March of Happiness
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Traditional Chinese | 天馬茶房 |
Simplified Chinese | 天马茶房 |
Literal meaning | Tianma Tea House |
Hanyu Pinyin | Tiān Mǎ Chá Fáng |
Hokkien POJ | Thian-má Tê Pâng |
Directed by | Lin Cheng-sheng |
Written by |
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Screenplay by | Ko So-ching |
Produced by | Yeh Chin-sheng |
Starring |
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Cinematography | Tsai Cheng-hui |
Edited by |
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Music by | Chen Ming-chang |
Production company | Green Apple Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | Taiwan |
Languages | Taiwanese Hokkien Japanese Mandarin Shanghainese |
March of Happiness is a 1999 Taiwanese film directed by Lin Cheng-sheng. It tells the story of a teenage romance in a performing troupe set against the backdrop of the Japanese occupation and the 228 Massacre. Several characters are either historical or based on historical people.
The film was Taiwan's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination.[1] The film was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.[2]
There are two slightly different versions. In the TV version shown on Formosa Television, the film ends with both protagonists singing the theme song together, even though the male protagonist was already dead. In the cinema version, the film ends with the female protagonist singing the song by herself in a much slower tempo. The TV version is about 9 minutes longer.
Cast
- Lim Giong as A Jin
- Hsiao Shu-shen as A Yu
- Grace Chen as Cigarette woman
- Lung Shao-hua as Sea Dragon
- Chen Ming-chang as Hsian Ge
- Leon Dai as Zhan Tian-ma
- Doze Niu as A Bao
References
- ^ *"Record 47 Countries In Oscar Contention" (Press release). Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 1999-11-22. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: March of Happiness". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-10-10.
External links
- March of Happiness at IMDb
- [March of Happiness "March of Happiness,"] Review by Shelly Kraicer
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