week 12

WEEK 12

TAIWAN CINEMA

Early Cinema (1900-1945)

• The first Taiwan film introduced by Toyojiro Takamatsu (1901)
• one of the most important of Japan's colonial film market

 From (1900-1937)

Deeply rooted in its unique history 

• Takamatsu raised 10,000 yen to the Japanese military
• conventions from Japanese films were adopted by Taiwanese filmmakers
• benshi(narrator of silent films)is important in film going experience in Japan
• Notable films in this era Song of sadness (1919), the eyes of buddha (1922) and whose mistake (1925)
• 1937 marked the beginning of an era of enhanced mobilisation
• japanese gives local Japanese name, Japanese education to transform them into Japanese citizen

 New wave cinema

•  popularity of home video made film-watching a widespread activity for the Taiwanese.
• How ever the film industry was under serious challenges because of the entry of Hong kong films.

1982

 In Our Time 

1985 

Taipei Story 

Second new wave

• slightly less serious and more amendable