Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.

See what’s playing
The Puppetmaster
The Puppetmaster
8.4
/10
403 Ratings

THE PUPPETMASTER

戲夢人生 | Xi meng ren sheng

Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien
Taiwan, 1993
Biography, Drama, War

Synopsis

The childhood and early adulthood of Li Tien-lu, an 84-year-old Taiwanese puppet master, comes to life using a combination of documentary technique and elegant dramatization, while the real Li functions as on-and-off-screen narrator, as the film travels from 1908 to 1945.

Synopsis

The childhood and early adulthood of Li Tien-lu, an 84-year-old Taiwanese puppet master, comes to life using a combination of documentary technique and elegant dramatization, while the real Li functions as on-and-off-screen narrator, as the film travels from 1908 to 1945.