# 15th Golden Horse Awards

The 15th Golden Horse Awards (Mandarin:第15屆金馬獎) took place on October 31, 1978, at Zhongshan Hall in Taipei, Taiwan.

## Winners and nominees

Winners are listed first, highlighted in boldface.
| Best Feature Film He Never Gives Up Brothers (runner-up) The Operations of Spring Wind (runner-up - mention) The Sentimental Swordsman (runner-up - mention) The Murder of Murders (runner-up - mention) Everlasting Love (runner-up - mention) Sunset in Beijing City (runner-up - mention) The Contract (runner-up) The Glory of the Sunset (runner-up) The Diary of Di-Di (runner-up) Lantern Festival Adventure (runner-up) The Smiling Face (runner-up - mention) | Best Documentary Zhong Hua Min Guo Di Liu Ren Zong Tong Fu Zong Tong Xuan Shi Jiu Zhi Dian Li Tian Yuan Zu Qu (runner-up) Sha Rang Li De Bai Yu (runner-up) Wu Ling Yu Ci Hu (runner-up) Guo Jia Zhong Yao Gong Cheng Jian She Yu Rong Min Gong Cheng Shi Ye (runner-up) Yi Dai Wei Ren (runner-up - mention) Zhong Hua Min Guo Liu Shi Liu Nian Tai Wan Qu Yun Dong Hui (runner-up - mention) Fei Xiang Bai Ri Qing Tian (runner-up - mention) Hai Shang Gong Yuan ─ Jin Men (runner-up - mention) Kang Zhuang Da Dao (runner-up - mention) |
| Best Director Li Hsing — He Never Gives Up Chen Yao-chi — The Diary of Di-Di Michael Hui — The Contract | Best Leading Actor Chin Han — He Never Gives Up Bai Ying — The Operations of Spring Wind Jimmy Wang — Brothers |
| Best Leading Actress Tien Niu — The Diary of Di-Di Joan Lin — He Never Gives Up Chen Chen — The Glory of the Sunset | Best Supporting Actor Ku Ming-lun — Sunset in Beijing City Wei Su — Everlasting Love Ting Kwok-sing — He Never Gives Up |
| Best Supporting Actress Gua Ah-leh — The Diary of Di-Di Lisa Lu — Everlasting Love Chin Chi-min — Love of the White Snake | Best Child Star Huang Yi-lung — Lantern Festival Adventure Huang Ying-hsun — Sunset in Beijing City Chen Jun-jie — He Never Gives Up |
| Best Screenplay Chang Yung-hsiang — He Never Gives Up Liu Chia-chang — Sunset in Beijing City Sima Zhongyuan — Lantern Festival Adventure | Best Cinematography Chen Kun-hou — He Never Gives Up Lin Chao — The Dream of the Red Chamber Lin Wen-chin — The Diary of Di-Di |
| Best Film Editing Peter Cheung — The Contract Liao Ching-song — He Never Gives Up Wang Chi-yang — The Operations of Spring Wind | Best Art Direction Chen Ching-shen — The Dream of the Red Chamber Li Ji — Lantern Festival Adventure Wang Toon — The Glory of the Sunset |
| Best Music Huang Mao-shan — Lantern Festival Adventure Weng Ching-hsi — He Never Gives Up Wu Ta-chiang — The Dream of the Red Chamber | Best Sound Recording Lin Kun-chi — The Glory of the Sunset Lin Ting-kuei — The Operations of Spring Wind Hsin Chiang-sheng — He Never Gives Up |
| Best Cinematography for Documentary Chen Yu-po - Zhong Hua Min Guo Di Liu Ren Zong Tong Fu Zong Tong Xuan Shi Jiu Zhi Dian Li Liao Hung-ya — Tian Yuan Zu Qu Yu Ju-chi — Kang Zhuang Da Dao | Best Planning for Documentary Tuan Mu-hsuan — Tian Yuan Zu Qu Liang Kai-ming — Sha Rang Li De Bai Yu Hsu I-kung — Wu Ling Yu Ci Hu |
| Special Award - Outstanding Performance Chen Jun-jie - He Never Gives Up | Special Award - Outstanding Cinematography The Sentimental Swordsman |
| Special Award - News Values Award Fei Xiang Bai Ri Qing Tian |