Tsai Ming-liang

Career Overview

Tsai Ming-liang has 132 screen credits in a career dating back to 1962. Their work spans 2 cinematic universes — most prominently Walker Series with 12 titles. Signature works include Dust, Days, Stray Dogs. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For: Directing
Gender: male
Known Credits: 132
Birth Date: 1957-10-27
Birth Place: Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Known For

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 2 universes

Walker Series (12 titles)
Where Do You Stand? (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

Lee Kang-sheng (6 collaborations)
Anong Houngheuangsy (3 collaborations)
Lu Yi-ching (1 collaborations)
Chen Shiang-Chyi (1 collaborations)
Yang Kuei-mei (1 collaborations)
Lee Yi-cheng (1 collaborations)
Lee Yi-chieh (1 collaborations)
Wu Jin-Kai (1 collaborations)
Golshifteh Farahani (1 collaborations)
Taraneh Alidoosti (1 collaborations)

Credits

directing (57 credits)
- Dust
  director
  
  directing
  
  2026
- Night Journey
  director
  
  directing
  
  2025
- Back Home
  director
  
  directing
  
  2025
- Abiding Nowhere
  director
  
  directing
  
  2024
- Xining Public Housing
  director
  
  directing
  
  2024
- Yilan
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- Strolling Around
  director
  
  directing
  
  2023
- Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
  director
  
  directing
  
  2022
- Where
  director
  
  directing
  
  2022
- Wandering
  director
  
  directing
  
  2021
- The Moon and the Tree
  director
  
  directing
  
  2021
- The Night
  director
  
  directing
  
  2021
- Days
  director
  
  directing
  
  2021
- Light
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- Your Face
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- Sand
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- The Deserted
  director
  
  directing
  
  2018
- One & Zero
  director
  
  directing
  
  2016
- Autumn Days
  director
  
  directing
  
  2016
- Afternoon
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- No No Sleep
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Beautiful 2015
  director
  
  directing
  
  2015
- Journey to the West
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Stray Dogs
  director
  
  directing
  
  2014
- Letters from the South
  director
  
  directing
  
  2013
- Walking on Water
  director
  
  directing
  
  2013
- Walker
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- Diamond Sutra
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- Sleepwalk
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- No Form
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- Beautiful 2012
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- Transformation
  director
  
  directing
  
  2012
- Visage
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- Madame Butterfly
  director
  
  directing
  
  2009
- Sleeping on Dark Waters
  director
  
  directing
  
  2008
- To Each His Own Cinema
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- It's a Dream
  director
  
  directing
  
  2007
- I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
  director
  
  directing
  
  2006
- The Wayward Cloud
  director
  
  directing
  
  2005
- Welcome to São Paulo
  director
  
  directing
  
  2004
- Aquarium
  director
  
  directing
  
  2004
- My Stinking Kid
  director
  
  directing
  
  2004
- Goodbye, Dragon Inn
  director
  
  directing
  
  2003
- The Skywalk Is Gone
  director
  
  directing
  
  2003
- Moonlight in the River
  director
  
  directing
  
  2003
- What Time Is It There?
  director
  
  directing
  
  2001
- The Moon is Gone
  director
  
  directing
  
  2001
- A Conversation with God
  director
  
  directing
  
  2001
- The Hole
  director
  
  directing
  
  1998
- The River
  director
  
  directing
  
  1997
- My New Friends
  director
  
  directing
  
  1995
- Vive L'Amour
  director
  
  directing
  
  1994
- Rebels of the Neon God
  director
  
  directing
  
  1994
- Boys
  director
  
  directing
  
  1991
- Give Me a Home
  director
  
  directing
  
  1991
- Li-hsiang’s Love Line
  director
  
  directing
  
  1990
- All the Corners of the World
  director
  
  directing
  
  1989
production (7 credits)
- Stray Dogs at the Museum
  producer
  
  production
  
  2026
- Days
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2021
- Your Face
  producer
  
  production
  
  2018
- Single Belief
  producer
  
  production
  
  2016
- Visage
  producer
  
  production
  
  2009
- Help Me, Eros
  producer
  
  production
  
  2007
- The Missing
  executive producer
  
  production
  
  2003
actors (26 credits)
- seascape
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- Mr. Kim Goes to the Cinema
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2026
- The Ozu Diaries
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2025
- Jean-Pierre Léaud: The Child of Cinema
  Self - Filmmaker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2024
- Making-of du tournage de Tsai Ming-Liang au Centre Pompidou
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- The Pursuit of a Cinematic Dream - Tsai Ming-Liang
  Tsai Ming-liang
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2022
- Wandering
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2021
- Your Face
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Wiara
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2018
- Afternoon
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- French Cinema Mon Amour
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2015
- Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2014
- Past Present
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2013
- Taipei 24H
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Visage
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Flowers in the Mirror, Moon in the Water
  Self as the film director of Visage
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Remembrance
  Client
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2009
- Sleeping on Dark Waters
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2008
- Moonlight in the River
  Narrator
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2003
- Our Time, Our Story
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- Looking for Tsai
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2002
- Léaud l'unique
  Self - filmmaker
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  2001
- Yang ± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
  Self
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1998
- My New Friends
  Himself
  
  actor
  
  actors
  
  1995
- Golden Horse Awards
  
  - Episode 1 (2013) ... Self actor actors
  
  - Episode 1 (1994) ... Self actor actors
  
  1962
editing (1 credits)
- Night Journey
  editor
  
  editing
  
  2025
writing (31 credits)
- Night Journey
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2025
- The Night
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2021
- Days
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2021
- Sand
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2018
- Journey to the West
  adaptation
  
  writing
  
  2014
- Stray Dogs
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2014
- Letters from the South
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2013
- Walker
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2012
- Diamond Sutra
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2012
- Sleepwalk
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2012
- No Form
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2012
- Visage
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2009
- Madame Butterfly
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2009
- It's a Dream
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2007
- I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2006
- The Wayward Cloud
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2005
- Goodbye, Dragon Inn
  writer
  
  writing
  
  2003
- The Skywalk Is Gone
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2003
- What Time Is It There?
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  2001
- The Hole
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1998
- The River
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1997
- Vive L'Amour
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1994
- Rebels of the Neon God
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1994
- Boys
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1991
- Give Me a Home
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1991
- Li-hsiang’s Love Line
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1990
- All the Corners of the World
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1989
- The Game They Call Sex
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1987
- Run Away
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1985
- Spring Daddy
  writer
  
  writing
  
  1985
- Teenage Fugitive
  screenplay
  
  writing
  
  1984
camera (5 credits)
- Where Do You Stand, Tsai Ming-liang?
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2022
- The Night
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2021
- Walker
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2012
- Madame Butterfly
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2009
- I Don't Want to Sleep Alone
  director of photography
  
  camera
  
  2006
crew (3 credits)
- Mother
  presenter
  
  crew
  
  - Episode 6 (2022) ... presenter crew
  
  - Episode 5 (2022) ... presenter crew
  
  - Episode 4 (2022) ... presenter crew
  
  - Episode 3 (2022) ... presenter crew
  
  - Episode 2 (2022) ... presenter crew
  
  2022
- Visage
  script
  
  crew
  
  2009
- Madame Butterfly
  cinematography
  
  crew
  
  2009
art (2 credits)
- Stray Dogs
  art direction
  
  art
  
  2014
- Help Me, Eros
  art direction
  
  art
  
  2007