Winds of September

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 meaning	Nine Falling Wind
Hanyu Pinyin	Jiǔ Jiàng Fēng
Directed by	Tom Lin Shu-yu
Written by	Tsai Tsung-han Tom Lin
Produced by	Yeh Jufeng Eric Tsang
Starring	Chang Chea Jennifer Chu Sheng Wei-nian Rhydian Vaughan Wang Po-chieh
Cinematography	Fisher Yu
Edited by	Chen Hsiao-tong
Music by	Blaire Yo
Distributed by	Atom Cinema
Release date	6 June 2008 (2008-06-06)
Running time	107 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Language	Mandarin

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]

Cast

• Rhydian Vaughan
• Chang Chieh
• Jennifer Chu
• Wang Po-chieh
• Lin Chi-tai
• Nelson Shen
• Mao Di
• Teresa Daley
• Eric Tsang
• Lawrence Ko
• Esther Liu as Hsieh Meng-lun
• Jag Huang as Police officer

Awards

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

• Nudity in film (East Asian cinema since 1929)
• You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011) — Taiwanese coming-of-age high school film in 1990s Taiwan loosely based on the director's life