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The Inspired Island: A Lean Soul

20211h 44mMovieDocumentary

A Lean Soul examines the life and works of Taiwanese novelist Qi Deng Sheng. The filmmakers were able to have in-depth interviews with not only the writer's closest friends and relatives but also the notoriously camera-shy protagonist…

DirectorChu Hsien-jer

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Cast · Directed by Chu Hsien-jer

QDQi Deng-Sheng
Qi Deng-Sheng
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The Inspired Island: A Lean Soul hasn't started streaming in Australia yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around May 7, 2021. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.

Is there a sequel to The Inspired Island: A Lean Soul?

Yes — The Inspired Island: A Lean Soul is followed by The Inspired Island: I Remember (2022) in the Inspired Island (Series).

Is there a prequel to The Inspired Island: A Lean Soul?

Yes — The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams (2020) comes before The Inspired Island: A Lean Soul in the Inspired Island (Series).

Is The Inspired Island: A Lean Soul part of a trilogy?

No — The Inspired Island: A Lean Soul is part of the Inspired Island (Series), which has 18 films.

How many movies are in the Inspired Island (Series)?

There are 18 films in the Inspired Island (Series): The Inspired Island: Home In Two Cities (2011), The Inspired Island: The Man behind the Book (2011), The Inspired Island: Towards the Completion of a Poem (2011), The Inspired Island: The Untrammeled Traveler (2011), The Inspired Island: Port of Mists (2011), The Inspired Island: The Coming of Tulku (2011), The Inspired Island: River Without Banks (2014), The Inspired Island: Boundary (2014), The Inspired Island: A Life That Sings (2014), The Inspired Island: Multiflorate Splendour (2015), The Inspired Island: My City (2015), The Inspired Island: 1918 (2015), The Inspired Island: A Lifetime In Chinese Literature (2015), The Inspired Island: Unfulfilled Dreams (2020), The Inspired Island: A Lean Soul (2021), The Inspired Island: I Remember (2022), The Inspired Island: Still Young (2022) and The Inspired Island: The New Formosa Mambo (2023).