The Boys from Fengkuei

1983 · directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

Rating

73/100

Hit

no

Ah-Ching and his friends have just finished school in their island fishing village, and now spend most of their time drinking and fighting. Three of them decide to go to the port city of Kaohsiung to look for work. They find an apartment through relatives, and Ah-Ching is attracted to the girlfriend of a neighbor. There they face the harsh realities of the big city.

The Boys from Fengkuei (1983), directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, rates 73/100. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Doze Niu Cheng-Tse
• Chang Shih
• Lin Hsiu-Ling
• Grace Chen Shu-Fang
• Tou Tsung-hua
• Yang Li-yin
• Fanny Chang Chun-Fang
• Yen Cheng-kuo
• Hou Hsiao-hsien

Crew

• Chen Kun-hou — Director of Photography
• Liao Ching-sung — Editor
• Chu Tien-Wen — Writer

More from Hou Hsiao-hsien

1. Dust in the Wind (1986) — 86/100 · hit
2. A City of Sadness (1989) — 86/100 · hit
3. A Summer at Grandpa's (1984) — 85/100 · hit
4. The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985) — 84/100 · hit
5. The Puppetmaster (1993) — 81/100 · hit
6. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100

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