| Dust in the Wind | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 戀戀風塵 |
| Simplified Chinese | 恋恋风尘 |
| Literal meaning | deep love, windblown dust |
| Hanyu Pinyin | liàn liàn fēngchén |
| Hokkien POJ | loân loân hong-tîn |
| Directed by | Hou Hsiao-hsien |
| Written by | Chu T’ien-wen Wu Nien-jen |
| Starring | Wang Chien-wen Xin Shufen Li Tian-lu |
| Cinematography | Mark Lee Ping-Bin |
| Music by | Chen Ming-Chang |
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| Distributed by | Central Motion Picture Corporation |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Languages | Taiwanese Mandarin |
Dust in the Wind is a 1986 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It is based on co-screenwriter Wu Nien-jen's own experiences, and is the first of a trilogy of Hou and Wu's collaborations, the others being A City of Sadness (1989) and The Puppetmaster (1993).
The film depicts the bittersweet love story of two village sweethearts, Ah Yuan (阿遠) and Ah Yun (阿雲), who left hometown Jiufen (九份) to work in Taipei city together after graduating from junior high school. It is highly acclaimed for Hou Hsiao-hsien's nostalgic depiction of Taiwan's rural past, when trains were the main transportation in the 1970s. The soundtrack by Chen Ming-chang (陳明章) and the cinematography by Lee Ping-bing (李屏賓) won the Best Cinematography and Music Award in Festival des 3 Continents in 1987.