'' Growing Up '' ( ) is a 1983 film by Taiwanese filmmaker Chen Kunhou . The screenplay was the first collaboration between Hou Hsiao-hsien and Chu T’ien - wen . The film made the young star , Doze Niu , " a pop icon and tagged him with a rebellious image . " '' Growing Up '' was the film that " first attracted broad critical and popular attention to the movement " known as New Taiwan Cinema . It " established some of the movement 's key stylistic approaches and narrative concerns , with its subdued manner in relating the story of an adolescent boy grappling with everyday pangs amid Taiwan 's fraught provincial context . " The film was selected as the Taiwanese entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards , but was not accepted as a nominee
56th Academy Awards
56th Academy Awards
Growing Up (1983 film)