Taiwan's Hou Hsiao-hsien wins best director at Cannes Film Festival

Prominent Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien (侯孝賢) won the best director award at the Cannes Film Festival in France on Sunday with his first martial arts film "The Assassin" (聶隱娘).

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