The Boys from Fengkuei (also known as All the Youthful Days) (Chinese: 風櫃來的人; pinyin: Fēngguì lái de rén) is a 1983 film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien.
The Boys from Fengkuei | |
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Directed by | Hou Hsiao-hsien |
Written by | Chu T’ien-wen |
Starring | Doze Niu Hsiu-Ling Lin Tou Chung-hua Chang Shih Chao Peng-chue |
Cinematography | Chen Kunhou |
Edited by | Liao Ching-song |
Release date | 1983 |
Running time | 102 minutes |
Country | Taiwan |
Language | Mandarin/Taiwanese |
Ah-ching (Doze Niu) and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, Fengkuei, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Ah-ching, together with Ah-rong (Chang Shih) and Kuo-tzu (Chao Peng-chue) decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for work. They find an apartment through relatives, and Ah-ching is attracted to Hsiao-hsing (Hsiu-ling Lin) the girlfriend of Huang Chin-ho (Tou Chung-hua), a neighbor. There they face the harsh realities of the big city and of growing up.
The film won the Golden Montgolfiere at the 1984 Nantes Three Continents Festival.
Films directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien | |
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