The Story of a Small Town () is a 1979 Taiwanese film, produced by Hsiao Chung Productions (). The film revolves around a family living in a small town. Kenny Bee plays the male family member who is released from prison and falls in love with a mute woman (Joan Lin).
The film was remade as a TV series, featuring Yang Kuei-mei () and Yin Xiaotian ().
Cast and crew
Cast
Kenny Bee
Joan Lin, credited as Joan Lin
Ko Hsiang-ting
Lee Lieh () Chen Jun-jieh (), credited as Ou Di ()
Crew
Li Hsing, director and supervisor
Liu Teng-shan (), story
Chang Yung-hsiang, screenplay
Chen Kun-hou (), cinematography
Tsai Cheng-pin (), art director
Chih Hsueh-fu (), director of lighting
Weng Ching-hsi (), composer, credited as Tony Wong in this film and Tang Ni () in other materials
Reception
In the 16th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (1979), this film won the Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress (Joan Lin), and Best Child Star (Weng Ching-hsi).
Music
(), translated as either Small Town Story or Story of a Small Town, is a 1979 album by Teresa Teng. Tracks 1, 6, 7, and 8 are theme songs from the film. With the exception of track 7, the names of these tracks are different for each release.
The album was released by Kolin Records () in Taiwan and by Polydor Records in Hong Kong and overseas. Polydor re-recorded the theme songs for its own edition and released this album as Taiwan's Love Songs 6: Small Town Story ().
Weng Ching-hsi () is credited as Tang Ni () on this album.
Side A
Kolin: "Moment of Silence" ( ) — 2:13Polydor: "You Are in My Heart" ( ) — 2:54
Music by Weng Ching-hsi, lyrics by Chuang Nu () Sub-theme of the film; Polydor re-recording has additional, slightly different lyrics "" (), "On Your Mind" or "On My Mind", music by Weng Ching-hsi, lyrics by Suen Yi () — 3:28 "Poetry" ( ), written by Liu Chia-chang — 3:00 "A piece of a fallen leaf" ( ), music by Takashi Miki (), lyrics by Chuang Nu — 3:27 "The September Story" ( ), music by Inaba Akira (), lyrics by Suen Hei () — 3:42 Kolin: "Precious Small Town" ( ) — 2:11Polydor: "Spring in a Small Town" ( ) — 2:22 Music by Weng Ching-hsi, lyrics by Chuang Nu Sub-theme of The Story of a Small Town
Side B
"Small Town Story" ( / ) — 2:19 (Kolin) / 2:35 (Polydor) Music by Weng Ching-hsi, lyrics by Chuang Nu Main theme of The Story of a Small Town Kolin: "Quiet Lane" ( ) — 3:15Polydor: "Lane" ( / ) — 3:04 Music by Weng Ching-hsi, lyrics by Chuang Nu Sub-theme of The Story of a Small Town "Me and You" ( ), music by Minoru Endo (), lyrics by Lin Huang-kuen () — 3:46 Mandarin version of "" (), first sung in 1977 by Masao Sen () "Free and at Leisure" ( ), music by Minoru Endo, lyrics by Lin Huang-kuen — 3:28 Mandarin version of , first sung in 1973 by Tetsuya Watari "Place of First Loves" ( ), music by Liu Chia-chang; lyrics by Suen Hei — 2:27 Originally sung by Chiang Lei () "Thinking of You" ( ), music by Kimiaki Inomata (), lyrics by Lin Huang-kuen — 3:28