Liao Ching-Sung (Chinese: 廖慶松) was born in 1950. He began his career as an editing technician at the Central Motion Picture Corp, and has been responsible for the editing of many of the "Taiwan New Wave" works. In particular, he began work with Hou Hsiao-Hsien on military documentaries at the Central Motion Picture Corp, and with the exception of "A Time to Live and A Time to Die" he has been responsible for the editing of all of Hou's works. Other major works include "The Terrorist " (1987, directed by Edward Yang) and "Dust of Angels" (1992, directed by Hsu Hsiao-Ming). He was awarded Special Contribution Award at the 55th Golden Horse Awards.
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Biography from TMDB.
- March 5, 1950 (76)
- Taipei, Taiwan
- Editor and producer
- 23 on MovieCove · 139 credits in all
What are Ching-Sung Liao's films like?
Across their 20 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 20
A split, not a type: Light 4 · Serious 5 · Dark 11
A split, not a type: Grounded 13 · Stylized 4 · Heightened 3
Gentle 7 · Charged 10 · Intense 3
Steady 17 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 1
Straight-faced 18 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 17 · Even-paced 3 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 13 · Full focus 4
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 6 · Heavy 12
A split, not a type: Resolved 5 · Open-ended 6 · Ambiguous 9
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet10
- Tragic2
- Ambiguous8
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Ching-Sung Liao's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 23 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Ching-Sung Liao's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
139 credits, 23 with a MovieCove page; 3 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
The Stars, the Boy, and the Piano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)
I Blew Out the Candles Before Making a Wish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
All Things to All (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Qingtong & Kuihua (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Admission (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Hunter Brothers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Mongrel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
The Taste of Pork Belly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Daughter's Daughter(2024)
Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films
Come Home, My Child (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
See You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Soul of Soil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Shambhala (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Stonewalling(2022)
Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films
A Boy and a Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Be with Me(2023)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
The Abandoned(2022)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films
Leap of Faith (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Why Try to Change Me Now (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Welcome Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Salute (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Raydio (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Extreme Forest (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Twisted Strings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Untouchable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)
Another Brick On The Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Who is Sleeping in Silver Grey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Farewell, My Lad (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Little Big Women(2020)
Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
Stars Await Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Tough Out (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Damp Season (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
Grandmother’s Small Talk (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Like Father, Like Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
The Paradise (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
See You, Sir! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Balloon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Suburban Birds(2018)
Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films
Spring Tide(2019)
Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all filmsThe Outsiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2019)
Baby (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
High Flash (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Father to Son (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Us and Them(2018)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Mr. No Problem (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
End of Summer (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
A Dream of Spring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Missing Johnny (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Twenty Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Condemned Practice Mode (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
The Foolish Bird(2017)
Midcredits score: 43rd percentile of all films
Plastic China(2016)
Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films
Masters in the Forbidden City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Songs of the Youth 1969 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Keep Going (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Absent without Leave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Fly, Kite Fly (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Tharlo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Assassin(2015)
Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films
Port of Call(2015)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
It Takes Two to Tango (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)
Sock'n Roll (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Longing for the Rain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Together (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Return Ticket (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
A Beautiful Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
One Step is Enough (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
Judge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
One Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Hear Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Orz Boyz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
The Most Distant Course (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
God Man Dog (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films
Reflections (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
The Wall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Karmic Mahjong (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Chocolate Rap: Rise of the B Boyz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)
Three Times(2005)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Café Lumière (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Love of May (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
20:30:40(2004)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all filmsSacrificial Victims (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)
Blue Gate Crossing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)
Millennium Mambo(2001)
Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films
Betelnut Beauty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)
Flowers of Shanghai(1998)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Goodbye South, Goodbye (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)
Super Citizen Ko (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
A Borrowed Life(1994)
Midcredits score: 88th percentile of all films
Good Men, Good Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)
The Puppetmaster (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)
Dust of Angels (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
The Story of Taipei Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1992)
Fatal Recall (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)
Ming Ghost (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)
A City of Sadness(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
Boss No Balls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)
When The Ocean Is Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
My Mother's Teahouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)
Daughter of the Nile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Be My Lovely Child Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Farewell to the Channel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
Osmanthus Alley (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)
The Terrorizers(1986)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films
The Outsiders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Drifters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
Dust in the Wind (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
The Scalper (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)
His Matrimony (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Super Citizen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)
A Summer at Grandpa's(1984)
Midcredits score: 95th percentile of all films
Out of the Blue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Ah Fu (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
Nature Is Quietly Beautiful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)
The Sandwich Man (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
The Boys from Fengkuei(1983)
Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films
Ah Fei (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
Growing Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
The Longest Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)
The Green, Green Grass of Home (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
In Our Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Six Is Company (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)
Play While You Play (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Longing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1981)
Spring in Autumn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Mo li hua (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
China, My Native Land (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
Cute Girl (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)
He Never Gives Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)
Lover on the Wave (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1978)
Sunset in the Forbidden City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)
Beauty Goes Up The Mountain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Running Wild (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Sleep Goddess (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Sunset is Beautiful, isn't It? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 136 titles, 131 of them dated from 1975 to 2026.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
How do Ching-Sung Liao's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 81st percentile, the median of all 23; across their 20 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 86th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up14
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th3
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
12 of their 23 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved6
- Crowd Pleaser12
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the pacing 37/100 in their films, across 18 reviewed titles; fans 49, detractors 18. The element that speaks to their work as an editor.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Ching-Sung Liao's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Ching-Sung Liao work with?
