The Story of a Small Town

The Story of a Small Town is a 1979 Taiwanese film, produced by Hsiao Chung Productions (小眾電影公司). The film revolves around a family living in a small town. Kenny Bee plays the male family member who is released from prison and falls in love with a mute woman (Joan Lin). The film was remade as a TV series, featuring Yang Kuei-mei (楊貴媚) and Yin Xiaotian (印小天).

Cast and crew

 * Cast
 * Kenny Bee
 * Joan Lin
 * Ko Hsiang-ting
 * Lee Lieh (李烈)
 * Chen Jun-jieh (陳俊傑), credited as Ou Di (歐弟)


 * Crew
 * Li Hsing, director and supervisor
 * Liu Teng-shan (劉登善), story
 * Chang Yung-hsiang, screenplay
 * Chen Kun-hou (陳坤厚), cinematography
 * Tsai Cheng-pin (蔡正彬), art director
 * Chih Hsueh-fu (支學福), director of lighting
 * Weng Ching-hsi (翁清溪), composer, credited as Tony Wong in this film and Tang Ni (湯尼) in other materials

Accolades
In the 16th Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (1979), this film won the Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress (Joan Lin), and Best Child Star (Chen Jun-jie).

Original soundtrack
The Story of a Small Town soundtrack album was released by Taiwanese singer Teresa Teng on March 23, 1979. Tracks 1, 6, 7, and 8 are theme songs from the film. With the exception of track 7, the names of these tracks are different for each release. The album was released by Kolin Records (歌林股份有限公司) in Taiwan and by Polydor Records in Hong Kong and overseas.

Polydor re-recorded the theme songs for its own edition and released this album as Love Songs of Island, Vol. 6: Small Town Story. Weng Ching-hsi (翁清溪) is credited as Tang Ni (湯尼) on this album.