''The Wild Goose on the Wing'' (Chinese: 雁兒在林梢;

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: Yàn'er zài línshāo) is a

Taiwanese film The cinema of Taiwan ( zh, t=臺灣電影 or ) is deeply rooted in the island's unique history. Since its introduction to Taiwan in 1901 under Japanese rule, cinema has developed in Taiwan under ROC rule through several distinct stages. It has ...

, released in 1979 by Super Star (H.K.) Motion Picture Company (巨星(香港)影業公司), with spoken dialogues in

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. It stars

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, Chin Han,

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, and Ma Yung-lin (馬永霖). It was produced by

Chiung Yao Chiung Yao or Qiong Yao (; born 20 April 1938) is the pen name of Chen Che, a Taiwanese writer and producer who is often regarded as the most popular romance novelist in the Chinese-speaking world. Her novels have been adapted into more than 100 f ...

, who wrote the novel of the same Chinese name. The adapted screenplay was by Qiao Ye (喬野) and the film was directed by Lily Liu (劉立立).

Music

''Yan er zai lin shao'' (雁兒在林梢) is a 1979 album by

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, released by Kolin Records (歌林唱片). It contains three songs that are heard in the film. A few songs, like "Naihe" (奈何), have been

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by other singers, like

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, and

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. ;Side A # "The Wild Goose in the Forest" (雁兒在林梢 "Yan er zai lin shao") — lyrics by Chiung Yao, composed by Xin Yi (欣逸) #: Main theme song of this film # "You Want to Stay Behind" (你可願留下 "Ni ke yuan liuxia") — lyrics by Chiung Yao, composed by Xin Yi #: Also called "Ask the Wild Goose" (問雁兒 "Wen yan er"); sub-theme song of this film # "The Grassland Is Green and Greener" (草原青又青 "Caoyuan qing you qing") — written by Wang Zhi Yuan (王智遠) # "Dang na qin shengxiang qi" (當那琴聲響起) — lyrics by Chen Xi (晨曦), composed by Gu Yue ( 古月) #: Sub-theme song of the film '' Return of Monsoon'' (一片深情 ''Yipian shen qing'') # "Autumn Lake" (秋湖 "Qiu hu") — lyrics by

Zhuang Nu Zhuang Nu (; 22 February 1921 – 11 October 2016) is the pen name of Wang Jingxi (), a Taiwanese lyricist. Career Wang Jingxi was born in Beijing in 1921, and was admitted to the Beiping Zhonghua Journalism Academy (北平中華新聞學院) i ...

(莊奴) #: Mandarin rendition of the Japanese song ;Side B # "When Does a Person Know" (何時才知道 "Heshi cai zhidao") — written by Jiang Rong Yi (蔣榮伊) # "Arriving to Dusk" (又是黃昏到 "You shi huanghun dao") — lyrics by Chiung Yao, composed by Xin Yi #: Sub-theme of this film # "If My Heart Speaks..." (心裡想說的話 "Xinli xiang shuo dehua") — lyrics by Chen Xi, composed by Kuranosuke Hamaguchi (浜口庫之助) #: Mandarin rendition of the Japanese song, "Mō koi na no ka" (もう恋なのか), by Akira Nishikino (錦野旦) # "Wu se bin fen" (五色繽紛) — written by Yue Xun (岳勳) # "Regret Leaving Old Love" (舊情依依 "Jiuqing yiyi") — written by Xiao Yan # "Naihe" (奈何) — written by Li Da Tao (李達濤)

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