[Film]
Taiwaniese film “Warriors of the Rainbow ; Seediq Bale” will open in Japan on the 20th April
We have the image that Taiwan is the island with plenty of sunlight. but actually Taiwan is the island with high mountains and deep woods. In these mountains, I and Japanese art department built the Japanese town, Mushe and the Taiwanese aboriginal village Mahebo , where the Sediq people lived during the period that Japan ruled Taiwan in the beginning of 20 century. The task to create the world supporting the dram of the violent clash of two different cultures and religions took an enormous amount of time and energy. With the director and Taiwanese people we completed this task. I am very glad that this movie will be seen by Japanese people at last. ———Yohei Taneda
This Taiwanese film “Warriors of the Rainbow ; Seediq Bale” that Yohei Taneda worked on as Production Designer will be in theaters in Japan on the 20th April.
This film is an epic story of the indigenous tribes who fought off their Japanese oppressors in the early 1930s. with tragic result. The director Wei Te-sheng spent years planning and developing this project. The shooting was started in the autumn of 2009 and finished the autumn of 2010.He should have raised the funds sometimes during the shooting. Actors and actress come from the aboriginal people, actors from Japan, Taiwanese crew and crew from Japan, Hong Kong and Korea shared a sense of mission with the director who controlled everything. We can see the director’s great talent, passion and power on the screen in the theatre.
In Taiwan this movie broke box office record which the director himself made with his first full-length feature “Cape No.7″ and became Taiwanese people’s movie in 2011.
In Japan, we can see 2 volumes, part 1, The Flag of Sun and part 2, The Bridge of the Rainbow, that is, Taiwan original version. The movie is an excellent action entertainment with international high opinions. Please enjoy this movie in the theatre.
“Warriors of the Rainbow ; Seediq Bale”
Director：Wei Te-sheng
Starring： Lin Ching-tai, Da-Ching, Masanobu Ando, Ma Zhi-xiang, Vivian Hsu, Yuichi Kimura and more
Central Motion Picture Corporation & ARS film production
Warriors of the Rainbow ; Seediq Bale
