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The Puppetmaster (1993)
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Cast: Li Tian-Lu, Lim Giong, Pai Ming-Hua, Cheng Kuei-Chung
7.0
100%Runtime143 min
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Master puppeteer Li Tien-lu recalls his life in Japanese-occupied Taiwan during the first half of the 20th century.
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Fans of director Hou Hsiao-hsien's visually stunning, contemplative style will appreciate the way The Puppetmaster from 1993 uses the story of a Taiwanese puppeteer's life under Japanese occupation to explore themes of personal and national identity through the evocative lens of Hou's cinematic artistry.
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The Puppetmaster is a 1993 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. Based on the memoirs of Li Tian-lu, Taiwan's most celebrated puppeteer, this story covers the years from Li's birth in 1909 to the end of Japan's fifty-year occupation of Taiwan in 1945.
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