The Boys from Fengkuei

The Boys from Fengkuei
Directed by	Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Written by	Chu Tien-wen
Starring	Doze Niu Lin Xiuling Tou Chung-Hua Chang Shih
Cinematography	Chen Kunhou
Edited by	Liao Ching-song
Release dates	1983
Running time	102 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Language	Mandarin/Taiwanese

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.

Synopsis

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. Three of them 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 the girlfriend of a neighbor. There they face the harsh realities of the big city and of growing up.

Awards

The film won the Golden Montgolfiere at the 1984 Nantes Three Continents Festival.

External links

The Boys from Fengkuei at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

Cute Girl (1980)
Cheerful Wind (1981)
The Green, Green Grass of Home (1982)
The Sandwich Man (1983)
The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)
A Summer at Grandpa's (1984)
A Time to Live, A Time to Die (1985)
Dust in the Wind (1986)
Daughter of the Nile (1987)
A City of Sadness (1989)
The Puppetmaster (1993)
Good Men, Good Women (1995)
Goodbye South, Goodbye (1996)
Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
Millennium Mambo (2001)
Café Lumière (2003)
Three Times (2005)
Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)
The Electric Princess House (2007)
The Assassin (2015)

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