Later Tsai wrote "The Heartline of Li-hsiang," which described the emotions of a factory worker, and "Give Me a Home," about a family that would move from construction site to construction site. For these he won Golden Bell awards for best director in 1990 and 1991.
爾後描述工廠女工生活的《麗香的感情線》和隨建築工地飄移的家庭《給我一個家》，相繼獲得八十年、八十一年最佳導播金鐘獎。