hou's fifth feature film was "a summer at grandpa's" (1984), which won a best director award for hou at the 1984 asia-pacific film festival and the golden montgolfiere award (tied with "the runner" (1984)) at the 1985 nantes three continents festival, and the prize of the ecumenical jury - special mention at the 1985 locarno international film festival. the film was also nominated for a best child star (chi-kuang wang) and best adapted screenplay (chu t’ien-wen) at the 1984 golden horse film festival. the film also starred fellow new taiwanese filmmaker edward yang in a brief role, with yang returning the favor by casting hou in his film "taipei story" (1985).