Traditional Chinese 李天祿 Name Li Tian-lu Simplified Chinese 李天禄 Role Film actor | Hanyu Pinyin Died June 23, 1998 Hokkien POJ Thian-lo̍k | |
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Books Congressional Policy of Chinese Immigration Movies The Puppetmaster, Dust in the Wind, A City of Sadness, Daughter of the Nile Similar People Chu Tien‑wen, Hou Hsiao‑Hsien, Wu Nien‑jen, Mark Lee Ping Bin | ||
Li Tian-lu (1910 – 23 June 1998) played the principal character in two historical Taiwanese films directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.
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Filmography
The Puppetmaster tells the true story of Li's life as a master puppeteer faced with demands to turn his skills to propaganda during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan in World War II. He also played the patriarch of the extended Chinese family facing the events surrounding A City of Sadness (1989).
Li featured in the role of the grandfather in Hou's 1986 film Dust in the Wind and 1987 film Daughter of the Nile.
Death
Li died on 23 June, 1998.
References
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