When Yang returned to Taiwan in 1981, changes were brewing in the Taiwan film industry. Kung-fu movies and love stories based on the novels of Chiung Yao were no longer drawing audiences.
一九八一年，楊德昌回國的這一年，台灣電影正醞釀著某些改變，功夫電影和瓊瑤愛情電影正在退燒。