Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale

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Movie
German title Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Original title Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale
Country of production Taiwan
original language Sediq , English , Japanese
Publishing year 2011
length TV part 1: 144 minutes
TV part 2: 132 minutes
Cinema version: 150 minutes
Rod
Director Wei Te-sheng
script Wei Te-sheng
production John Woo ,
Jimmy Huang
Terence Chang
music Ricky Ho
camera Chin Ting-chang
cut Chen Po-Wen
Milk Su
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Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (in German Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale ) is a Taiwanese historical drama from 2011 . Wei Te-sheng was the director . John Woo co-produced alongside Jimmy Huang and Terence Chang. The film was shown at the 2011 Venice Film Festival and is the most expensive film produced in Taiwan. It was first broadcast as a two-parter on Taiwanese television in September 2011. A 150-minute version was cut for the cinema.

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After the Japanese invasion of Taiwan in 1895 and the vain resistance of the Han , the Seediq , a Taiwanese indigenous people, fight and defeat the Japanese army. The traditional seediq headhunting is banned, although one is only considered a man if one has beheaded an opponent. That's why the boys don't get the traditional chin tattoos. Among the Japanese, locals are being forced to do poorly paid unskilled labor like hauling logs while being Japaneseized. The chief Mona Rudao then plans an uprising for which he can unite several tribes. In 1930, during the Wushe uprising , the tribes attack a Japanese festival and kill all the Japanese in the village. Now equipped with modern rifles, the fight continues. Despite initial success, the situation of the rebels is soon hopeless. The Japanese are bringing in tens of thousands of soldiers and modern weapons such as planes and artillery. After using poison gas, numerous Seediq women and children hang themselves, on the one hand to avoid dying in agony from the gas, on the other hand to free the men from responsibility for their families. Some Seediq tribes, traditional enemies of Mona Rudao's tribe, also join the Japanese.

The rebels are aware that their fight is hopeless, but want to die in the fight. Eventually they attack a Japanese camp, where the Seediq warriors gradually die in battle. The survivors finally attack completely uncovered over a bridge and are all killed by artillery fire.

A fade-in explains that the few surviving Seediq were all deported and never saw their homeland again.

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The director Wei Te-sheng insisted that the actors speak Seediq, the native language, to make the film as authentic as possible.

The film cost $ 24 million.

reception

  • The film received positive reviews on Rotten Tomatoes with an average of 77 percent.
  • Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2012, UNESCO Award (won),
  • Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2012, Cinematography (nominated)
  • Chinese Film Media Awards 2012, Best Picture (won)
  • Golden Horse Festival 2012, Audience Choice Award (won)
  • Golden Horse Festival 2012, Golden Horse Award (won)
  • Osaka Film Festival 2012, Audience Award (won)
  • Shanghai Film Critics Awards 2012, Film of Merit (won)
  • Golden Horse Festival 2012, Audience Choice Award (won)
  • Venice International Film Festival 2011, Golden Lion (nominated)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 'Seediq Bale' to vie for Oscars' best foreign film. FocusTaiwan.tw, September 7, 2011, accessed May 15, 2017 .
  2. ↑ INTERVIEW: 'Director's charisma turned film dream into reality. Tapei Times, September 4, 2011, accessed May 15, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale in the Internet Movie Database (English)