Showtime Taiwan: The Sapphire Show (2026)

0.0/10 • 85 min • Documentary

Overview

In the 1970s, Taiwan's first grand cabaret, The Sapphire, opened in Kaohsiung, igniting a golden decade of live entertainment. Beneath its dazzling lights, the nation's tensions and censorship faded in nights of glitz and song.Stars like Teresa Teng, Fei Yu-ching and Fong Fei-fei graced. its stage, where glamour met gambling, drugs, and danger.Half a century later, The Sapphire is resurrected—through AI and music—to relive its untamed brilliance.

Cast

Lotus Wang

Tien Wen-chung

Bai Bing-bing

Yu Tian

Jimmy Lin

Sean Lin

Hsu Hsiao-Shun

Chen Ya-lan

Huang Hsi-tien

Eddy Ou

Peng Peng

Peng Chia-chia

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