Xingfu Jinxingqu
Brief Synopsis
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Jin is a young musician, who falls in love with a Japanese girl, but then leaves her to return to his native Taiwan. There he meets Yu, who loves theatre, but works selling fish and is about to be forced into an arranged marriage by her family. They fall in love, but are separated in the chaos of th
Cast & Crew
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Lin Cheng-sheng
Director
Hsiao Shu-shen
Yu
Leon Dai
Zhan Tian-Ma
Chen Kun-chang
Wang Long-Hai
Grace Chen
The Cigarette Woman
Yang Cai-hsia
Ren-Chang
Film Details
Also Known As
March of Happiness, Tian ma cha fang
Genre
Drama
Historical
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Formosa Tv; Ko Shu-Ching; Yeh Chin-Sheng
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 35m
Synopsis
Jin is a young musician, who falls in love with a Japanese girl, but then leaves her to return to his native Taiwan. There he meets Yu, who loves theatre, but works selling fish and is about to be forced into an arranged marriage by her family. They fall in love, but are separated in the chaos of the Allied bombings of Taipei in 1945.
Director
Lin Cheng-sheng
Director
Film Details
Also Known As
March of Happiness, Tian ma cha fang
Genre
Drama
Historical
Release Date
1999
Production Company
Formosa Tv; Ko Shu-Ching; Yeh Chin-Sheng
Technical Specs
Duration
1h 35m
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Taiwan's official entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film (1999).
Shown at Cannes Film Festival (Un Certain Regard) May 12-23, 1999.
Shown at Toronto International Film Festival (Contemporary World Cinema) September 9-18, 1999.
color
dialogue Hokkien and Mandarin
