''The Story of a Small Town'' (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a 1979 Taiwanese film, produced by Hsiao Chung Productions (). The film revolves around a family living in a small town.

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plays the male family member who is released from prison and falls in love with a mute woman (

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). The film was remade as a TV series, featuring

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() and Yin Xiaotian ().

Cast and crew

;Cast *

, credited as Joan Lin *

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* Lee Lieh () * Chen Jun-jieh (), credited as Ou Di () ;Crew *

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, director and supervisor * Liu Teng-shan (), story *

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, screenplay * Chen Kun-hou (), cinematography * Tsai Cheng-pin (),

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* Chih Hsueh-fu (), director of lighting * Weng Ching-hsi (), composer, credited as Tony Wong in this film and Tang Ni () in other materials

Reception

In the 16th

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(1979), this film won the Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress (Joan Lin), and Best Child Star (Weng Ching-hsi).

Music

( Chinese: ;

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: ), translated as either ''Small Town Story'' or ''Story of a Small Town'', is a 1979 album by

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. Tracks 1, 6, 7, and 8 are theme songs from the film. With the exception of track 7, the names of these tracks are different for each release. The album was released by Kolin Records () in Taiwan and by

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in Hong Kong and overseas. Polydor re-recorded the theme songs for its own edition and released this album as ''Taiwan's Love Songs 6: Small Town Story'' (). Weng Ching-hsi () is credited as Tang Ni () on this album.

Side A

#Kolin: "Moment of Silence" ( ) — 2:13
Polydor: "You Are in My Heart" ( ) — 2:54 #: Music by Weng Ching-hsi, lyrics by Chuang Nu () #: Sub-theme of the film; Polydor re-recording has additional, slightly different lyrics # "" (), "On Your Mind" or "On My Mind", music by Weng Ching-hsi, lyrics by Suen Yi () — 3:28 # "Poetry" ( ), written by

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— 3:00 # "A piece of a fallen leaf" ( ), music by Takashi Miki (), lyrics by Chuang Nu — 3:27 # "The September Story" ( ), music by Inaba Akira (), lyrics by Suen Hei () — 3:42 # Kolin: "Precious Small Town" ( ) — 2:11
Polydor: "Spring in a Small Town" ( ) — 2:22 #: Music by Weng Ching-hsi, lyrics by Chuang Nu #: Sub-theme of ''The Story of a Small Town''

Side B

" Small Town Story" ( / ) — 2:19 (Kolin) / 2:35 (Polydor) #: Music by Weng Ching-hsi, lyrics by Chuang Nu #: Main theme of ''The Story of a Small Town'' # Kolin: "Quiet Lane" ( ) — 3:15
Polydor: "Lane" ( / ) — 3:04 #: Music by Weng Ching-hsi, lyrics by Chuang Nu #: Sub-theme of ''The Story of a Small Town'' # "Me and You" ( ), music by Minoru Endo (), lyrics by Lin Huang-kuen () — 3:46 #: Mandarin version of "" (), first sung in 1977 by

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() # "Free and at Leisure" ( ), music by Minoru Endo, lyrics by Lin Huang-kuen — 3:28 #: Mandarin version of , first sung in 1973 by

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# "Place of First Loves" ( ), music by Liu Chia-chang; lyrics by Suen Hei — 2:27 #: Originally sung by Chiang Lei () # "Thinking of You" ( ), music by Kimiaki Inomata (), lyrics by Lin Huang-kuen — 3:28

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Story of a Small Town 1979 films Taiwanese drama films 1970s Mandarin-language films Films directed by Li Hsing Films with screenplays by Chang Yung-hsiang