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A photographer travels with her boyfriend to a seaside village in Penghu. There she strikes up a relationship with a blind man. When they reencounter one another back in Taipei, where he is preparing to undergo an operation to restore his sight, their connection intensifies.
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Cast
27 people
Fong Fei-fei
Xiao Xinghui
Also in
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Love in Chilly Spring
Kenny Bee
Gu Jintai
Known for
Initial D
Fist of Fury 1991
Hou Hsiao-hsien
Known for
Taipei Story
The Boys from Fengkuei
Fei Fei Feng
Chiung Yao
Pai-Hsueh Yao
Anthony Chan Yau
Lou Jiewen
Known for
Rigor Mortis
Twin Dragons
Shih Ying
Salesman
Also in
The Green, Green Grass of Home
狀元親家
Chou Wan-Sheng
Xinghui's Father
Also in
Cute Girl
Shaolin Invincible Sticks
Ying Shih
(Guest star)
Ling Wu
Xinghui's Mother
Also in
The Green, Green Grass of Home
Cute Girl
Wan-Sheng Chou
(as San Shu-Kung)
Hou Hsiao-hsien Director · Chiung Yao Writer Chen Kun-hou Cinematographer
United States release October 21, 2014 · Produced in Taiwan · Original title 風兒踢踏踩
Production
Galaxy Film Company Ltd.
Production
Taiwan
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Languages
Original title
風兒踢踏踩
Original language
Chinese
Spoken on screen
Chinese
Release dates
Taiwan · November 18, 1981
Theatrical
United States · October 21, 2014
Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive
Greece
November 18, 2005 · Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Italy
June 26, 2020 · Digital · Far East Film Festival 22 (Restored Version)
Japan
February 14, 1998
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