Hsiao-Hsien Hou – RareFilm

Good Men, Good Women (1995) Hsiao-Hsien Hou

rarefilm — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 22:05:29 +0000

Intended as the concluding film in the trilogy on the modern history of Taiwan began with Beiqing Chengshi (1989), this film reveals the story through three levels: a film within a film as well as the past and present as linked by a young woman, Liang Ching. She is being persecuted by an anonymous man who calls her repeatedly but does not speak. He has stolen her diary and faxes her pages daily. Liang is also rehearsing for a new film that is due to go into production soon. The film, entitled Haonan Haonu, is about a couple Chiang Bi-yu and Chung Hao-tung who returns to China to participate in the anti-Japanese movement in China in the 1940s and are arrested as communists when they go back to Taiwan.

Also Known As (AKA): Hao nan hao nu, Bons Homens Boas Mulheres

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File Name : Good.Men.Good.Women.1995.mkv
File Size : 1.59 GB / 1633 MB
Resolution : 684×460 @ 810×460
Duration : 01:48:04

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Min Nan
Subs: English, Japanese, Chinese (embedded)
Genre: Drama, Romance

Good.Men.Good.Women.1995.mkv

Taipei Story / Qing mei zhu ma (1985) Edward Yang, Chin Tsai, Hsiao-Hsien Hou, I-Chen Ko

rarefilm — Sun, 25 Apr 2021 22:05:46 +0000

Lung, a former member of the national Little League team and now operator of an old-style fabric business, is never able to shake a longing for his past glory. One day, he runs into a forme teammate who is now a struggling cab driver. The two talk about old times and they are struck by a sense of loss. Lung is living with his old childhood sweetheart Ah-chin, a westernized professional woman who grew up in a traditional family. Although they live together, Ah-chin is always weary of Lung’s past liason with another girl. After an argument, Ah-chin tris to find solace by hanging out with her sister’s friends, a group of westernized, hedonistic youths.

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File Name : Taipei Story 1985.mkv
File Size : 2523.51 MB
Resolution : 1024×560
Duration : 02:00:02
Video : AVC, 2 746 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AC-3, 192 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 1 channel, 1 stream

Quality: BRRip
Language: Min Nan, Mandarin, Hokkien
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: Taiwan
Genres: Drama

Taipei_Story_1985.mkv

Dust in the wind / Lian lian feng chen (1986) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Shu-Fang Chen, Shu-fen Hsin, Lawrence Ko

rarefilm — Sun, 07 Mar 2021 17:41:01 +0000

A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. In the city, A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school, and A-yun works as a helper at a tailors. Everyone thinks they are meant for each other, so do they. They fail to see time and fate are beyond their control.

Also Known As (AKA): Poeira no Vento, Poussières dans le vent, Polvo en el viento, Liebe wie Staub im Wind

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Lian_lian_feng_chen_aka_Dust_in_the_wind_1986.mkv

The Puppetmaster AKA Xi meng ren sheng (1993) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Tian-Lu Li, Giong Lim, Kuei-Chung Cheng

rarefilm — Sun, 07 Feb 2021 17:27:33 +0000

This Hou Hsiao Hsien masterpiece is a portrait of the childhood and adolescence of octogenarian Taiwanese puppet master and actor Li T’ien-lu, who narrates the film both off-screen and on-screen. In this second installment of a trilogy on Taiwanese life in the 20th century (City of Sadness is the first and Good Men, Good Women is the third), Li’s development as an artist and husband plays out between 1908 and 1945 under the heavy hand of Japanese rule, paralleling the development of Taiwan’s own political consciousness. The movie deftly shifts from a dramatization of Li’s life, to Li speaking directly to the camera about his experiences, to his puppet performances in a semi-documentary style that recalls The Thin Blue Line (1988). Here, as in most of his films, Hou uses long takes and off-screen space to create a complex, richly layered meditation on personal, artistic, and national aspirations.

Also Known As (AKA): Mestre das Marionetes, Le maître de marionnettes, Il maestro burattinaio, El maestro de marionetas, In the Hands of a Puppet Master

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Xi.Meng.Ren.Sheng.AKA.The.Puppetmaster.1993.mkv

The Boys from Fengkuei AKA Feng gui lai de ren (1983) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Chun-Fang Chang, Shih Chang, Grace Chen

rarefilm — Tue, 13 Oct 2020 19:34:46 +0000

Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for work. They find an apartment through relatives, and Ah-Ching is attracted to the girlfriend of a neighbor. There they face the harsh realities of the big city.

