Directing
Hsu Hsiao-Ming
Born January 1, 1955 · Kaohsiung, Taiwan (age 71)
Hsu Hsiao-Ming (Chinese: 徐小明) is a Taiwanese director. He studied production, screenwriting and directing at Shih Hsin School of Journalism. He was a second assistant director to Lee Hsing and worked with Hou Hsiao-hsien. His first feature film, Dust of Angels, produced by Hou Hsiao-hsien, was presented at Cannes Directors' Fortnight.
Known For
Beijing Bicycle · 2001Beijing Bicycle
★ 6.92001
MovieDrama
A seventeen-year-old country boy working in Beijing as a courier has his bicycle stolen, and finds it with a schoolboy his age.
Blue Gate Crossing · 2002Blue Gate Crossing
★ 7.22002
MovieDramaRomance
Yueh-chen has an obsession with her classmate Shihao, but is too shy to confess to him directly. She sends in her best friend, Kerou, to act as a go-between, and Shihao ends up falling for Kerou, who is not sure what to think of him.
Love of May · 2004Love of May
★ 6.22004
MovieRomanceComedy
Ah Lei is the younger brother of Stone, a guitarist of Mayday. He is also the administrator of Mayday's fansite, in charge of replying to fan letters and emails. One day, he befriended a girl named Zhao Xuan through a chatroom. He told her that he's actually Ashin, the lead vocal of Mayday. She started writing letters to him, believing that he was Ashin. Finally, Xuan's peking opera group from school gets to leave Harbin and travel to Taiwan to perform. The two promised to meet in a library, but Ah Lei didn't have the courage to meet up with her. He decides to follow her around, but did not expect that she followed him back, and that she saw through his lies all along.
Dust of Angels · 1992Dust of Angels
★ 7.71992
MovieActionCrime
A-Guo and A-Dou are two teenagers living in an industrial town in Taiwan, who fight, loaf, and cause trouble all day and hang out with Jie, a young gangster. When Jie's gangland patron is gunned down, the trio set out to revenge the killing. As a result, the two teens are forced into hiding.
Sex Appeal · 2014Sex Appeal
★ 6.42014
MovieDrama
Huihua, a music school freshman, is raped by Professor Lee. She files a suit against him with the help of another professor, who involves his attorney friend, Fang Anyu. As the film focuses on the secondary abuse inflicted on Huihua, it narrows in on the characters’ inner lives. Why does Fang Anyu defend Huihua while his marriage crumbles? Why does attorney Lin so actively defend her husband? Above all, Huihua’s complex psyche is evident in the words, "I may have loved Professor Lee," changes the film into something beyond a simple courtroom drama.
Teenage Fugitive · 1984Teenage Fugitive
★ 6.81984
MovieComedyCrime
Three siblings idle their time while their parents are away. Youngest son, Hsiao-hung, finds a young fugitive taking refuge in their empty home, and hides him. Later, his mother finds the murderer sleeping in a cupboard – and a night of horror takes hold.
Qian Tang River · 2025Qian Tang River
2025
MovieDramaHistory
One river, three generations, countless failures. In the late 1950s, a group of people living along the Qiantang River fought against fearsome tides for their respective beliefs.
Heartbreak Island · 1995Heartbreak Island
★ 6.51995
MovieDrama
In Taiwan, a young woman, Lin-Lang, is released from prison after serving ten years for terrorist activity. She had turned to bomb making in grief after her mentor and lover, An Rong, who was also her university professor, was arrested for political activity and, she presumed, executed. In prison, she learns Rong is alive, and she maintains her spirits and sanity for the years in her cell by holding imaginary conversations with him. When she is released, she discovers he is married, has a child, and lives conventionally. She finds him; he's not happy to see her. How she reacts to losing the center of her life becomes the subject of the film.
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