[1] Dealing with education and other social issues in rural Taiwan in the deprived 1950s and early 1960s, the story was adapted into a screenplay by Wu Nien-jen.
Ku A-ming (古阿明) is a fourth grader at Chungshan Elementary School in Shuiyu Township.
Despite being not very good in most subjects at school, he is very talented in art and has a great imagination, though most teachers cannot understand what he's expressing in his artwork.
The teachers begin to regret for neglecting A-ming's great artistic talent.
It won 2 awards, namely Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Film Song.