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Lee Kang-sheng is a Actor, Director, Writer and Producer Taiwanais born on 12 october 1968 at Taipei (Taiwan)
Lee Kang-sheng (born 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese actor, film director, and screenwriter. He has appeared in all of Tsai Ming-liang's feature films. Lee's directorial efforts include The Missing in 2003 and Help Me Eros in 2007.
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Lee Kang-sheng
Lee Kang-sheng (born 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese actor, film director, and screenwriter. He has appeared in all of Tsai Ming-liang's feature films. Lee's directorial efforts include The Missing in 2003 and Help Me Eros in 2007.
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Stray Dogs (2014)
, 2h18Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Lu Yi-Ching, Chen Shiang-chyi, Yang Kuei-Mei
Roles Father
Rating68%
Un père et ses deux enfants vivent en marge de Taipei, entre les bois et les rivières de la banlieue et les rues pluvieuses de la capitale. Le jour, le père gagne chichement sa vie en faisant l’homme sandwich pour des appartements de luxe pendant que son fils et sa fille hantent les centres commerciaux à la recherche d’échantillons gratuits de nourriture. Un soir d'orage, il décide d'emmener ses enfants dans un voyage en barque.
Journey to the West (2014)
, 56minutesDirected by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin France
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes La provence
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Denis Lavant
Roles Monk
Rating68%
Les tribulations d'un moine dans les rues de Marseille.
Face (2009)
, 2h21Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Fanny Ardant, Laetitia Casta, Jean-Pierre Léaud, Lee Kang-sheng, Norman Atun, Lu Yi-Ching
Roles Kang / The Director
Rating59%
Hsiao-Kang, réalisateur taïwanais, vient en France pour tourner une comédie musicale contant l'histoire de Salomé au Musée du Louvre. Mais les problèmes s'accumulent dès le début du tournage.
To Each His Own Cinema (2007)
, 1h40Directed by Claude Lelouch, Abbas Kiarostami, Amos Gitaï, Elia Suleiman, Nanni Moretti, Takeshi Kitano, Andreï Kontchalovski, Youssef Chahine, Roman Polanski, Wim Wenders, Chen Kaige, Raoul Ruiz, Olivier Assayas, Theo Angelopoulos, Michael Cimino, Wong Kar-wai, Manoel de Oliveira, Jane Campion, Alejandro González Iñárritu, David Lynch, Gus Van Sant, Atom Egoyan, Lars von Trier, Ken Loach, Walter Salles, David Cronenberg, Zhang Yimou, Bille August, Aki Kaurismäki, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Tsai Ming-liang, Raymond Depardon
Origin France
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Isabelle Adjani, Anouk Aimée, Antoine Chappey, David Cronenberg, Yosra El Lozy, Taraneh Allidousti
Roles (segment: It’s A Dream)
Rating66%
35 réalisateurs d'origines très variées (25 pays différents) ont tous mis en scène un court métrage de 3 minutes, sur le thème de la salle de cinéma. Le film en regroupe 33 puisque les frères Coen et les frères Dardenne travaillent ensemble. Celui de David Lynch ne faisait pas partie du film mais a été présenté en ouverture du festival.
Help Me, Eros (2007)
, 2hDirected by Lee Kang-sheng
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama
Actors Lee Kang-sheng
Roles Ah Jie
Rating59%
The film is set in modern Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The infamous opening sequence depicts the protagonist lying on the designer sofa in his apartment watching a cookery segment on his TV, in which a carp is swiftly scaled, gutted, cooked and served alive, its mouth still slowly opening and closing.
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006)
, 1h55Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin France
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Norman Atun, Chen Shiang-chyi
Roles Hsiao-Kang
Rating68%
À Kuala Lumpur, Hsiao-kang est agressé et blessé par des escrocs. Il est recueilli par des ouvriers qui le transportent sur un vieux matelas. Hsiao-kang se lie avec l'un d'eux, lequel l'invite à dormir chez lui. Quelques jours plus tard, Hsiao-kang fait la rencontre de Shiang-chyi, une jeune serveuse qui tombe amoureuse de lui. Hsiao-kang se retrouve alors tiraillé entre Rawang son bienfaiteur et Shiang-chyi son admiratrice.
