No No Sleep

2015 film directed by Tsai Ming-liang

No No Sleep

無無眠
Directed by| Tsai Ming-liang
Produced by| David Cao
Starring| Masanobu Andō
Lee Kang-sheng
Cinematography| Pen-Jung Liao
Edited by| Chen-Ching Lei

Production
company

Youku.com (China)

Distributed by| Youku.com (China)

Release date

* 21 April 2015 (2015-04-21)

Running time

| 34 minutes
Country| China/Taiwan/Hong Kong
Language| None

No No Sleep (traditional Chinese: 無無眠; simplified Chinese: 无无眠; pinyin: Wu wu mian) is a 2015 mainland China—Taiwan—Hong Kong short film by Taiwanese film director Tsai Ming-liang, winning Best Director at the Taipei Film Awards in 2015.[1][2] It features Taiwanese actor Lee Kang-sheng and Japanese actor Masanobu Andō, and includes non-sexual full-frontal male nudity.

## Plot

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No No Sleep consists of a series of scenes filmed with a static camera and without dialogue in a variety of urban locations, such as train tracks, a subway train, a bath-house and a sleep chamber.[3][4][5]

## See also

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* List of Chinese films of 2015
* Nudity in film (East Asian cinema since 1929)

## References

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1. ^ Ivan Teo (20 July 2015). "'Thanatos, Drunk 醉.生梦死' wins big at Taipei Film Festival". Grate News. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
2. ^ Patrick Frater (18 July 2015). "Thanatos, Drunk' Soaks Up Top Awards at Taipei Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
3. ^ Nadin Mai (17 May 2015). "No No Sleep – Tsai Ming-liang (2015)". The Art(s) of Slow Cinema. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
4. ^ Nick Newman (19 May 2015). "Watch Tsai Ming-liang's Latest Project 'No No Sleep'". The Film Stage. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
5. ^ Martin Teller (23 May 2015). "No No Sleep". MartinTeller. Retrieved 6 May 2018.

## External links

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* China version (Censored)
* International version (Uncensored)

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Films directed by Tsai Ming-liang

Features|

* Rebels of the Neon God (1992)
* Vive l'amour (1994)
* The River (1997)
* The Hole (1998)
* What Time Is It There? (2001)
* Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003)
* The Wayward Cloud (2005)
* I Don't Want to Sleep Alone (2006)
* Face (2009)
* Stray Dogs (2013)
* Days (2020)

Other|

* The Skywalk Is Gone (2002)
* Journey to the West (2014)
* No No Sleep (2015)

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