The Green, Green Grass of Home
1982 · Movie · 90 min. · Taiwan
Da-Nian is a young man from Taipei. He goes to a remote village and works as a substitute teacher. He and Su-Yun, another teacher at the school, fall in love. There are several students in his class who are like the naughty "three musketeers", and a sad, silent boy Xiang-Wang, who's parents are divorced. Besides, in order to support the family, Xian-Wang's father kills the fish in the river with electricity, which is against the law and causes a lot of damage to the natural resources. Because of this, Xian-Wang has been teased by other school children. At last, he becomes so upset and runs away from home...
Direction Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Cast Kenny Bee · Ling Chiang · Jing-Kuo Yen · Ling Wu · Mei Fang · Lai-shuo Yu · Ku Chun · Ying Shih · Meifeng Chen · Chuan-wen Cheng · Jonathan Lee · Tse Chi-sheng · Tsui Fu-sheng
Soundtrack Huang Mao-Shan
Screenplay Hou Hsiao-Hsien
Cinematography Chen Kun-Ho
Original title Zai na he pan qing cao qing (The Green, Green Grass of Home)
6.1
50 votes (FilmAffinity)
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