Lee Kang-sheng
Lee Kang-sheng (born 21 October 1968) is a Taiwanese actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in all of Tsai Ming-liang's feature films. Lee's directorial efforts include The Missing in 2003 and Help Me Eros in 2007.
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Lee Kang-sheng

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- Name
- Lee Kang-sheng
- Born
- 21 October 1968
- Birthplace
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Occupation
- * Actor
- Nationality
- Taiwan
- Honours
- Golden Horse Award for Best Leading Actor · Sitges Film Festival Best Actor award
- Languages
- Standard Chinese
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Lee Kang-sheng (born 21 October 1968) is a Taiwanese actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in all of Tsai Ming-liang's feature films. Lee's directorial efforts include The Missing in 2003 and Help Me Eros in 2007.
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• Name — Lee Kang-sheng • Native Name — 李康生 • Born — 21 October 1968 • Birthplace — Taipei, Taiwan • Occupation — * Actor • film director • screenwriter • Years Active — 1989–present Lee Kang-sheng (born 21 October 1968) is a Taiwanese actor, film director and screenwriter. He has appeared in all of Tsai Ming-liang's feature films. Lee's directorial efforts include The Missing in 2003 and Help Me Eros in 2007.
Career
Career
Lee was working at an arcade when he was asked by Tsai Ming-liang to act in his TV film Boys. This started a working relationship that has lasted over 30 years; Tsai has said that he would never make another movie without Lee.
As actor
As actor
• Year — Title — Role • 1991 — Boys • 1992 — Rebels of the Neon God — Hsiao-kang • 1994 — Vive L'Amour — Hsiao-kang • 1996 — A Drifting Life • 1997 — Sweet Degeneration — Chun-sheng • 1997 — The River — Hsiao-kang • 1998 — The Hole — The Man Upstairs • 1999 — Ordinary Heroes — Tung • 2000 — Sunny Doll • 2001 — What Time Is It There? — Hsiao-kang • 2002 — A Way We Go — Ah Hui • 2002 — The Skywalk Is Gone (short) — Hsiao-kang • 2003 — Goodbye, Dragon Inn — Projectionist • 2005 — The Wayward Cloud — Hsiao-kang • 2006 — I Don't Want to Sleep Alone — Hsiao-kang • 2007 — Help Me Eros — Ah Jie • 2009 — Face — Kang, the director • 2013 — Stray Dogs — Hsiao-kang • 2014 — Journey to the West — Monk • 2015 — No No Sleep (short) • 2015 — Sashimi • 2016 — The Tenants Downstairs — Guo Li • 2018 — The Deserted • 2019 — Your Face • 2020 — Days — Kang • 2022 — The Rope Curse 2 — Huo-ge • 2023 — Kuro no Ushi • 2024 — Abiding Nowhere • Stranger Eyes — Lao Wu • Blue Sun Palace — Cheung • 2026 — The House on the Moon — Yue Lao
Life and career
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Life and career
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1968
Lee Kang-sheng born at Taipei.
2007
Help Me Eros - Lee Kang Sheng - 2007 sub ita-eng (2025) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
As screenwriter-director
• Year — Title • 2003 — The Missing • 2007 — Help Me Eros • 2009 — Taipei 24H

Lee Kang-sheng, actor and director, at 82nd Venice International Film Festival in Venice, Italy for the film "Hui Jia" (Back Home).
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q705351: Lee Kang-sheng
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 140994920, Lee, Kang-Sheng.
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Awards
Lee has received recognition for his acting by winning the Best Actor Award at the 2002 Cinemanila International Film Festival for What Time Is It There? and getting nominated for a Golden Horse Award in 1994 for Vive L'Amour. Lee won several awards with his directorial debut, The Missing. At the 2004 Rotterdam International Film Festival, he won the KNF Award, the NETPAC Award and the Tiger Award. The film also won the New Currents Award at the 2004 Pusan International Film Festival, a special mention at the Ljubljana International Film Festival and the City of Athens Award at the Athens International Film Festival. His second directorial effort, Help Me Eros in 2007, was nominated for a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. It won a special jury award at the 2007 World Film Festival of Bangkok.
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 140994920, Lee, Kang-Sheng.Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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