Dust in the Wind

1986 · directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

Rating

86/100

Hit

yes

A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school, and A-yun works as a helper at a tailors. Everyone thinks they are meant for each other, and so do they. They fail to see time and fate are beyond their control.

Dust in the Wind (1986), directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien, rates 86/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.

Cast

• Chien-wen Wang
• Hsin Shu-Fen
• Li Tian-Lu
• Mei Fang
• Grace Chen Shu-Fang
• Yang Li-yin
• Lawrence Ko
• Danny Deng
• Wu Ping-nan

Crew

• Mark Lee Ping-Bing — Director of Photography
• Liao Ching-sung — Editor
• Chen Ming-chang — Original Music Composer
• Hsu Ching-chun — Original Music Composer
• Chu Tien-Wen — Writer
• Wu Nien-jen — Writer

More from Hou Hsiao-hsien

1. A City of Sadness (1989) — 86/100 · hit
2. A Summer at Grandpa's (1984) — 85/100 · hit
3. The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985) — 84/100 · hit
4. The Puppetmaster (1993) — 81/100 · hit
5. To Each His Own Cinema (2007) — 79/100
6. Flowers of Shanghai (1998) — 76/100

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