In 2015, Tsai Ming-Liang was once again invited by the Hong Kong International Film Festival to make the opening short film. This time, he selected Shibuya station in Tokyo as his main filming location and invited the famous Japanese actor Masanobu Ando to appear alongside Lee Kang-Sheng. They sleep separately at a capsule hotel and cleanse themselves at a public bath. Their fatigued bodies yearn for sleep but restless minds keep them for falling asleep. "No No Sleep" won the Best Director Award at the Taipei Film Festival.
April 21, 2015
Released
無無眠
34min
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No Language
Hong Kong International Film Festival SocietyHomegreen FilmsYouku
Part of
Includes: Walker, Sleepwalk, Diamond Sutra, No Form, Walking on Water, Journey to the West, No No Sleep, Sand, Where, Abiding Nowhere