The Boys from Fengkuei

The Boys from Fengkuei, also known as All the Youthful Days, is a 1983 film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. This movie is about a group of teenagers with nothing to do, high energy and impulsive. While waiting to be enlisted in the army, they caused trouble in their hometown, Fengkuei, and ran away from Penghu to Kaohsiung. From a small town to a big city, the depression and turmoil of youth made them experience unforgettable life scenery, and gradually receded from the original youthfulness. It was Hou Hsiao-hsien’s first art film after he directed three light comedies in the early eighties and a representative work of the Taiwan New Cinema at its inception.