Dust in the Wind is a 1986 Taiwanese film directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. It is based on co-screenwriter Wu Nien-jen's own experiences, and is the first of a trilogy of Hou and Wu's collaborations, the others being A City of Sadness (1989) and The Puppetmaster (1993).

Plot

Ah Yuan and Ah Yun are childhood sweethearts living in Jiufen, a rural town nestled in the hills of northern Taiwan. Their fathers work as coal miners, and the two grow up inseparable, traveling to school together daily by train and walking home along the railway and winding uphill roads. After finishing high school, Ah Yuan moves to Taipei to work at a printing shop. A year later, Ah Yun follows him to the city and takes a job at a tailor shop.