Winds of September

Winds of September
Theatrical release poster
Traditional Chinese九降風
Literal meaningNine Falling Wind
Hanyu PinyinJiǔ Jiàng Fēng
Directed byTom Lin Shu-yu
Written byTsai Tsung-han
Tom Lin
Produced byYeh Jufeng
Eric Tsang
StarringChang Chea
Jennifer Chu
Sheng Wei-nian
Rhydian Vaughan
Wang Po-chieh
CinematographyFisher Yu
Edited byChen Hsiao-tong
Music byBlaire Yo
Distributed byAtom Cinema
Release date
  • 6 June 2008 (2008-06-06)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguageMandarin

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]

  1. ^ "Q & A with HIGH NOON director Heiward Mak". CAAM Home. 2009-03-19. Retrieved 2021-08-28.