Dust in the Wind (film)

Dust in the Wind
Theatrical release poster
Traditional Chinese戀戀風塵
Simplified Chinese恋恋风尘
Literal meaningdeep love, windblown dust
Hanyu Pinyinliàn liàn fēngchén
Hokkien POJloân loân hong-tîn
Directed byHou Hsiao-hsien
Written byChu T’ien-wen
Wu Nien-jen
StarringWang Chien-wen
Xin Shufen
Li Tian-lu
CinematographyMark Lee Ping-Bin
Music byChen Ming-Chang
Production
company
Distributed byCentral Motion Picture Corporation
Release date
  • 1986 (1986)
Running time
109 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguagesTaiwanese
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.