Question: The 1983 Taiwanese submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film starred whom as the protagonist ?

text: List of Taiwanese submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
Submissions
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited the film industries of various countries to submit their best film for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film since 1956 . [ 4 ] The Foreign Language Film Award Committee oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films . Following this , they vote via secret ballot to determine the five nominees for the award . [ 3 ] Below is a list of the films that have been submitted by Taiwan for review by the Academy for the award by year and the respective Academy Awards ceremony .
The Republic of China (Taiwan) has submitted films for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[nb 1] since 1957, and regularly since 1980. The award is handed out annually by the United States Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States that contains primarily non-English dialogue. It was not created until the 1956 Academy Awards, in which a competitive Academy Award of Merit, known as the Best Foreign Language Film Award, was created for non-English speaking films, and has been given annually since. For the purposes of Oscar submissions, AMPAS recognizes Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong as separate entities, and each one regularly submits a film to the competition. Taiwan became the first of the three ethnic Chinese entities to enter the competition in 1957. To date, Taiwan has submitted forty-five films for Oscar consideration. Three Taiwanese films have been nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, and all three nominated films were directed by Ang Lee: The Wedding Banquet, Eat Drink Man Woman, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which is the only Taiwanese film to have won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Taiwan initially selected Ang Lee's Lust, Caution in 2007, but AMPAS did not accept the film saying that was not a majority-Taiwanese production. Directors Chen Kunhou and Hou Hsiao-hsien have each had three films selected to represent Taiwan, but none received an Oscar nomination.
Year ( Ceremony ) Film title used in nomination Original title Director Result
1957 ( 30th ) Amina Amina ( 阿美娜 ) Yuan Congmei Not Nominated
1964 ( 37th ) Lovers ' Rock Qíngrén shí ( 情人石 ) Pan Lei Not Nominated
1966 ( 39th ) The Silent Wife Yǎnǚ qíngxīn ( 啞女情深 ) Lee Hsing Not Nominated
1972 ( 45th ) Execution in Autumn Qiūjué ( 秋決 ) Lee Hsing Not Nominated
1976 ( 49th ) Eight Hundred Heroes Bābǎi zhuàngshì ( 八百壯士 ) Ting Shan-hsi Not Nominated
1980 ( 53rd ) The Legend of the Six Dynasty Liùcháo guàitán ( 六朝怪談 ) Wong Guk-gam Not Nominated
1981 ( 54th ) If I Were for Real Jiǎrú wǒshì zhēnde ( 假如我是真的 ) Wang Toon Not Nominated
1982 ( 55th ) The Battle for the Republic of China Xīnhài shuāngshí ( 辛亥雙十 ) Ting Shan-hsi Not Nominated
1983 ( 56th ) Growing Up Xiǎo Bì de gùshì ( 小畢的故事 ) Chen Kunhou Not Nominated
1984 ( 55th ) Old Mao 's Second Spring Lǎo Mò de dì èr ge chūntiān ( 老莫的第二個春天 ) Lee You-ning Not Nominated
1985 ( 58th ) Kuei-Mei , a Woman Wǒ zhèyàng guòle yìshēng ( 我這樣過了一生 ) Chang Yi Not Nominated
1986 ( 59th ) The Heroic Pioneers Tángshān guò Táiwān ( 唐山過台灣 ) Lee Shing Not Nominated
1987 ( 60th ) Osmanthus Alley Guìhuā xiàng ( 桂花巷 ) Chen Kunhou Not Nominated
1988 ( 61st ) My Mother 's Teahouse Chūnqiū cháshì ( 春秋茶室 ) Chen Kunhou Not Nominated
1989 ( 62nd ) A City of Sadness Bēiqíng chéngshì ( 悲情城市 ) Hou Hsiao-hsien Not Nominated
1990 ( 63rd ) Song of the Exile Kètú qiūhèn ( 客途秋恨 ) Ann Hui Not Nominated
1991 ( 64th ) A Brighter Summer Day Gúlǐngjiē shàonián shārén shìjiàn ( 牯嶺街少年殺人事件 ) Edward Yang Not Nominated
1992 ( 65th ) Secret Love for the Peach Blossom Spring Ànliàn táohuāyuán ( 暗戀桃花源 ) Stan Lai Not Nominated
1993 ( 66th ) The Wedding Banquet Xǐyàn ( 喜宴 ) Ang Lee Nominated
1994 ( 67th ) Eat Drink Man Woman Yǐnshí nánnǚ ( 飲食男女 ) Ang Lee Nominated