Winds of September | |
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Traditional Chinese | 九降風 |
Literal meaning | Nine Falling Wind |
Hanyu Pinyin | Jiǔ Jiàng Fēng |
Directed by | Tom Lin Shu-yu |
Written by | Tsai Tsung-han Tom Lin |
Produced by | Yeh Jufeng Eric Tsang |
Starring | Chang Chea Jennifer Chu Sheng Wei-nian Rhydian Vaughan Wang Po-chieh |
Cinematography | Fisher Yu |
Edited by | Chen Hsiao-tong |
Music by | Blaire Yo |
Distributed by | Atom Cinema |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | Taiwan |
Language | Mandarin |
Winds of September (Chinese: 九降風) is a 2008 Taiwanese film. Set in 1996 in Hsinchu, it focuses on a gang of teenage boys who drink, smoke and gamble, and the relationships between them. It broke a number of taboos in Taiwanese filmmaking,[citation needed] including showing the group skinny dipping.
Directed and co-written by Tom Lin Shu-yu, the film was praised for its good acting and realistic themes. It was screened at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, and the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2008.
Eric Tsang produced the Hong Kong adaptation, High Noon (2008), by Heiward Mak.[1]