1895 in Formosa

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[edit] Profile

• Movie: 1895 in Formosa / 1895 / Blue Brave
• Chinese: 一八九五
• Director: Chih-yu Hung
• Writer:
• Producer:
• Cinematographer:
• Release Date: November 7, 2008
• Runtime:
• Language: Hakka, Japanese
• Country: Taiwan

[edit] Plot

"1895" tells the story of the resistance against the Japanese invasion in 1895 (the biggest war in Taiwan's history). After the 1894 Sin-Japanese war, the Qing government ceded Taiwan to Japan. After hearing the news, some groups of Taiwanese people organized their own resistance to establish the Taiwan Republic.

After the Japanese military on the northeast coast of Taiwan most officials fled to China and Taipei was taken with minimal effort. Three young Taiwanese youths, Tang-hsing We, Hsiang Hsu, Shao-tsu Chiang, organized a guerrilla front to fight the Japanese.

[edit] Notes

1. The budget for "1895" was NT$60 million (U.S. 1.8 million), while filming took place in over 30 different locations in Taiwan.
2. To film one fight scene between guerrilla forces and the Japanese army, the movie company was given 4.7 acres of land on a sugar cane field by the Taiwan Sugar Corporation. The filmmakers burned that entire field for the scene.

[edit] Cast

• Sheng-hao Wen
• Chin Hua Yang
• Jiaying Zhang
• An-an Hsu

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• Official Website