Edward Yang
Hou has written 21 films in total, 8 of which he also directed ("The Assassin", "Flight of the Red Balloon", "Three Times", "Café Lumière", "A Time to Live, a Time to Die", "A Summer at Grandpa's", "Cute Girl", and "The Green, Green Grass of Home"). Most notably, Hou was one of the co-writers, along with Chu T’ien-wen and Edward Yang on Yang's film "Taipei Story" (1985), which Hou also starred in as the main character and protagonist, Lung.