Li Tian-Lu

1910-12-02 – 1998-08-13 (age 87) Taipei, Taiwan

Biography

Li Tien-lu was a Taiwanese puppeteer. He is best known to the international audience for playing principal characters in several Taiwanese films directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.

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Known For

A City of Sadness

1989

as Ah Lu

Goodbye South, Goodbye

1996

as Pig Owner

Dust in the Wind

1986

as Grandpa

Dust of Angels

1992

as Old Man

Daughter of the Nile

1987

as Grandfather

The Puppetmaster

1993

as Self

Such a life

1997

Modern Republic

1995

Emperor's Adventures in Hsi Hu

1994