A Flower in the Raining Night

A Flower in the Raining Night
Chinese看海的日子
Hanyu PinyinKànhǎi de rìzǐ
Directed byWang Toon
Written byHuang Chun-Ming
Based onDays of Watching the Sea
Produced by
  • Mei Chang-Kun
  • Zhang Mei-Jun
CinematographyLin Hong Zhong
Edited byChen Sheng Chang
Music byZhang Hong Yi
Production
company
Montage Film Co.
Distributed byMontage Film Co. (Hong Kong)
Release dates
  • 7 October 1983 (1983-10-07) (Taiwan)
  • 1 March 1984 (1984-03-01) (Hong Kong)
Running time
100
CountryTaiwan
LanguageMandarin
Box office
  • TWD$23 million (Taiwan)
  • HKD$2.53 million (Hong Kong)

A Flower in the Raining Night is a 1983 Taiwanese film directed by Wang Toon. Adapted from the novel, Days of Watching the Sea written by Huang Chun Ming, the film portrays the journey of a prostitute who is determined to become a mother to regain her dignity as a human being. It is one of the few commercially successful films of the New Taiwan Cinema in the 1980s, in which its box office reached TWD$23,000,000,[1] HKD$2,536,132.00[2] and was nominated for Best Narrative Feature in the 20th Golden Horse Awards.[3]

  1. ^ "影人目錄>導演>王童". TFAI-國家電影及視聽文化中心TAIWAN FILM&AUDIOVISUAL INSTITUTE (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  2. ^ "1984 香港票房 | 中国票房 | 中国电影票房排行榜" (in Chinese (China)). Retrieved 2023-03-17.
  3. ^ "金馬獎>入圍得獎>第20屆". 台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival (in Chinese (Taiwan)). Retrieved 2023-03-17.