Soon after, director Wan Jen adapted it into a movie. Liao and Hou Hsiao-hsien collaborated on the script, which won the Golden Horse award for best adapted screenplay the following year.
《油蔴菜籽》刊登後迴響驚人，不久又由萬仁導演改拍成電影，廖輝英和侯孝賢合作編劇，得到次年的金馬獎改編劇本獎。