Lee Kang-sheng explained

Lee Kang-sheng
Birth Date:21 October 1968
Birth Place:Taipei, Taiwan
Occupation:Film actor, director, screenwriter
Years Active:1989-

Lee Kang-sheng (born 21 October 1968) is a Taiwanese actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in all of Tsai Ming-liang's feature films. Lee's directorial efforts include The Missing in 2003 and Help Me Eros in 2007.

Career

Lee was working at an arcade when he was asked by Tsai Ming-liang to act in his TV film Boys.[1] This started a working relationship that has lasted over 30 years; Tsai has said that he would never make another movie without Lee.[2]

Awards

Lee has received recognition for his acting by winning the Best Actor Award at the 2002 Cinemanila International Film Festival for What Time Is It There? and getting nominated for a Golden Horse Award in 1994 for Vive L'Amour.

Lee won several awards with his directorial debut, The Missing. At the 2004 Rotterdam International Film Festival, he won the KNF Award, the NETPAC Award and the Tiger Award. The film also won the New Currents Award at the 2004 Pusan International Film Festival, a special mention at the Ljubljana International Film Festival and the City of Athens Award at the Athens International Film Festival.[3]

His second directorial effort, Help Me Eros in 2007, was nominated for a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. It won a special jury award at the 2007 World Film Festival of Bangkok.

Filmography

As actor

YearTitleRole
1991Boys
1992Rebels of the Neon GodHsiao-kang
1994Vive L'AmourHsiao-kang
1996A Drifting Life
1997Sweet DegenerationChun-sheng
1997The RiverHsiao-kang
1998The HoleThe Man Upstairs
1999Ordinary HeroesTung
2000Sunny Doll
2001What Time Is It There?Hsiao-kang
2002A Way We GoAh Hui
2002The Skywalk Is Gone (short)Hsiao-kang
2003Goodbye, Dragon InnProjectionist
2005The Wayward CloudHsiao-kang
2006I Don't Want to Sleep AloneHsiao-kang
2007Help Me ErosAh Jie
2009FaceKang, the director
2013Stray DogsHsiao-kang
2014Journey to the WestMonk
2015No No Sleep (short)
2015Sashimi
2016The Tenants DownstairsGuo Li
2018The Deserted
2019Your Face
2020DaysKang
2023Kuro no Ushi
2024Abiding Nowhere

As screenwriter-director

YearTitle
2003The Missing
2007Help Me Eros
2009Taipei 24H

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Boys | Tsai Ming-liang . 4 June 2020 .
  2. Web site: The Missing: An Interview with Lee Kang-sheng . 2010-08-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090731041829/http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/contents/04/32/lee_kang_sheng.html . 2009-07-31 .
  3. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0497642/awards Kang sheng Lee Awards
  4. http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=12691&display_set=eng Lee Kang-sheng at hkmdb.com
  5. http://chinesemov.com/actors/Lee-Kang-Sheng.html Lee Kang-sheng at chinesemov.com