---
title: 'The Puppetmaster (1993)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Hou Hsiao-Hsien'
released: '1993-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 142
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'Taiwan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-puppetmaster-1993'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107157/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Puppetmaster (1993)

1993 · 142 min · History · Taiwan

Original title: 戲夢人生
Part of: Taiwan Trilogy

## Synopsis

The Puppetmaster is a 1993 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. Based on the memoirs of Li Tian-lu, Taiwan's most celebrated puppeteer, this story covers the years from Li's birth in 1909 to the end of Japan's fifty-year occupation of Taiwan in 1945.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Hou Hsiao-Hsien](https://cinepixo.com/people/hou-hsiao-hsien)
- **Screenplay:** [Chu Tʻien-wen](https://cinepixo.com/people/chu-t-ien-wen)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Chen Ming-chang](https://cinepixo.com/people/chen-ming-chang)
- **Director of Photography:** [Mark Lee Ping Bin](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-lee-ping-bin)
- **Editor:** [Liao Ching-sung](https://cinepixo.com/people/liao-ching-sung)

## Cast

- [Lim Giong](https://cinepixo.com/people/lim-giong)
- [Li Tian-lu](https://cinepixo.com/people/li-tian-lu)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-puppetmaster-1993
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