Sai de ke · ba lai: Tai yang qi (2011)

An indigenous clan-based people living in harmony with nature find their way of life threatened when violent interlopers from another culture arrive, intent on seizing their natural resources and enslaving them.

Director:

Te-Sheng Wei

Writer:

Te-Sheng Wei (screenplay)

Stars:

Masanobu Andô, Jun'ichi Haruta, Sabu Kawahara

13 wins & 24 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nolay Piho	...	Mona Rudao (as Lin Ching-tai)
Chih-Hsiang Ma	...	Temu Walis (as Umin Boya)
Masanobu Andô	...	Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
Sabu Kawahara	...	General Yahiko Kamada
Vivian Hsu	...	Obing Tadao aka Hatsuko Takayama
Mei-Ling Lo	...	Obing Nawi aka Hanako Kawano
Landy Wen	...	Mahung Mona (Mona's Daughter)
Da-Ching	...	Mona Rudao - Young
Pawan Nawi	...	Chief Rudao Luhe, Mona's Father
Yakau Kuhon	...	Tado Mona (Mona's Eldest Son)
Pawan Neyung	...	Baso Mona (Mona's Younger Son) (as Lee Shih-chia)
Yuan-Jie Lin	...	Pawan Nawi
Chih-Wei Cheng	...	Biho Sapo
Yi-Fan Hsu	...	Ichiro Hanaoka aka Dakis Nomin (as Bokeh Kosang)
Soda Voyu	...	Jiro Hanaoka aka Dakis Nawi

Storyline

During the Japanese rule of Taiwan, the Seediq were forced to lose their own culture and give up their faith. Men were subject to harsh labor and kept from traditional hunting; whereas women had to serve the Japanese policemen and their families by doing the household work and giving up their traditional weaving work. Above all, they were forbidden to tattoo their faces. And these tattoos were seen as the Seediq's traditional belief to transform themselves into Seediq Bale ("true humans"). Mona Rudao, the protagonist, witnessed the repression by the Japanese over a period of 30 years. Sometime between autumn and winter 1930, when the slave labor is at its harshest, a young Seediq couple are married and a joyful party is thrown. At the same time, a newly appointed Japanese policeman goes on his inspection tour to this tribe. Mona Rudao's first son, Tado Mona, offers wine to the policeman with gusto, but is in return beaten up because his hands were considered not clean enough. With ...

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Plot Keywords:

taiwanese actor playing japanese character | taiwanese actress playing japanese character | epic | 

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Genres:

Action | Drama | History

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Taiwan

Language:

Aboriginal Japanese Hokkien

Release Date:

9 September 2011 (Taiwan)

Also Known As:

Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag

Box Office

Budget:

TWD 700,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$57,183, 27 April 2012, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$136,166, 27 April 2012

Company Credits

Production Co:

ARS Film Production, Central Motion Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

144 min 154 min (international) 156 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Taiwan's official submission to the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 84th Academy Awards 2012. To meet Academy regulations, the four-and-half-hour full version of the diptych was submitted as one entry.

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Quotes

Ichiro Hanaoka aka Dakis Nomin: [Asking Jiro/Dakis Nawi before performing seppuku] Jiro, are we subjects of Japan's Mikado... , or the descendants of the Seediq ancestors?
Jiro Hanaoka aka Dakis Nawi: Do it. Cut it up and end your conflicts right here and now. We don't have to go anywhere once we're dead. Let's both be free wandering spirits.

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Connections

Followed by Sai de ke · ba lai: Cai hong qiao (2011)

User Reviews

Warriors of the Rainbow delivers an emotionally violent story

If you are looking for an epic sized film look no further than the Asian film market. They have cornered the market on delivering huge scale movies on a regular basis like no other. Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale is not only an epic film it is the most expensive film to ever come out of Taiwan. Produced by John Woo, the film was originally released in Taiwan as two films running at over 4 and a half hours, but released in a single US version at about 2 and a half hours. Can this much be trimmed from a movie a still work clearly enough to keep the film's epic story in-tact and capture audiences? Warriors of the Rainbow is based on the 20th Century history of two warring tribes that not only clashed over the land they inhabited, but also a bigger war against the Japanese as they begin to colonize the island and wipe them out. Forging an alliance with the other tribes, they took the Japanese by surprise only to have to face an unstoppable force as they are attacked by aircraft and poison gas. This is not only a truly epic film; it is one that will leave you with some sort of emotional response. Whether its sadness, anger, or just awe, you cannot walk away from this movie without it affecting you in some way. This is an extremely violent and graphic movie, but is necessary to really convey this little known time in Taiwan history. At first this film feels a bit like Apocalypto then takes a turn to something like Last of the Mohicans, but with a way more violent and deep emotional story. It's hard to believe the amount of action that is crammed into this film and still have such a powerful story. This is a well-made, well-executed film that is hard to watch at times due to the content. Besides the war violence, there is a heavy amount of gore as well as suicide and children being killed that may be hard to watch for some people.

This is easily one of the most emotionally charge epic war like movies to come out in a long time. With the amount of content that is included in this film, you can only imagine what else could have been cut out for this condensed US release. If you love Asian cinema, war films, or just great filmmaking, this is a must see film. Just be warned as mentioned before that there are some pretty heavy visuals.

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