Xi meng ren sheng
Directed by:
Hsiao-Hsien HouScreenplay:
Tien-Wen ChuCinematography:
Mark LeeComposer:
Ming-Chang ChenPlots(1)
Based on the actual memoirs of Li Tien-lu, Taiwan's most celebrated puppeteer, The Puppetmaster tells the epic tale of one man's sturgle against seemingly insurmountable adversary. Spanning the years from Li's birth in 1909 to the end of Janpan's 50-yr occupation of Taiwan in 1945, this remarkable true story captures the puppetmaster's hardships as well as the tragic sweep of this war-torn era. The portrait that emerges reflects the complex nature of Chinese culture under Japanese rule during the first half of the 20th Century. (official distributor synopsis)
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An interesting view on what life was like in Taiwan and that definitely German Nazis and Soviet Communists were not the first ones to handle propaganda well. The Japanese were also excellent at it, which is probably not so surprising. They are fanatics. However, despite its interesting format, this movie just seemed terribly exhausting to me.
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