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 |
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.
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.