Hou Hsiao-hsien
Hou Syao-Syan
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Emerging from a Hakka family that moved to Taiwan in 1947, he trained at the National Taiwan Academy of the Arts before joining the island’s New Wave cinema movement. Known for austere, long-take dramas that explore Taiwanese and broader Chinese history through intimate narratives, his visual style combines minimal camera movement with intricate choreography, often shaped by improvisation and coll…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
Known for
Filmography
Also behind the camera
The films and series they directed.