Also Known As (AKA): Os Garotos De Fengkuei, Les garçons de Fengkuei, I ragazzi di Feng-Kwei, Die fernen Tage meiner Kindheit, All the Youthful Days

IMDB

File Name : Feng gui lai de ren 1983.mkv
File Size : 2162.98 MB
Resolution : 1024×552
Duration : 01:39:57
Video : AVC, 2 800 kb/s, 23.976 (24000/1001) FPS
Audio : AC-3, 224 kb/s (CBR), 48.0 kHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: BRRip
Language: Mandarin
Subs: English (embedded)
Country: Taiwan
Genres: Drama

Feng_gui_lai_de_ren_1983.mkv

Café Lumière AKA Kôhî jikô (2003) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Yo Hitoto, Tadanobu Asano, Masato Hagiwara

rarefilm — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 15:03:11 +0000

The story revolves around Yoko Inoue, a pregnant woman in search for a cafe that’s frequented by a Taiwanese composer whose life she is researching.

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Cafe_Lumiere_2003.mkv

A City of Sadness (1989) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Shu-Fen Hsin, Sung Young Chen

rarefilm — Tue, 19 Mar 2019 18:26:19 +0000

A beautiful, historical film based upon the complex lives of four brothers.

Also Known As (AKA): Beiqíng chéngshì, La cité des douleurs, Città dolente, A Cidade da Dor, Ciudad doliente, Die Stadt der Traurigkeit

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File Name : Beiqing chengshi 1989.mkv
File Size : 2532.27 MB
Resolution : 716×448 @ 848×448
Duration : 02:38:32

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Mandarin
Subs: English, Japanese, Russian (embedded)
Genre: Drama

Beiqing_chengshi_1989.mkv

Cheerful Wind (1981) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Fei Fei Feng, Kenny Bee, Anthony Chan

rarefilm — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 16:39:42 +0000

A romance develops between a blind man and a photographer.

Also Known As (AKA): Feng er ti ta cai, Blind of Love, Play While You Play

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File Name : Cheerful Wind 1981.mkv
File Size : 1599.86 MB
Resolution : 1080×720
Duration : 01:31:11

Quality: WEBRip
Language: Mandarin
Subs: English (hardcoded)
Genre: Drama, Romance

Cheerful_Wind_1981.mkv

Goodbye, South, Goodbye (1996) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Hsiang Hsi, Kuei-Ying Hsu, Annie Shizuka Inoh

rarefilm — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 23:17:03 +0000

Produced by the Japanese Shochiku Company, this Taiwanese drama follows the lives of two generations of Taipei residents. Kao is a gangster, while divorcee/single mother/bar hostess Ying is his girl friend. Kao’s closest friend is rock singer Flathead and his slightly ditzy girl friend Pretzel. The troubles begin when Kao and his long-time cohort Hsi and the others set up a temporary gambling den in the highlands. As the day progresses, Pretzel gets so deeply into debt that she attempts suicide. Later Kao and His get some bad news about a shady business venture in Shanghai. To make some quick money, His and Kao devise a new scam to get the government to condemn so land so the two can quickly buy up all the pigs upon it and then sell them to their fellow gangsters, to the government and to the local farmers. The plan works until Flathead decides to flex his muscles and get some of his relatives, who live in the are, to pay their debts.

Also Known As (AKA): Nan guo zai jian nan guo, Adiós sur adiós

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File Name : Nan guo zai jian nan guo 1996.mkv
File Size : 2741.11 MB
Resolution : 716×470 @ 850×470
Duration : 01:52:10

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Mandarin
Subs: English, French, Japanese, Chinese (embedded)
Genre: Crime, Drama

Nan_guo_zai_jian_nan_guo_1996.mkv

A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1985) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Chia-bao Chang, Neng Chang, Chih-Chen Chen, Biography, Drama

rarefilm — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 22:48:48 +0000

This depiction of childhood and adolescence draws heavily from the filmmaker’s own boyhood. Like many of their compatriots, Hou’s family moved from the mainland to Taiwan in 1948 and was unable ever to return. The film focuses on the widening generation gap in a family cut off from its cultural heritage.

Also Known As (AKA): Tóngnián wangshì, Un temps pour vivre un temps pour mourir, Tempo para Viver e Tempo para Morrer

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File Name : A Time to Live and a Time to Die.mkv
File Size : 2848.31 MB
Resolution : 1024×554
Duration : 02:16:51
Video : AVC (AVC), 2 719 Kbps, 24.000 fps
Audio : AC-3 (AC3), 192 Kbps (CBR), 48.0 KHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: BRRip
Language: Mandarin
Subs: English (embedded)
Genre: Biography, Drama

A_Time_to_Live_and_a_Time_to_Die.mkv

The Sandwich Man (1983) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Jen Wan, Bor Jeng Chen, Li-Yin Yang, Kuo-Feng Tseng, Drama

rarefilm — Mon, 11 Jun 2018 21:42:04 +0000

Three vignettes from three different directors that tell stories of ordinary people during Taiwan’s Cold War period.