People who share at least 2 of Ching-Sung Liao's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hsiao-Hsien Hou shares the most, 10.
Directors
- Hsiao-Hsien HouShared titles: Daughter's Daughter (2024), The Assassin (2015), Flight of the Red Balloon (2007), Three Times (2005), Millennium Mambo (2001), Flowers of Shanghai (1998), A Borrowed Life (1994), A City of Sadness (1989), A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1985), The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)See all 10 shared titles with Hsiao-Hsien Hou
- Ji HuangShared titles: Stonewalling (2022), The Foolish Bird (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Ji Huang
- Ryûji OtsukaShared titles: Stonewalling (2022), The Foolish Bird (2017)See all 2 shared titles with Ryûji Otsuka
Writers
- T'ien-wen ChuShared titles: The Assassin (2015), Three Times (2005), Millennium Mambo (2001), Flowers of Shanghai (1998), A City of Sadness (1989), A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1985), The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)See all 7 shared titles with T'ien-wen Chu
- Nien-Jen WuShared titles: A Borrowed Life (1994), A City of Sadness (1989), A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1985)See all 3 shared titles with Nien-Jen Wu
- Rene LiuShared titles: Us and Them (2018), 20:30:40 (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Rene Liu
Actors
- Shu-Fang ChenShared titles: Little Big Women (2020), A Borrowed Life (1994), A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1985), The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)See all 4 shared titles with Shu-Fang Chen
- Shu QiShared titles: The Assassin (2015), Three Times (2005), Millennium Mambo (2001)See all 3 shared titles with Shu Qi
- Jack KaoShared titles: Millennium Mambo (2001), Flowers of Shanghai (1998), A City of Sadness (1989)See all 3 shared titles with Jack Kao
- Sylvia ChangShared titles: Daughter's Daughter (2024), 20:30:40 (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Sylvia Chang
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- Ping Bin LeeShared titles: Us and Them (2018), The Assassin (2015), Flight of the Red Balloon (2007), Three Times (2005), Millennium Mambo (2001), Flowers of Shanghai (1998), A Time to Live and a Time to Die (1985)See all 7 shared titles with Ping Bin Lee
- Giong LimShared titles: The Foolish Bird (2017), The Assassin (2015), Three Times (2005), Millennium Mambo (2001)See all 4 shared titles with Giong Lim
- Yoshihiro HannoShared titles: Spring Tide (2019), Millennium Mambo (2001), Flowers of Shanghai (1998)See all 3 shared titles with Yoshihiro Hanno
- Ju-kuan HsiaoShared titles: Three Times (2005), Millennium Mambo (2001)See all 2 shared titles with Ju-kuan Hsiao
Producers
- Wen-Ying HuangShared titles: The Assassin (2015), Three Times (2005), Millennium Mambo (2001)See all 3 shared titles with Wen-Ying Huang
- Shôzô IchiyamaShared titles: Spring Tide (2019), Flowers of Shanghai (1998)See all 2 shared titles with Shôzô Ichiyama
- Patricia ChengShared titles: Us and Them (2018), 20:30:40 (2004)See all 2 shared titles with Patricia Cheng
- Hsiao-Ming HsuShared titles: The Foolish Bird (2017), Plastic China (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Hsiao-Ming Hsu
