by Katherine Monk.
A sea of schoolchildren pours out of buses and spills into the main road of an occupied village. Wearing iPods and carrying digital cameras, some eddy around the home of the Japanese commander, while others form a standing wave outside a store offering facial tattoos and bone earrings.
As a gaggle of giggling girls in kimonos strafes the cappuccino stand, the tour guide draws our attention to the bullet holes in the windows: “They are there from the attack,” he says, struggling to find the right words in English. “You can see it in the movie.”
There’s no need for clarification. Here in New Taipei City, there is only one movie worth talking about: Seediq Bale.
An historical epic produced with the help of John Woo and financing from the Taiwanese government, Seediq Bale has already made history in this island nation as the biggest domestic production ever mounted, as well as the most lucrative at the box office.
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