Also Known As (AKA): Er zi de da wan ou, L’homme-sandwich

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File Name : The.Sandwich.Man.1983.mkv
File Size : 4272.57 MB
Resolution : 1280×692
Duration : 01:46:33
Video : AVC (AVC), 4 800 Kbps, 24.000 fps
Audio : DTS (DTS), 768 Kbps (CBR), 48.0 KHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: BRRip
Language: Mandarin
Subs: English (embedded, srt)
Genre: Drama

The.Sandwich.Man.1983.rar

Le voyage du ballon rouge / Flight of the Red Balloon (2007) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Juliette Binoche, Hippolyte Girardot, Simon Iteanu, Drama, Family

rarefilm — Mon, 30 Oct 2017 16:12:18 +0000

In Paris, Chinese cinema student Song Fang is hired to work as the nanny of Simon by his divorced mother Suzanne, who works voicing marionettes in a theater. Suzanne is having troubles with her tenant Marc, who does not pay the rent, while she waits for the return of her older daughter Louise, who lives with her father in Brussels.

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File Name : Flight.of.the.Red.Balloon.mkv
File Size : 1685.24 MB
Resolution : 1024×560
Duration : 01:55:15
Video : AVC (AVC), 1 850 Kbps, 24.000 fps
Audio : AC-3 (AC3), 192 Kbps (CBR), 48.0 KHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: BRRip
Language: French
Subs: English (embedded)
Genre: Drama, Family

Flight.of.the.Red.Balloon.mkv

Ni luo he nu er / Daughter of the Nile (1987) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Lin Yang, Jack Kao, Shu-Fang Chen, Crime, Drama

rarefilm — Sat, 21 Oct 2017 12:29:27 +0000

The eldest daughter of a broken and troubled family works to keep the family together and look after her younger siblings, who are slipping into a life of crime.

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File Name : Daughter of the Nile 1987.mkv
File Size : 1950.16 MB
Resolution : 1024×560
Duration : 01:32:44
Video : AVC (AVC), 2 746 Kbps, 23.976 fps
Audio : AC-3 (AC3), 192 Kbps (CBR), 48.0 KHz, 1 channel, 1 stream

Quality: BRRip
Language: Mandarin
Subs: English (embedded)
Genre: Crime, Drama

Daughter_of_the_Nile_1987.mkv

Flowers of Shanghai / Hai shang hua (1998) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Michiko Hada, Michelle Reis, Drama

rarefilm — Fri, 13 Oct 2017 15:29:07 +0000

In Shanghai in the 1880s there are four elegant brothels (flower houses): each has an auntie (called madam), a courtesan in her prime, older servants, and maturing girls in training. The men gather around tables of food, playing drinking games. An opium pipe is at hand. The women live within dark-paneled walls. The atmosphere is stifling, as if Chekhov was in China. The melancholy Wang is Crimson’s patron; will he leave her for the younger Jasmin? Emerald schemes to buy her freedom, aided by patron Luo. Pearl, an aging flower, schools the willful Jade, who thinks she has a marriage agreement with young master Zhu. Is she dreaming? Women fade, or connive, or despair.

Also Known As (AKA): Las flores de Shanghai, Les fleurs de Shanghai, Kwiaty Szanghaju, Flores de Xangai

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File Name : Flowers.of.Shanghai.1998.mkv
File Size : 1521.46 MB
Resolution : 720×480 @ 872×480
Duration : 01:53:31
Video : AVC (AVC), 1 613 Kbps, 23.976 fps
Audio : AC-3 (AC3), 224 Kbps (CBR), 48.0 KHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Cantonese
Subs: English (embedded)
Genre: Drama

Flowers.of.Shanghai.1998.mkv

Three Times / Zui hao de shi guang (2005) Hsiao-Hsien Hou, Qi Shu, Chen Chang, Fang Mei, Drama, Romance

rarefilm — Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:20:16 +0000

There are three stories of women and men: in “A Time for Love” set in 1966, a soldier searches for a young woman he met one afternoon playing pool; “A Time for Freedom,” set in a bordello in 1911, revolves around a singer’s longing to escape her surroundings; in “A Time for Youth” set in 2005 Taipei, a triangle in which a singer has an affair with a photographer while her partner suffers is dramatized. In the first two stories, letters are crucial to the outcome; in the third, it’s cell-phone calls, text messages, and a computer file. Over the years between the tales, as sexual intimacy becomes more likely and words more free, communication recedes.

IMDB – 6 wins

File Name : Three Times 2005.mkv
File Size : 2026.69 MB
Resolution : 716×548 @ 1018×548
Duration : 02:09:47
Video : AVC (AVC), 1 958 Kbps, 25.000 fps
Audio : AC-3 (AC3), 224 Kbps (CBR), 48.0 KHz, 2 channels, 1 stream

Quality: DVDRip
Language: Mandarin
Subs: English (embedded)
Genre: Drama, Romance

Three_Times_2005.mkv