Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale (Part I: The Sun Flag)
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WEI Te-sheng's epic film Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale reclaims an extraordinary but little known episode from 20th century history. Between 1895 and 1945, the island was a Japanese colony inhabited by Han Chinese Immigrants and the remnants of the aboriginal tribes who first settled the moun...(Read more)
WEI Te-sheng's epic film Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale reclaims an extraordinary but little known episode from 20th century history. Between 1895 and 1945, the island was a Japanese colony inhabited by Han Chinese Immigrants and the remnants of the aboriginal tribes who first settled the mountainous land. In 1930, Mouna Rudo, the leader of the Seediq tribe settled around Mount Chilai, forged a coalition with other Seediq tribal leaders and plotted a rebellion against their Japanese colonial masters. 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…
DVD source：Taiwan Cinema Toolkit, Ministry of Culture, R.O.C.
| Chinese title： | 賽德克巴萊(上)太陽旗 |
| Year： | 2011 |
| Director： | WEI Te-Sheng |
| Duration： | 144min |
| Length： | Feature |
| Category： | Fiction |
| Genre： | History |
| Theme： | Cultural Conflict、History、Indigenous Peoples |
| Color： | Color |
| Format： | DVD |
| Sound： | Dolby |
| Language： | Seediq, Japanese, Taiwanese |
| Subtitle： | Chinese, English |
| Producer： | HUANG Chih-ming |
| Actors： | LIN Ching-Tai, Umin Boya |
| Screenplay： | WEI Te-Sheng |
Camera： |
CHIN Ting-Chang |
| Editor： | CHEN Po-Wen, Milk SU |
| Music： | Ricky HO |
| Excluded for public screenings： | Licensed to all regions except: Taiwan, China(not including Macau), Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Japan, North & South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, North America, Latin America, UK, Germany, Austria, Francophone Europe, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Liechtenstein, Spain, Andorra, Alto-Adige, Malta, Turkey, Croatia, Slovenia, Kosovo, Hungary, Czech, Montenegro |
| Royalty period： | 2015-2021 |
| Licensing contact： | The film is for non-profit screening only. Email: celine_shen@movie.com.tw |
| Festival list： | 2011 Venice Film Festival, Official Competition 2011 Golden Horse Awards, Best Feature Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Film Score 2012 Asian Film Awards, nominated for Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematographer, Best Production Designer, Best Composer 2012 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, UNESCO Award 2012 Chinese Film Media Awards, Best Film |
