Tsai Ming-shiou

Acting

Tsai Ming-shiou

Born 1953-09-04 · Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Tsai Ming Shiou (Chinese: 蔡明修, born 4 September 1953) is a Taiwanese actor.

Acting credits

Moneyboys poster
6.3

Fei works illegally to support family, but they reject his lifestyle. Through Long, Fei finds hope, until encountering Xiaolai, his past love, who makes him confront his guilt.

Moneyboys

2021

Praying Mantis poster
NR

A mysterious woman prowls the city at night, drawing men into her web as she explores the dark depths of maternal instincts.

Praying Mantis

2025

The Abandoned poster
6.3

When a mysterious corpse is found in a river, a distressed police officer delves into a string of grisly murders as danger quickly approaches.

The Abandoned

2023

Taipei Suicide Story poster
7.5

A receptionist at a suicide hotel in Taipei forms a fleeting friendship over the course of one night with a guest who can’t decide if she wants to live or die.

Taipei Suicide Story

2020

The Great Buddha+ poster
7.9

Security guard Pickle and his trash collector friend Belly Button kill time together in night shifts watching the American-educated boss's dash-cam recordings of his various sexual encounters with women. Against the buddies' will, something horrifying rather than erotic reveals.

The Great Buddha+

2017

Ah-Chung poster
7.0

The story concerns a male youth named Ah Chung (or Diong-ah in the Taiwanese dialect) who graduates from high school and descends into a maelstrom of personal, familial, and communal conflicts. Ah Chung is going through the liminal stage of finding his place and aim in life. He is sent by his mother to a boot camp, training as one of the Eight Generals. This is a job in performing as a god in Taiwanese popular rituals and Ah Chung's mother believes it can bring spiritual and social goodwill to the much-troubled family: Financially strained mother who is a performer of "low-brow" entertainment, a kid brother who is somewhat retarded, a half-sister who is raped by his alcoholic father, and Ah Chung's listlessness which is easily sucked in by the local gang rivalry...

Ah-Chung

1996

Sprout to Death poster
NR

A zombie fearing his gradual decay immerses himself daily in formaldehyde. He relies on reading and painting to maintain a sense of freshness in body, mind, and spirit. Initially hoping to survive in society through his artistic talents, he never encounters any opportunities until one day, he secures a job at a flower shop.

Sprout to Death

2024

10 Plus 10 poster
5.7

10+10 is a project initiated by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival to demonstrate the solidarity between Taiwanese film-makers. 20 directors are invited to make a 5-minute short film each on the theme of the “Uniqueness of Taiwan,” but allowed total freedom in all other aspects.

10 Plus 10

2011

American Girl poster
6.8

When her mother gets sick, 13-year-old Fen moves back to Taiwan, where she struggles to fit in amid the 2003 SARS epidemic.

American Girl

2021

Dead & Beautiful poster
3.3

A group of young and spoiled rich kids turn into vampires after a night out, changing the course of their lives and driving a wedge between them all.

Dead & Beautiful

2021

Fantasy · World poster
6.2

A cold, hard-nosed lawyer, Zhang, discovers that his past client, Tang, is involved in yet another case of sexual assault. Thirteen years ago, Zhang was a rookie and mentored by a senior lawyer, Tu. Young and ambitious as Zhang was, his outstanding performance successfully helped Tang exonerated from the charge. However, the brutal cross-examination on the victim inevitably became his nightmare. After so many years, tormented by guilt, Zhang finally has the opportunity to atone for his mistakes and avenge the girl he loved. Challenged by Tu and Tang, he decides to pursue justice at any cost.

Fantasy · World

2022

Little Hilly poster
NR

Hilly is a 10-year-old silent Taiwanese girl. Nobody cares about her depression and the pressure she suffers. Hilly hates that she always oppresses herself, and also hates the world controlled by adults. What does Hilly really want to speak to the adults?

Little Hilly

2020

Antikalpa poster
5.3

Ah Dai comes from a family that runs a prestigious orthodox temple. His childhood sweetheart, Yufan, is desperate to locate her missing aunt. In his attempt to help, Ah Dai agrees to participate in a special ritual that his schoolmates believe could help them seek assistance from the gods to grant their desires. However, they are lured into praying to evil forces instead. As his schoolmates die one after another, Ah Dai tries to use his gift to exorcise evil to save his friends. At the very end, he faces a completely demonized Yufan and must fight her to save the neighborhood.

Antikalpa

2023

The Laundryman poster
4.9

A-Gu enlists a group of contract killers in the disguise of laundry service. One of them, code-named "No.1 Qingtian Street", is haunted by the ghosts of his victims. He seeks help from Lin Hsiang, a psychic.

The Laundryman

2015

100 Days poster
6.3

When a cold hearted telecommunications executive returns to his small island town for his estranged mother's burial, he learns about the true Taiwanese tradition that mandates him to marry within 100 days so that the parent's spirit can transition peacefully. When a typhoon leaves him stranded for 3 days, he rekindles romance with his free spirited, childhood sweetheart who is engaged to marry a local villager/step brother.

100 Days

2013

Life For Sale poster
6.2

A 27-year-old pessimistic man is obsessed with how to die, sees himself in a bad situation when a lot of dangerous people want his life. But with his life at stake, how will he get away with it?

Life For Sale

2022

Let the Sunshine in poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Let the Sunshine in

2014

Their Heaven poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Their Heaven

2017

The City of Motels poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The City of Motels

2014

One Summer Night poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

One Summer Night

2013

Days Before the Millennium poster
NR

In the 1990s, many young women from Southeast Asia, carrying their hopes and dreams, were married off to this faraway island of riches... Through a two-part narrative, the film contrasts the past and the present of Taiwanese society. Can these immigrant women across different eras break free from their predicaments in this foreign land to rediscover themselves? Can they as well as the locals, live truly free lives?

Days Before the Millennium

2022

Night Shift poster
NR

As a nurse working on graveyard shift, her life is boring and lonely. She often feels tired turning night into day, and the man she met on the dating application, Eric, gradually melts the heart of Xing Ru.

Night Shift

2022

The Present poster
5.5

A married man on a business trip checks into a hotel. The hotel manager’s daughter falls for him at first sight. Rejected by the man, she embarks on a journey of revenge...

The Present

2013

Night Bus poster
5.7

Late night, a commuter bus was speeding along the coastal highway when, suddenly, a loud and panicky scream pierced the night’s silence. This wealthy and elderly lady had just woken to find her precious necklace stolen. What follows was a series of intriguing turn of events, chaotic mob justice, vengeful lynching, as the truth behind the theft unfolds. The film climaxes as the commuter bus went ablaze, burning and glittering against the pitch-dark coastal sky.

Night Bus

2019