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.

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

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]

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The film was awarded Best Film at the Asian New Talent Awards of the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival in June 2008. It was also nominated for the Grand Prize at the 10th Taipei Film Awards.

It won Best Original Screenplay at the 45th Golden Horse Awards.[2]

See also

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References

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  • "Winds Of September wins SIFF's Asian New Talent Awards | News". Screen. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  • "chinafilmjournal.com". chinafilmjournal.com. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  • Winds of September at IMDb
  • "Movies News - MTV". film.com. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
  1. ^ "Q & A with HIGH NOON director Heiward Mak". CAAM Home. 2009-03-19. Retrieved 2021-08-28.
  2. ^ "Tom Lin Searches for History and Humanity at 'The Garden of Evening Mists'". The News Lens International Edition. 2019-11-19. Retrieved 2021-09-02.