min. · Taiwan

Direction Tsai Ming-liang

Cast Lin Kun-Huei · Lee Kang-sheng · Lin Hui-Chin · Miao Tian

Plot Seven days to the 21st century: the rain will not let up in Taiwan, and a strange disease reaches epic proportions. Despite evacuation warnings, the tenants of a run-down public...

6.8

742 votes

6.8

742 votes

Good Bye, Dragon Inn

2003 · Movie · 82 min. · Taiwan

Direction Tsai Ming-liang

Cast Lee Kang-sheng · Chen Shiang-chyi · Kiyonobu Mitamura · Yang Kuei-mei

Plot Set almost entirely in a crumbling movie theater on its final night, acclaimed filmmaker Tsai Ming-Liang ("What Time Is It There?") crafts an elegant and tender valentine to the pleasures...

6.7

903 votes

6.7

903 votes

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

2006 · Movie · 115 min. · Taiwan

6.7

323 votes

6.7

323 votes

The Skywalk Is Gone

2002 · Movie · 25 min. · Taiwan

Direction Tsai Ming-liang

Cast Chen Shiang-chyi · Lee Kang-sheng · Lu Yi-ching

Plot A girl (Shiang-chyi Chen) looks for a street vendor in Taipei. But she can't find him since the Skywalk is Gone.

6.3

159 votes

6.3

159 votes

No No Sleep

2015 · Movie · 34 min. · Taiwan

6.2

80 votes

6.2

80 votes

Stray Dogs

2013 · Movie · 138 min. · Taiwan

Direction Tsai Ming-liang

Cast Lee Kang-sheng · Lu Yi-ching · Lee Yi-Cheng · Wu Jin-Kai

Plot A father and his two children wander the margins of modern day Taipei, from the woods and rivers of the outskirts to the rain streaked streets of the city. By...

6.0

418 votes

6.0

418 votes

Help Me Eros

2007 · Movie · 103 min. · Taiwan

Direction Lee Kang-sheng

Cast Lee Kang-sheng · Jane Liao · Dennis Nieh · Ivy Yin

Plot Ah jie has just lost all his money in a risky stock exchange investment. Broke and depressed, he locks himself up at home to look after the marihuana plants he...

5.7

107 votes

5.7

107 votes

Visage (Face)

2009 · Movie · 136 min. · France

Direction Tsai Ming-liang

Cast Lee Kang-sheng · Laetitia Casta · Fanny Ardant · Jean-Pierre Léaud

Plot A Taiwanese filmmaker makes a film based on the myth of Salomé at the Louvre. Even though he speaks neither French nor English, he insists on giving the part of...

5.6

192 votes

5.6

192 votes

The Wayward Cloud

2005 · Movie · 112 min. · Taiwan

Direction Tsai Ming-liang

Cast Lee Kang-sheng · Chen Shiang-chyi · Sumomo Yozakura · Yang Kuei-mei

Plot Taipei is besieged by a drought so extreme, citizens have taken to drinking watermelon juice and bathing in rooftop reservoirs. In its scarcity, the value of water is absurdly apportioned:...

5.4

5K votes

5.4

5K votes

Shaolin King Boxer

1979 · Movie · 88 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Karl Maka

Cast Chen Kuan-Tai · Meng Fei · Lau Kar-Wing · Leung Kar-Yan

Plot Chen Kuan-Tai and Meng Fei team up to bring justice to a ruthless gang of martial arts experts.

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The Missing

2003 · Movie · 82 min. · Taiwan

Direction Lee Kang-sheng

Cast Miao Tian · Chang Chea · Lu Yi-ching · Chen Shiang-chyi

Plot A grandmother is looking for her grandson, a teenager for his grandfather.

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The Taste of Rice Flower

2017 · Movie · 104 min. · China

Direction Song Pengfei

Cast Ze Ying · Ye Bule · Ye Men · Yang Zuojiu

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The Song of Spirits

2006 · Movie · 95 min. · Taiwan

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It's a Dream (S)

2007 · Movie · 3 min. · Taiwan

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Banana Paradise

1989 · Movie · 116 min. · Taiwan

Direction Wang Tung

Cast Chang Shih · Kai-Chun Chen · Lung Fang · Wei Ho

Plot "Door Latch" and his friend followed the KMT army and moved to Taiwan in 1949. They conceal their real name and get many trials and afflictions to adapt the circumstances...

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Walking on Water

2013 · Documentary · 30 min. · Myanmar - Burma

Direction Tsai Ming-liang

Cast Lee Kang-sheng

Plot In 2013, Tsai was invited by filmmaker Tan Chui Mui to make a short film for an anthology film, Letters from the South. Tsai returned to his hometown of Kuching,...

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Taipei 24H

2009 · Movie · 90 min. · Taiwan

Direction Jeyi An · Cheng Fen-fen · Cheng Hsiao-tse · Chen Yin-jung

Cast Tsai Ming-liang · Akio Chen · Morning Tzu-Yi Mo · Angel Yao

Plot Eight stories from different filmmakers chronicle 24 hours in Taipei.

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Not rated