Din Tao: Leader of the Parade (2012)

Original title

陣頭

Directed by

Kai Fung

Genre

drama film

Country

Taiwan

Runtime

2h 04m

Rated

保護級

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 19 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young man returns to his hometown and tries to reconnect with his estranged father. He takes over his father's struggling folk performance troupe and works to modernize their act for a wider audience.

heartfeltfamily-focusedupbeatinspiringculturalenergeticwarm

What happens

Din Tao: Leader of the Parade (Chinese: 陣頭; pinyin: Zhèntóu; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tīn-thâu) is a 2012 Taiwanese drama film starring Alan Ko, Alien Huang, Crystal Lin, Chen Po-cheng, Samantha Ko, and Liao Jun. It is directed by Feng Kai, and produced by the Taiwan branch of 20th Century Fox. The film tells the story of a young man reconciling with his father, reviving his father's troupe, and taking its performance from religious processions to stage. The story is inspired by the story of Jiu-Tian Folk Arts Group (Chinese: 九天民俗技藝團}, whom also appears in the film. The film is mainly in Taiwanese Hokkien with some Taiwanese Mandarin. The film cost NT$41 million to produce. It was released on 20 January 2012, during the Chinese New Year festival, and earned approximately NT$315 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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