The Wayward Cloud (2005)
, 1h54Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about pornography, Musical films
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Lu Yi-Ching, Yang Kuei-Mei
Roles Hsiao-Kang
Rating64%
There is a water shortage in Taiwan, and television programs are teaching various water-saving methods and encouraging the drinking of watermelon juice in place of water.
Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
, 1h22Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Chen Chao-jung, Yang Kuei-Mei
Roles Projectionist
Rating70%
Goodbye, Dragon Inn is set in the approximately ninety minutes of the last feature at an old Taipei cinema that is closing down, showing King Hu's 1967 sword-fighting classic Dragon Inn. Only a few people are present in the cinema, and a variety of subplots are developed around them. Throughout the film, the ticket woman tries to find the projectionist, searching for him in order to present him with a steamed bun. She wears an iron brace on her leg. She walks around the theater throughout the film, struggling up and down stairs. A young Japanese tourist wanders around the cinema in search of a homosexual encounter. An older man tells him that the cinema is haunted. An old man, who was one of the actors who appeared in the original Dragon Inn, watches the film with tears in his eyes. Outside the theater, he encounters an older man who had been watching the film with his grandson; this man also starred in the original film.
The Skywalk Is Gone (2002)
, 25minutesDirected by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Lu Yi-Ching
Roles Hsiao-Kang
Rating68%
Shiang-chyi has returned to Taipei from her trip to Paris. She goes to the skywalk where she first met Hsiao-kang, the salesman who sold her a watch, but some construction has taken place and the skywalk is gone. She stares at a large video screen for a while and then wanders around aimlessly. After crossing a street illegally, she is stopped by a police officer, who checks her ID card. Shiang-chyi then stops at a coffee shop for a short while. She realizes that her card is missing, so she goes back to the officer to ask if he still has it. He replies that he does not.
What Time Is It There? (2001)
, 1h56Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Lu Yi-Ching, Cecilia Yip, Chen Chao-jung, Jean-Pierre Léaud
Roles Hsiao-Kang
Rating72%
The film tells two parallel stories, one about the life of a street vendor (Lee) following the death of his father; the other about a woman he meets briefly (Chen) as she heads off on a trip of uncertain duration to Paris. Lee's character, who sells watches on the streets of Taipei, sells his own watch to Chen and then finds himself overcome by a desire to set every clock he sees to Paris time.
Ordinary Heroes (1999)
, 2h8Directed by Ann Hui
Origin Hong kong
Genres Drama
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Anthony Wong, Rachel Lee, Tse Kwan-ho, Loletta Lee, Paw Hee-ching
Roles Lee Siu Tung
Rating70%
The Hole (1999)
, 1h35Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about music and musicians, Musical films, Films about viral outbreaks
Actors Yang Kuei-Mei, Lee Kang-sheng, Chen Shiang-chyi, Lu Yi-Ching
Roles The Man Upstairs
Rating73%
A strange disease hits Taiwan just before the turn of the new millennium. Despite evacuation orders, tenants of a rundown apartment building stay put, including shop owner Hsiao-Kang (Kang-sheng Lee).
The River (1997)
, 1h55Directed by Tsai Ming-liang
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Lee Kang-sheng, Lu Yi-Ching, Ann Hui, Chen Shiang-chyi, Chen Chao-jung, Yang Kuei-Mei
Roles Hsiao-Kang
Rating71%
Hsiao-Kang (Lee Kang-sheng), a young man in his 20s, is going up an escalator in Taipei when he meets an old girlfriend of his (Chen Shiang-chyi). She convinces him to accompany her to a film shoot that she is working on. While eating lunch, Hsiao-Kang is spotted by the film's director (Ann Hui). The scene that they are currently shooting needs an actor, so Hsiao-Kang agrees to step in. He lies face down in the dirty Tamsui River for a few seconds, pretending to be a dead body.
Sweet Degeneration (1997)
, 1h58Directed by Lin Cheng-sheng
Origin Taiwan
Genres Drama
Actors Chen Shiang-chyi, Leon Dai, Lee Kang-sheng
Roles Chun-sheng
Rating65%