Summary:
Hou Hsiao Hsien rounds out his loose trilogy on Taiwanese history -- The Puppet Master dealt with Japan's occupation of the island and City of Sadness focuses on Chiang Kai-shek's bloody occupation immediately following the war -- with this mediation on the anti-Communist campaign during the 1950s. The story is ostensibly about the real life events of Chiang Bi-yu (Annie... Full Summary >>

Cast:
Jack Kao - (Ah Wei)
Lim Giong - (Chung Hao-Tung)
Annie Shizuka Inoh - (Chiang Bi-yu)
Annie Shizuka Inoh - (Liang Ching)
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Review:
Hou Hsiao Hsien further explores territory he staked out in the previous two installments of his trilogy. Just as he collapses the distinction between narrative and documentary in The Puppet Master, Hsien includes a dizzying array of story lines that both questions and enhances the veracity of Chiang Bi-yu's biography. Just as he tou... Continue >>

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