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The Silent Wife

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The Silent Wife
DVD cover
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Literal meaningMute Girl Has Deep Feelings
Hanyu PinyinYǎ Nǚ Qíng Shēn
Directed byLi Hsing
Written by
Produced byHu Chien-chung
Starring
CinematographyLai Cheng-ying
Edited byChen Hung-min
Music byTso Hung-yuan
Production
company
Release date
  • 31 December 1965 (1965-12-31)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguageMandarin

The Silent Wife is a 1965 Taiwanese drama film directed by Li Hsing,[1] based on Chiung Yao's 1964 novelette.

Cast

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Awards and nominations

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1966 4th Golden Horse Awards

  • Won—Best Original Score (Tso Hung-yuan)
  • Won—Best Sound Effect (Hung Jui-ting)
  • Won—Special Acting Award (Wang Mo-chou)
  • Nominated—Best Feature Film

1966 Asia-Pacific Film Festival

  • Won—Best Adapted Screenplay (Liu Yi)
  • Won—Best Cinematography (Lai Cheng-ying)
  • Won—Special Acting Award (Wang Mo-chou)

The film was also selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Li Hsing—six decades in movies". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 12 November 2011.
  2. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
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