Collaborations between filmmakers and actors have captured the imagination of audiences since the birth of cinema, from D. W. Griffith and Lillian Gish, to Akira Kurosawa and Toshiro Mifune, and Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski. Rarely does a director’s sensibility match up with the expressions of a performer as well as Tsai Ming-liang and Lee Kang-sheng, whose partnership has lasted for...