Prince of Tears (2009)
Overview
A shameful period in Taiwanese history provides the backdrop for this emotional drama from writer and director Yonfan (aka Yang Fan). In 1949, in the wake of the 228 Incident (in which anti-government protesters launched a rebellion that was violently put down by authorities), Taiwan came under martial law, and through much of the 1950s brutal reprisals against suspected communists were commonplace. During the years of the "White Terror," thousand of supposed dissidents were killed, imprisoned or simply disappeared at the hands of the military police.
Cast
Fan Wing
Uncle Ding Keqiang
Joseph Chang Hsiao-Chuan
Sun Hansheng
Terri Kwan Wing
Ouyang Qianjun
Océane Zhu
Jin Wanping
Jack Kao
Ah-Chang
Kenneth Tsang
General Liu
Lin Yo-Wei
Teacher Qiu
Lisa Chiao Chiao
Female Interoggator
Her Jung
Yonfan
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