The Green, Green Grass of Home

This article is about the film. For the music, see Green, Green Grass of Home and Green, Green Grass of Home (album).

1983 Taiwanese film

The Green, Green Grass of Home

Chinese| 在那河畔青草青
Literal meaning| Green grass by the river
Hanyu Pinyin| zài nà hépàn qīngcǎo qīng
Directed by| Hou Hsiao-hsien
Written by| Hou Hsiao-hsien

Release date

* 1983 (1983)

Running time

| 90 minutes
Country| Taiwan
Language| Mandarin

The Green, Green Grass of Home (在那河畔青草青) is a 1983 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It is Hou's third film.

## Plot

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In a village in rural Taiwan, a new schoolteacher, coming from Taipei, falls in love with a local young woman.

## Cast

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* Kenny Bee[1]
* Meifeng Chen

## Release

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A Blu-Ray version was released in 2016.[2] The film is also part of the Early Hou Hsiao-sien DVD set.[3]

## Reception

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A retrospective review, comparing the film to Hou's earlier productions, states that "The Green, Green Grass of Home ... builds on the nostalgic pastoral mode of Cute Girl, but represents an exponential improvement. Here, Hou refines his camera work with assured compositions and rich mise en scène, while further exploring the playful masculinity of Cute Girl. Bee returns as another urban interloper, but here as an environmentally minded teacher. There is a romantic subplot with another teacher, but the film is at its most rewarding when following the antics of the young boys who dub themselves ‘the three musketeers’.[4] Among other things the acting of the children in the film was praised.[5][6]

## References

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1. ^ Linnarz, Rouven (2022-07-08). "Film Review: The Green, Green Grass of Home (1982) by Hou Hsiao-hsien". Asian Movie Pulse. Archived from the original on 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
2. ^ The Green, Green Grass of Home (1982), archived from the original on 2023-06-19, retrieved 2023-06-19
3. ^ "Early Hou Hsiao-hsien: Three Films 1980-1983 | Eureka". Archived from the original on 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
4. ^ CineVue (2018-04-16). "DVD Review: Early Hou Hsiao-Hsien: Three Films 1980-1983". CineVue. Archived from the original on 2023-06-19. Retrieved 2023-06-19.
5. ^ Coleman, Lindsay; Miyao, Daisuke; Schaefer, Roberto (2016-12-27). Transnational Cinematography Studies. Lexington Books. ISBN 978-1-4985-2428-5.
6. ^ Yeh, Emilie Yueh-yu; Davis, Darrell William (2005-07-06). Taiwan Film Directors: A Treasure Island. Columbia University Press. ISBN 978-0-231-50299-3.

## External links

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* The Green, Green Grass of Home at IMDb

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Films directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien

* Cute Girl (1980)
* Cheerful Wind (1981)
* The Green, Green Grass of Home (1982)
* The Boys from Fengkuei (1983)
* A Summer at Grandpa's (1984)
* The Time to Live and the Time to Die (1985)
* Dust in the Wind (1986)
* Daughter of the Nile (1987)
* A City of Sadness (1989)
* The Puppetmaster (1993)
* Good Men, Good Women (1995)
* Goodbye South, Goodbye (1996)
* Flowers of Shanghai (1998)
* Millennium Mambo (2001)
* Café Lumière (2003)
* Three Times (2005)
* Flight of the Red Balloon (2007)
* The Assassin (2015)

Segments in anthology films|

* "The Son's Big Doll' in The Sandwich Man (1983)
* "The Electric Princess Picture House" in To Each His Own Cinema (2007)

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