The Puppetmaster

Name: The Puppetmaster
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Genre: Drama, War, Biography
Released: 1993-12-08
Duration: 8520000 s
Rating: 10
Cast: Li Tian-Lu, Lim Giong, Bai Ming-Hwa

Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

1993 2h 22m

Drama, War, Biography

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In the first half of this century, young Li Tienlu joines a travelling puppet theatre and subsequently makes a career as one of Taiwan's leading puppeteers. During World War II the Japanese rulers of Taiwan use the traditional Chinese puppet theatre for their war propaganda. Only after the war street theatres start playing again.

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