Taiwan Synopsis
戲夢人生
In the first half of this century, young Li Tienlu joins a travelling puppet theatre and subsequently makes a career as one of Taiwan's leading puppeteers.
The 1990s Taiwan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 1990s in Taiwan, 16 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Puppetmaster premiered alongside 1 others.
Position in Catalog
The 34th Taiwan title from Taiwan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1972).
Our Taiwan catalog contains 174 titles in total (149 films).
Audience Engagement
40 audience reviews — more than 74% of Taiwan films in our index.
Review volume (74th percentile) outruns trending popularity (45th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #83 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (52nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among Taiwan Drama productions specifically: #66 of 118 (top 56%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese, Mandarin |
| Production Companies | Qiu Fusheng, ERA, Nian Dai International |
| Runtime | 2h 22m |
| Release Date | December 8, 1993 |
| IMDb | tt0107157 |