Detention (2019)

In 1962 Taiwan during the White Terror martial law period, Fang Ray Shin, a female student at the hillside Greenwood High School is attending counselling with teacher Mr. Chang, and they ... See full summary »

Director:

John Hsu

Writers:

Shih-Keng Chien, Lyra Fu (as Kai-Ling Fu)

Stars:

Gingle Wang, Chin-Hua Tseng, Meng-Po Fu

2 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Gingle Wang	...	Fang Ray Shin
Chin-Hua Tseng	...	Wei Chong-Ting
Meng-Po Fu	...	Chang Ming-Hui
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pen-yu Chang
Cecilia Choi
Ching-Ting Hsia
Yue-Ti Liu
Chin-Yu Pan	...	Yo Sheng Jie
Ko-Yuan Wang	...	Huang Yo Shin
Chung-Yueh Yun

Storyline

In 1962 Taiwan during the White Terror martial law period, Fang Ray Shin, a female student at the hillside Greenwood High School is attending counselling with teacher Mr. Chang, and they gradually fall in love. It was a dangerous period where sensitive books were banned and free speech were restricted, but Mr. Chang secretly organised a study group for banned books, together with fellow teacher Miss Yin and male student Wei Chong Ting.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

Taiwan

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

20 September 2019 (Taiwan)

Also Known As:

Detention

Company Credits

Production Co:

1 Production Film, Filmagic Pictures Co., Gamania Digital Entertainment Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

102 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film is adapted from a video game by the same name created by Red Candle Games, a Taiwanese game developer. The same company has been involved in a political controversy surrounding alleged sacasm targeting Chinese president Xi Jinping in another horror game it created, /Devotion/ ("Huanyuan"). A proof of such allegation is an inconspicuous reference to Winnie the Pooh ("Xiaoxiong Weini"), an unwelcomed nickname for the Chinese leader, in the game, which is concealed in esoteric seal characters.

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Soundtracks

The Day After Rain
Music by Luming Lu & Summer Lei
Lyrics & Performed by Summer Lei
[Theme Song]

User Reviews

A Masterpiece

It perfactlly illustrated the society in the 60s in Taiwan. Most importantly, the government portraited in the film showed the value of democracy. People gone through all of the painful past only for a better world, the world with freedom. The film is categorized as a horror movie, it doesn't have a lot of jumping or sudden scenes that scares you. However, it's about Taiwanese's inner fear for the era that's full of pain and easily forgotten by people. The era can be known as Taiwan's darkest era, Detention, however, reminds Taiwanese their darkest era, which leads to the greatest fear within the society. The whole film is covered by horror, perhaps it's a little bit confusing, but the director used smart tricks to convey the horror to us. From all the elements above, Detention is an outstanding film, and it should be watched by all Taiwaneses. By the way, people should never forgot the painful history, it showed the greatness of the modern world, and for the people who sacrificed for the democracy nowadays, should be remembered forever.