Summaries

Intended as the concluding film in the trilogy on the modern history of Taiwan began with Beiqing Chengshi (1989), this film reveals the story through three levels: a film within a film as well as the past and present as linked by a young woman, Liang Ching. She is being persecuted by an anonymous man who calls her repeatedly but does not speak. He has stolen her diary and faxes her pages daily. Liang is also rehearsing for a new film that is due to go into production soon. The film, entitled Haonan Haonu, is about a couple Chiang Bi-yu and Chung Hao-tung who returns to China to participate in the anti-Japanese movement in China in the 1940s and are arrested as communists when they go back to Taiwan.—L.H. Wong <[email protected]>

Details

Keywords
  • part of trilogy
  • film within a film
  • based on novel
  • flashback
Genres
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Dec 8, 1995
Countries of origin Japan Taiwan
Language Mandarin Japanese Cantonese Min Nan
Filming locations Guangdong, China
Production companies Fujian Film Studio 3H Films Chang Su Productions

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 48m
Color Color Black and White
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.78 : 1

Synopsis

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