---
name: "Kao Chung-Li"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kao-chung-li"
fi1m_id: "kao-chung-li"
imdb_id: "nm3439861"
tmdb_id: 1719815
roles: []
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T01:14:48.646262+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."
---

# Kao Chung-Li

## Identity

Kao Chung-Li

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kao-chung-li
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kao-chung-li
- **IMDb ID:** nm3439861
- **TMDB ID:** 1719815
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3439861/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1719815

Actor. Born in Taipei, Taiwan.

## Details

- **Also known as:** Ko Chung-Lai, 高重黎
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3439861/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1719815

## Biography

Kao Chung-Li (also credited as Ko Chung-Lai or 高重黎) is a Taiwanese actor, photographer, filmmaker and animator. He appeared as an actor in Hou Hsiao-hsien’s *The Time to Live and the Time to Die* (1985) and *A City of Sadness* (1989).

Born in Taipei in 1958, Kao trained in printmaking and later worked in publishing before focusing on experimental film, animation and media archaeology. His practice examines the production of images and their relation to personal and historical memory.

*Sources: en.hkcinema.ru, highlike.org, taishinart.org.tw, watch.plex.tv.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Time to Live and the Time to Die* (1985), Fi1m 90, Actor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-time-to-live-and-the-time-to-die.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Far Away Eyes* (2022), Actor
- *Double Reflection* (2018), Actor
- *My Mentor, Chen Yingzhen* (2010), Director
- *The Taste of Human Flesh* (2010), Director
- *The Time to Live and the Time to Die* (1985), Actor — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/film/the-time-to-live-and-the-time-to-die.md)
- *The Photograph* (1984), Director

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