Lee Kang-sheng

Lee Kang-sheng

October 12, 1968 · 57 years old

Lee Kang-Sheng (Chinese: 李康生; Pinyin: Lǐ Kāngshēng; b. 1968 in Taipei, Taiwan) is a Taiwanese actor, film director, and screenwriter. He has appeared in all of Tsai Ming-liang's theatrical feature films. Lee's own directorial efforts include The Missing (2003) and Help Me Eros (2007).

Known For

17 titles
1
Goodbye, Dragon Inn

Goodbye, Dragon Inn

2003 · 1h 22m · Movie

On a dark, wet night a historic and regal Chinese cinema sees its final film. Together with a small handful of souls they bid "Goodbye, Dragon Inn".

7.1
2
The Wayward Cloud

The Wayward Cloud

2005 · 1h 52m · Movie

Hsiao-Kang, now working as a pornographic actor, meets Shiang-chyi once again. Meanwhile, the city of Taipei faces a water shortage that makes the sales of watermelons skyrocket.

6.5
3
Rebels of the Neon God

Rebels of the Neon God

1994 · 1h 46m · Movie

Within the urban gloom of Taipei, four youths face alienation, loneliness, and moments of existential crisis amidst a series of minor crimes.

7.5
4
What Time Is It There?

What Time Is It There?

2001 · 1h 56m · Movie

A watch salesman meets a young woman soon leaving for Paris and becomes infatuated, so he begins to change all the clocks in Taipei to Paris time.

7.3
5
Vive L'Amour

Vive L'Amour

1995 · 1h 58m · Movie

Three lonely young denizens of Taipei unknowingly share an apartment used for sexual trysts.

7.3
6
The River

The River

1997 · 1h 55m · Movie

A young man develops severe neck pain after swimming in a polluted river; his dysfunctional parents are unable to provide any relief for him or themselves.

7.2
7
Stray Dogs

Stray Dogs

2014 · 2h 18m · Movie

An alcoholic man and his two young children barely survive in Taipei. They cross path with a lonely grocery clerk who might help them make a better life.

6.9
8
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

I Don't Want to Sleep Alone

2006 · 1h 55m · Movie

A day laborer is badly beaten, and a young man nurses him back to health.

6.9
9
The Tenants Downstairs

The Tenants Downstairs

2016 · 1h 50m · Movie

A sadisitic landlord manipulates the lives of his tenants through a network of surveillance cameras installed throughout the building.

6.0
10
Help Me, Eros

Help Me, Eros

2007 · 1h 43m · Movie

A bankrupt Taiwanese man loses everything including girlfriend. He still has a key to his luxury condo, where he grows and smokes marijuana. He spends time with a woman on suicide hotline and a lingerie clad woman selling cigarettes.

6.0
11
The Rope Curse 2

The Rope Curse 2

2020 · 1h 44m · Movie

After a purification ritual unravels, a conflicted Taoist priest attempts to help a lonely young psychic whose aunt is possessed by a powerful demon.

5.3
12
Walker

Walker

2012 · 27m · Movie

Kang-sheng Lee is dressed in a red robe and walks slowly and patiently through a lively city.

6.9
13
Blue Sun Palace

Blue Sun Palace

2025 · 1h 56m · Movie

When tragedy strikes, an unexpected bond forms between two migrants in the Chinese community of Queens. Far from home, their labor-filled lives intertwine as they grieve and search for familial connections.

6.6
14
No No Sleep

No No Sleep

2015 · 34m · Movie

In the wee hours of winter a night train travels through a sleepless city. This is a panorama of a Buddhist monk's journey through Tokyo at night. He also stops at a bath-house in a capsule hotel, where he makes a brief encounter.

6.9
15
Hotel Iris

Hotel Iris

2022 · 1h 40m · Movie

Somewhere on the coast of Taiwan is Hotel Iris, a mouldering seaside establishment run by a cold and thrifty Japanese woman (Nahana) and her lonely half-Taiwanese daughter Mari (Lucia). One night, Mari hears the cries of a woman f...

2.5
16
Come and Go

Come and Go

2021 · 2h 38m · Movie

Tourists, foreigners and outcasts converge on the streets of Osaka in this sprawling ensemble drama by Japan-based, Malaysia-born filmmaker Lim Kah Wai. His eighth feature explores the lesser-known aspects of the Asian melting pot...

6.5
17
Everything Is Unknown

Everything Is Unknown

2023 · 1h 27m · Movie

A man returns to his hometown to inherit his father's legacy and meets his former lover and the daughter he has never met.

1.5