The Boys from Fengkuei
1983 · Movie · 98 min · ★ 7.2 · 89% critics
After finishing school in a fishing village, a restless group of friends drifts through drinking, fights, and boredom before heading to a busy port city to find work. There, everyday freedom gives way to loneliness, awkward romance, and the harder truths of growing up.
Also known as All the Youthful Day · The Man from Fengkuei · All the Youthful Days
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Details
- Original title
- 風櫃來的人
- Years
- 1983
- Release date
- 1983-07-13
- Language
- Chinese
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Critic score
- 89/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 (66 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy reflective coming-of-age dramas about drifting youth and city displacement, especially if Taipei Story or A Time to Live and a Time to Die appeal to you; Not for you if you want fast pacing.
Pros: heartfelt coming-of-age mood; human, tender moments; vivid sense of place | Cons: uneven pacing; comedy doesn't always land; slight compared to later work
Cast & crew
Doze Niu Cheng-Tse
as Ah Ching
Chang Shih
as Arong
Lin Hsiu-Ling
as Hsiao Hsing
Grace Chen
as Ah Ching's Mother
Tou Tsung-hua
as Huang Jinhe
Yang Li-yin
Fanny Chang Chun-Fang
as Arong's Sister
Yen Cheng-kuo
Hou Hsiao-hsien
as Arong's Sister's Boyfriend
Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien