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Wei Te-sheng's epic film Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale reclaims an extraordinary episode from 20th-century history, which is little known, even in Taiwan. Between 1895 and 1945, the island was a Japanese colony inhabited not only by the majority (Han Chinese Immigrants) but also by the remnants of the aboriginal tribes who first settled the mountainous land. In 1930 Mouna Rudo, the leader of the Seediq tribe settled on and around Mount Chilai, forged a coalition with other Seediq tribal leaders and plotted a rebellion against their Japanese colonial masters.
It was to begin at a sports day meeting where the assembled tribesmen were to attach and kill the Japanese officials and would then broaden to sieges on police stations and local government offices in the region. The initial uprising took the Japanese by surprise and was almost entirely successful. But the Japanese soon sent in their army to crush the rebellion, using aircraft and poison gas.
Original Release
09/09/2011
US Release
04/27/2012
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nolay Piho | Mona Rudao |
Chih-Hsiang Ma | Temu Walis |
Masanobu Ando | 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) |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Nolay Piho | Mona Rudao |
Chih-Hsiang Ma | Temu Walis |
Masanobu Ando | 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) |
Yuan-Jie Lin | Pawan Nawi |
Chih-Wei Cheng | Biho Sapo |
Yi-Fan Hsu | Ichiro Hanaoka aka Dakis Nomin |
Soda Voyu | Jiro Hanaoka aka Dakis Nawi |
Hayung Gaki | |
Bayan Kenbo | |
Gaki Baunky | |
Laka Umaw | |
Yong-cheng Kao |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Te-Sheng Wei | Executive Producer |
Tai-Chiang Gou | Executive Producer |
Tony Hu | Executive Producer |
Kenny Lin | Executive Producer |
Kuen Lin | Executive Producer |
Emile Chihjen Sheng | Executive Producer |
Terence Chang | Producer |
Leo Chen | Producer |
Fong-Chou How | Producer |
Chih-ming Huang | Producer |
Jada Lee | Producer |
Tsai-Yang Tang | Producer |
John Woo | Producer |
Edward Chi-yun Yi | Producer |
Nerissa Zhang | Producer |