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Hill of No Return (1992)

Hill of No Return poster
Original title
無言的山丘
Directed by
Wang Toon
Genre
drama film
Country
Taiwan
Runtime
2h 55m
Rating
7.4 of 10 from 36 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This Taiwanese film is set during the Japanese colonial period and shows the harsh life of Taiwanese people. It follows characters working in a mining town and focuses on their daily struggles and humiliation. The story is part of a director's trilogy about Taiwan's modern history.

slow-burnmelancholicbleakhistoricalemotionalgroundedearnestvisually lush

What happens

『無言の丘』(むごんのおか、原題:無言的山丘、英題:Hill of No Return)は、王童(ワン・トン)監督による台湾映画。日本統治時代における台湾人の屈辱的な生活を描写した作品。台湾の現代史を通じて台湾人の境遇を細やかに描き、『村と爆弾』、『バナナ・パラダイス』とともに王童監督の「台湾現代三部作」の3作目として位置づけられている。 本作品の撮影が行われた金瓜石の鉱山跡では、往時の盛況が再現されたほか、鉱山の遺跡と四季の景色を楽しみに国外からの観光客が訪れるようになった。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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