title: Winds of September
text: # Winds of September
  
  Winds of September (Chinese: 九降風) is a 2008 Taiwanese film. Set in 1996 in Hsinchu, it focuses on a gang of teenage boys who drink, smoke and gamble, and the relationships between them. It broke a number of taboos in Taiwanese filmmaking, including showing the group skinny dipping.
  
  Directed and co-written by Tom Lin Shu-yu, the film was praised for its good acting and realistic themes. It was screened at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival, and the Tokyo International Film Festival in 2008.
  
  Eric Tsang produced the Hong Kong adaptation, High Noon (2008), by Heiward Mak.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Rhydian Vaughan
  * Chang Chieh
  * Jennifer Chu
  * Wang Po-chieh
  * Lin Chi-tai
  * Nelson Shen
  * Mao Di
  * Teresa Daley
  * Eric Tsang
  * Lawrence Ko
  * Esther Liu as Hsieh Meng-lun
  * Jag Huang as Police officer
  
  ## Awards
  
  The film was awarded Best Film at the Asian New Talent Awards of the 11th Shanghai International Film Festival in June 2008. It was also nominated for the Grand Prize at the 10th Taipei Film Awards.
  
  It won Best Original Screenplay at the 45th Golden Horse Awards.
  
  