the eleventh film of hou and the third and final film of his "taiwanese history trilogy," "good men, good women" (1995) was a post-modern time-jumping and fourth-wall breaking narrative that jumped between the modern-day life of an actress named liang ching (played by annie shizukah inoh) and the historical role of chiang bi-yu, who she was portraying in a 1940s period piece film. jack kao also appeared as her boyfriend, ah-wei. the film was nominated and in competition for the prestigious palme d'or at the 1995 cannes film festival, and won best director, best adapted screenplay (chu t’ien-wen) and best sound recording (duu-chih tu) at the 1995 golden horse film festival and awards, where it was also nominated for best feature film, best leading actress (inoh) and best film editing (ching-song liao) awards.