No No Sleep

No No Sleep

No No Sleep

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No No Sleep

2015

0h 34m

5.9(12 votes)

Drama

Documentary

Overview

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.

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Acting

李康生

Monk

李康生

Acting

安藤政信

Japanese Man

安藤政信

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