The Wild Goose on the Wing

Opening title

The Wild Goose on the Wing (Chinese: 雁かり兒じ在ざい林はやし梢こずえ; pinyin: Yàn'er zài línshāo) is a Taiwanese film, released in 1979 by Super Star (H.K.) Motion Picture Company (巨星きょせい(香港ほんこん)影かげ業ぎょう公司こうし), with spoken dialogues in Mandarin. It stars Brigitte Lin, Chin Han, Tse Ling-ling, and Ma Yung-lin (馬うま永ひさし霖). It was produced by Chiung Yao, who wrote the novel of the same Chinese name. The adapted screenplay was by Qiao Ye (喬たかし野の) and the film was directed by Lily Liu (劉りゅう立たて立だて).

Music

Yan er zai lin shao (雁かり兒じ在ざい林はやし梢こずえ) is a 1979 album by Feng Fei-fei, released by Kolin Records (歌うた林りん唱片). It contains three songs that are heard in the film. A few songs, like "Naihe" (奈何いかん), have been covered by other singers, like Teresa Teng, Sylvia Chang, and Faye Wong.

Side A

1. "The Wild Goose in the Forest" (雁かり兒じ在ざい林はやし梢こずえ "Yan er zai lin shao") — lyrics by Chiung Yao, composed by Xin Yi (欣逸)

   Main theme song of this film

2. "You Want to Stay Behind" (你可願ねがい留とめ下か "Ni ke yuan liuxia") — lyrics by Chiung Yao, composed by Xin Yi

   Also called "Ask the Wild Goose" (問とい雁かり兒じ "Wen yan er"); sub-theme song of this film

3. "The Grassland Is Green and Greener" (草原そうげん青あお又また青あお "Caoyuan qing you qing") — written by Wang Zhi Yuan (王おう智さとし遠とお)
4. "Dang na qin shengxiang qi" (當とう那な琴きん聲ごえ響ひびき起おこり) — lyrics by Chen Xi (晨曦), composed by Gu Yue (古月ふるつき)

   Sub-theme song of the film Return of Monsoon (一片いっぺん深ふか情じょう Yipian shen qing)

5. "Autumn Lake" (秋あき湖こ "Qiu hu") — lyrics by Zhuang Nu (莊そう奴やつ)

   Mandarin rendition of the Japanese song

Side B

1. "When Does a Person Know" (何なん時じ才知さいち道どう "Heshi cai zhidao") — written by Jiang Rong Yi (蔣榮伊い)
2. "Arriving to Dusk" (又また是ぜ黃き昏到 "You shi huanghun dao") — lyrics by Chiung Yao, composed by Xin Yi

   Sub-theme of this film

3. "If My Heart Speaks..." (心裡しんり想そう說せつ的てき話ばなし "Xinli xiang shuo dehua") — lyrics by Chen Xi, composed by Kuranosuke Hamaguchi (浜口はまぐち庫之助くらのすけ)

   Mandarin rendition of the Japanese song, "Mō koi na no ka" (もう恋こいなのか), by Akira Nishikino (錦野にしきの旦だん)

4. "Wu se bin fen" (五色ごしき繽紛ひんぷん) — written by Yue Xun (岳たけ勳くん)
5. "Regret Leaving Old Love" (舊情きゅうじょう依よ依よ "Jiuqing yiyi") — written by Xiao Yan
6. "Naihe" (奈何いかん) — written by Li Da Tao (李り達いたる濤)

External links

• The Wild Goose on the Wing at the Hong Kong Movie DataBase
• Overview at Wakaie.Freehostia.com