Dust in the Wind

Name: Dust in the Wind
Director: Hou Hsiao-hsien
Released: 1986
Duration: 109 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Grace Chen, Shu-Fang Chen, Shu-Fen Hsin, Chi-Ying Kao, Lawrence Ko

1986 · 109 MIN · IMDB 7.6 · 3,402 VOTES · DIR. Hou Hsiao-hsien

Overview

A-yuan and A-yun are both from the small mining town of Jio-fen. They move to Taipei, where A-yuan is an apprentice by day and goes to night school, and A-yun works as a helper at a tailors. Everyone thinks they are meant for each other, and so do they. They fail to see time and fate are beyond their control.

Dialogue Timeline — 901 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:02:35 What's wrong?

00:07:05 And that's not the worst

00:11:10 Slowly

00:16:38 I told you to wait at the Rear Station

00:20:11 He didn't bring lunch today

00:23:23 Come on and eat some rice and eggs

00:26:21 I don't know. His father bought it on installment

00:31:36 I don't know if I can get the job

00:35:11 Huen, cheers

00:38:40 Did your hand get flattened?

00:42:40 Take a look at this pair

00:51:40 Wu-hsiung

00:55:12 to protect our boy

01:02:47 reading newspapers and answering phone calls

01:06:26 with a steel bar

01:09:55 Yesterday when they changed my medicine

01:12:22 There wasn't any magic pills

01:18:52 You're the last

01:24:28 Yes, Wan is going into the army

01:27:58 The day before he left

01:32:32 Come on, eat

01:35:04 I thought of how Dad must have felt when he gave it to me

01:39:52 Her mother wouldn't let them in

01:47:13 The potatoes are more difficult to look after than ginseng

Cast & Characters

Grace Chen Shu-Fang Chen Shu-Fen Hsin Kang So-Huen Chi-Ying Kao Lawrence Ko Mrs. Lin's son Tien-Lu Li Grandpa Ju Lin Yang Lin Fang Mei Mei-Feng

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed901

Dialogue density8.3 lines / min

First line00:02:35

Final line01:47:13

Production Record

DirectorHou Hsiao-hsien

LanguageChinese

IMDb votes3,402