''Dust in the Wind'' is a 1986 film by Taiwanese filmmaker

Hou Hsiao-hsien Hou Hsiao-hsien (; born 8 April 1947) is a Mainland Chinese-born Taiwanese film director, screenwriter, producer and actor. He is a leading figure in world cinema and in Taiwan's New Wave cinema movement. He won the Golden Lion at the Venice ...

. It is based on co-screenwriter

Wu Nien-jen Wu Nien-jen (; born ; 5 August 1952) is a Taiwanese screenwriter, Film director, director, and writer. He is one of the most prolific and highly regarded scriptwriters in Taiwan and a leading member of the New Taiwanese Cinema, although he has als ...

's own experiences, and is the first part of a trilogy of collaborations with Wu, the others being '' A City of Sadness'' (1989) and '' The Puppetmaster'' (1993).

Synopsis

A love story about a young couple from a village in the northern-east part of

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

in the early 1980s. The boy, Wan, goes to

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

to work after graduating from junior high school so he can earn money to send home. The girl, Huen, follows him the next year and they work hard to earn enough money to marry. Then Wan must spend three years in the Republic of China Army and the girl marries someone else. Although Wan regrets what happened he does not blame Huen.

Cast

* Wang Chien-wen as Wan (謝文遠 ''Xiè Wényuǎn'') *

Xin Shufen Xin may refer to: *Xin Dynasty (), which ruled China from 8–23 AD *Xincan languages (ISO 639: xin), a small extinct family of Mesoamerican languages People *Xin (surname), Chinese surname *Empress Xin (Zhang Zuo's wife) (; died ), wife of th ...

as Huen (江素雲 ''Jiāng Sùyún'') *

Li Tian-lu Li Tien-lu (24 December 191013 August 1998) was a Taiwanese puppeteer. He is best known to the international audience for playing principal characters in several Cinema of Taiwan, Taiwanese films directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. Biography Born in T ...

as Wan's grandfather *

Lawrence Ko Lawrence Ko (; born 28 April 1977) is a Taiwanese actor. Ko made his film debut when he was four years old. He has had roles in the Edward Yang films ''A Brighter Summer Day'' (1991), ''Mahjong'' (1996) and '' Yi Yi'' (2000), as well as the f ...

as Mrs. Lin's son

Production

The film features

in the role of the grandfather. Li became a central part of Hou's major films.

External links

* 1980s Mandarin-language films 1986 films 1986 drama films Films directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien Films with screenplays by Wu Nien-jen Central Motion Picture Corporation films Films with screenplays by Chu T’ien-wen Taiwanese drama films {{Taiwan-film-stub