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Title: Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale I (2011)
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| Nolay Piho | ... | Mona Rudao (as Lin Ching-tai) | |
| Chih-Hsiang Ma | ... | Temu Walis (as Umin Boya) | |
| Masanobu Andô | ... | Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan | |
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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) | |
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Da-Ching | ... | Mona Rudao - Young |
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Pawan Nawi | ... | Chief Rudao Luhe, Mona's Father |
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Yakau Kuhon | ... | Tado Mona (Mona's Eldest Son) |
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Pawan Neyung | ... | Baso Mona (Mona's Younger Son) (as Lee Shih-chia) |
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Yuan-Jie Lin | ... | Pawan Nawi |
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Chih-Wei Cheng | ... | Biho Sapo |
| Yi-Fan Hsu | ... | Ichiro Hanaoka aka Dakis Nomin (as Bokeh Kosang) | |
| Soda Voyu | ... | Jiro Hanaoka aka Dakis Nawi | |
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 ... Written by Anonymous
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I agree too. I did some wiki research when I first learn about this film and it is really helpful to get a fuller sense of the theme given a basic historical context. Disclaimer: I have seen the first part only (the second part is in theaters today in HK).
Similar to previous comment, this movie reminds me of the situation in Tibet right now. How the "Han-ization" is happening when the culture and religion in Tibet is slowing disappearing. What would I do if I were one of the young men in the tribes in the movie?
And is this that much different to the change happening to our very own culture (both Eastern and Western) in the face of globalization and extreme consumerism? This is how much the film has provoked me into contemplating.
Also with all the head chopping and fighting scenes the director has successfully illustrates the values and beliefs of life of the tribes without a taint of violence. Yes it's bloody but not violent. Wonder how that is possible right? (This is refreshing in the midst of our media culture on big screens and on TV).
I would not use the word entertaining for this movie but nonetheless it is not as serious/"boring" as the topic and plot might sound. And 144 minutes just flew by without my notice and my 60+ years old parents were actually hoping to watch the second half right after the first.
Definitely a not-to-miss for this year!