17th Golden Horse Awards explained

Number:17
Award:Golden Horse Awards
Date:November 3, 1980
Site:Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Host:Chiang Kuang-chao and Sylvia Chang
Organizer:Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee
Best Feature Film:Good Morning, Taipei
Best Direction:Wang Chu-chin
Best Direction Film:The Legend of the Six Dynasty
Best Actor:Wang Kuan-hsiung
Best Actor Film:Free or Die
Best Actress:Hsu Feng
Best Actress Film:The Pioneers
Most Wins:The Orientation (3)
The Secret (3)
Most Nominations:Magnificent 72 (6)
The Pioneers (6)
Last:16th
Next:18th

The 17th Golden Horse Awards (Mandarin:第17屆金馬獎) took place on November 3, 1980 at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.[1]

Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first and highlighted in boldface.

  • Good Morning, Taipei
    • The Legend of the Six Dynasty (runner-up)
    • The Pioneers (runner-up - mention)
    • The Heroes (runner-up - mention)
    • Free or Die (runner-up - mention)
    • Those Days in the Heaven (runner-up - mention)
    • The Battle of Guningtou (runner-up - mention)
    • Magnificent 72 (runner-up)
    • The Secret (runner-up)
    • The Orientation (runner-up)
    • Story of a Repentant Juvenile (runner-up)
    • The Giant of Casino (runner-up - mention)
  • Ancient House - Chinese Traditional Architecture
    • Guo Ju Yi Shu (runner-up)
    • Zuo Gu Lian Ti Nan Ying Fen Ge Shou Shu (runner-up)
    • Shi Da Jian She Zhi Yi Di Gao Su Gong Lu Gong Cheng (runner-up - mention)
    • War of the Century (runner-up - mention)
    • Departure Herald and Return Clearing (runner-up - mention)
    • Traditional Town - Meinong (runner-up - mention)
    • Wu Tai Chun Xiao (runner-up - mention)
  • Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義
    • Ding Ding Meng You Ji 丁丁夢遊記
  • Heung Wan-pang — The Orientation
    • Li Hsiao-fei — Gunshot At 6 in the Morning
    • Chiang Ming — Good Morning, Taipei
  • Shao Pei-ling — Free or Die
    • Chen Chiu-yen — Lover on the Wave
    • Yang Jo-lan — To You with Love
  • Lin Hsiao-lao — The Orientation
    • Huang Ying-hsun — The Beloved Grass
    • Chen Jun-jie — Good Morning, Taipei
  • Sung Hsiang-ju — To You with Love
  • David Chung — The Secret
    • Wang Chu-chin — Those Days in the Heaven
    • Lin Wen-chin — The Pioneers
  • Chang Chi-ping — The Pioneers
    • Yuan Kuang-ming — Those Days in the Heaven
    • Chang Pei-shing — The Orientation
  • Yang Ping-chung — Magnificent 72
  • Wong Mau-san — The Legend of the Six Dynasty
  • Wang Chu-chin — Those Days in the Heaven
  • "Good Morning, Taipei" — Good Morning, Taipei
    • Composer: Weng Ching-hsi
    • Lyrics: Sun Yi
  • "Big Rooster" — The Orientation
    • Composer: Wen Lung-chun
    • Lyrics: Chang Pei-shing
  • "Blood-Stained Flowers" — Magnificent 72
  • Hsin Chiang-sheng — The Battle of Guningtou
    • Lin Kun-chi — The Legend of the Six Dynasty
    • Wang Yung-fang — Magnificent 72
  • Chang Chao-tang - Ancient House - Chinese Traditional Architecture
    • Lai Yung-hsin — Guo Ju Yi Shu
    • Chang Chao-tang — Traditional Town - Meinong
  • Lee Shu-chin — Guo Ju Yi Shu
    • Teng Wei-hsing — War of the Century
    • Hung Lao-tien — Traditional Town - Meinong
  • Tsai Ming-chin — Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義
  • Huang Mu-tsun — Ding Ding Meng You Ji 丁丁夢遊記
  • The Battle of Guningtou

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 台北金馬影展 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival. www.goldenhorse.org.tw. 13 October 2017.