The Kinmen Bombs (1986)

Original title

八二三炮戰

Directed by

Ting Shan-hsi

Genre

war film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

1h 48m

Rating

4.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

The film shows the 1958 Second Taiwan Strait Crisis in Kinmen. Republic of China officers and soldiers collaborate to resist Communist shelling and defend their territory.

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What happens

The Kinmen Bombs (八二三炮戰) is a film based on Second Taiwan Strait Crisis. Prior to its release, the Republic of China Armed Forces devoted all their energy to filming the film, deployed a great deal of manpower and equipment to cooperate, and in some scenes, mobilized more than 300,000 people. The film is about ROC officers and soldiers working together to resist the shelling of Communist army in Kinmen during the 1958, meaning "to defend the last territory of mainland" (保衛大陸的最後疆土). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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