Tsai Ming-liang

Tsai Ming-liang makes the kind of cinema that dares you to sit still, and I love him for it. A Malaysian-born master working out of Taiwan, he is a defining voice of Slow Cinema, using long, near-motionless takes to let time itself accumulate on screen. Impatient viewers may find it agonizing; I find it hypnotic. With a Golden Lion, two Golden Horse Best Director wins, and France's Order of Arts and Letters, he has earned a permanent place in film history. A director who strikes with silence rather than spectacle, he has my profound admiration.

Name (English)

Tsai Ming-liang

Name (Japanese)

蔡明亮

Born

October 27, 1957 (age 68)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

Origin

Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Occupation

film director / screenwriter / film producer / filmmaker / director

University

Chinese Culture University

Awards & achievements

• Golden Lion
• 1994 Golden Horse Award for Best Director
• 2013 Golden Horse Award for Best Director
• 2014 Officer of Arts and Letters
• 2021 Asia's Most Influential Taiwan
• National Cultural Award

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai%20Ming-liang
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%94%A1%E6%98%8E%E4%BA%AE
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q698710

Tags

• Sarawak
• film director
• screenwriter
• film producer

Last updated

2026-06-21

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.