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Li Tian-Lu

Date of birth: 1910-12-02

Place of birth: Taipei, Taiwan

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Tianlu Li, Tian-Lu Li, Li Tien-Lu, Lee Tin-Luk, 李天祿

Li Tian-Lu

Biography

Li Tien-lu was a Taiwanese puppeteer. He is best known to the international audience for playing principal characters in several Taiwanese films directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.

Movie Credits

Dust in the Wind
3.8

Dust in the Wind

1986-05-09

A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where A-yuan i

The Puppetmaster
3.3

The Puppetmaster

1993-12-08

Master puppeteer Li Tien-lu recalls his life in Japanese-occupied Taiwan during the first half of th

Modern Republic
0

Modern Republic

1995-01-01

The lives of three young Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles.

Emperor's Adventures in Hsi Hu
0

Emperor's Adventures in Hsi Hu

1994-12-31

The story of frivolous and lecherous emperor Qianlong's search for a morally upstanding person is to

Goodbye South, Goodbye
3.4

Goodbye South, Goodbye

1996-05-13

In this portrait of small-time hoods rendered in rhythm-of-life anecdotal detail, Gao is the leader

Daughter of the Nile
3.5

Daughter of the Nile

1987-08-22

Lin Hsiao-yang tries to keep her family together while working as a waitress at Kentucky Fried Chick

Dust of Angels
3.9

Dust of Angels

1992-07-03

A-Guo and A-Dou are two teenagers living in an industrial town in Taiwan, who fight, loaf, and cause

Such a life
3.9

Such a life

1997-09-28

'Such a Life' is quite a sad film. It is set in the sixties, in a village on the west coast of Taiwa

A City of Sadness
3.8

A City of Sadness

1989-10-21

The story of a family embroiled in the "White Terror," the Kuomintang government's anti-communist po