---
name: "Hsu Li Kong"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/hsu-li-kong"
fi1m_id: "hsu-li-kong"
imdb_id: "nm0398836"
tmdb_id: 65357
wikidata_id: "Q1632654"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "17 December 1943"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-04T04:28:06.632613+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Hsu Li Kong

## Identity

Hsu Li Kong

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/hsu-li-kong
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** hsu-li-kong
- **IMDb ID:** nm0398836
- **TMDB ID:** 65357
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1632654
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsu_Li-kong, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1632654, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398836/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65357

Producer. Born 17 December 1943 in Luoshan County.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 17 December 1943, Luoshan County
- **Active:** 1993–2000
- **Also known as:** Hsu Li-Kong, Hsu Likong, Chui Laap-Gung, Tsui Lap-Kung, Neko Xu, Chui Lap-Kung,  Hsu Li-Gung
- **Frequently works with:** [Ang Lee](https://film.one/person/ang-lee.md), [James Schamus](https://film.one/person/james-schamus.md), [Sihung Lung](https://film.one/person/lung-sihung.md), [Wang Hui-ling](https://film.one/person/wang-huiling.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as producer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 82 (2), 2000s 90 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 84 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 3, Comedy 2, Action 1, Adventure 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $262m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hsu_Li-kong, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1632654, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0398836/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65357

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon*](https://film.one/film/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon.md) (90)
- **Tubi:** [*Eat Drink Man Woman*](https://film.one/film/eat-drink-man-woman.md) (82)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Hsu Li-kong is a Taiwanese film producer. Born in Luoshan, Henan, China, in 1943, he graduated from Fu Jen Catholic University in Taipei and began his career in government before entering the film industry in the late 1970s as director of the Chinese Taipei Film Archive, where he helped establish the Taipei Golden Horse International Film Festival.

He later joined the Central Motion Picture Corporation as a producer and executive, supporting the early careers of directors including Ang Lee and Tsai Ming-liang. He produced Ang Lee’s first three features, *Pushing Hands* (1991), *The Wedding Banquet* (1993) and *Eat Drink Man Woman* (1994), as well as Tsai’s *Vive L’Amour* (1994) and *The River* (1997). In 1997 he founded Zoom Hunt International Production Co. Ltd.

Hsu co-produced Ang Lee’s *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* (2000), which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture and won the BAFTA Award for Best Film Not in the English Language. He received a Golden Horse Award for *Vive L’Amour*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, taiwancinema.bamid.gov.tw, taipeitimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* (2000), Fi1m 90, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon.md)
- *Eat Drink Man Woman* (1994), Fi1m 82, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/eat-drink-man-woman.md)
- *The Wedding Banquet* (1993), Fi1m 81, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wedding-banquet.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Joyful Reunion* (2012), Writer
- *Great Wall, My Love* (2011), Producer
- *Fall... in Love* (2005), Producer
- *Comes the Black Dog* (2004), Producer
- *Brave 20* (2003), Producer
- *Human Comedy* (2001), Producer
- *Fleeing by Night* (2000), Director, Producer
- *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon* (2000), Producer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon.md)
- *The Personals* (1998), Producer
- *Love Go Go* (1997), Producer
- *Murmur of Youth* (1997), Producer
- *The River* (1997), Producer
- *Sweet Degeneration* (1997), Producer
- *Red Persimmon* (1996), Producer
- *Lonely Hearts Club* (1995), Producer
- *The Peony Pavilion* (1995), Producer, Production Manager
- *Siao Yu* (1995), Producer
- *Vive L'Amour* (1994), Producer
- *Rebels of the Neon God* (1994), Producer
- *Eat Drink Man Woman* (1994), Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/eat-drink-man-woman.md)
- *Green Green Leaves of Home* (1993), Producer
- *The Wedding Banquet* (1993), Associate Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wedding-banquet.md)
- *Pushing Hands* (1991), Executive Producer

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2001: Best Picture (nominated), for *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon*

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- European Film Award for Best Non-European Film 2000: European Film Award for Best Non-European Film (nominated), for *Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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