The Story of a Small Town
Theatrical poster
Directed by	Li Hsing
Written by	Liu Teng-shan Chang Yung-hsiang
Produced by	Chen Ru-lin
Starring	Kenny Bee Joan Lin Ko Hsiang-ting Lee Lieh Chen Jun-jieh
Cinematography	Chen Kun-hou
Music by	Weng Ching-hsi
Distributed by	Hsiao Chung Productions
Release date	February 10, 1979 (Taiwan)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	Taiwan
Language	Mandarin

The Story of a Small Town (Chinese: 小城故事; pinyin: Xiǎochéng gùshì) is a 1979 Taiwanese film, produced by Hsiao Chung Productions (小眾電影公司). 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 (楊貴媚) and Yin Xiaotian (印小天).^{[citation needed]}

Cast and crew

Cast

• Kenny Bee
• Joan Lin
• Ko Hsiang-ting
• Lee Lieh (李烈)
• Chen Jun-jieh (陳俊傑), credited as Ou Di (歐弟)

Crew

• Li Hsing, director and supervisor
• Liu Teng-shan (劉登善), story
• Chang Yung-hsiang, screenplay
• Chen Kun-hou (陳坤厚), cinematography
• Tsai Cheng-pin (蔡正彬), art director
• Chih Hsueh-fu (支學福), director of lighting
• Weng Ching-hsi (翁清溪), composer, credited as Tony Wong in this film and Tang Ni (湯尼) in other materials

Accolades

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 (Chen Jun-jie).

Original soundtrack

The Story of a Small Town (Chinese: 小城故事; pinyin: Xiǎochéng gùshì) soundtrack album was released by Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng on March 23, 1979. 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 (歌林股份有限公司) 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 Love Songs of Island, Vol. 6: Small Town Story (島國之情歌第六集:小城故事; Dǎoguó zhī qínggē dì liù jí). Weng Ching-hsi (翁清溪) is credited as Tang Ni (湯尼) on this album.

Track listing