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Prince of Tears (2009)

Prince of Tears (2009)

Drama
Release Date: 2009, June 25
Directors: Yonfan
Countries: Taiwan
Cast: Kenneth Tsang, Lisa Chiao Chiao, Jack Kao, Océane Zhu, Joseph Chang, Terri Kwan Wing, Fan Wing, Lin Yo-Wei

Overview:

A shameful period in Taiwanese history provides the backdrop for this emotional drama from writer and director Yonfan (aka Yang Fan). In 1949, in the wake of the 228 Incident (in which anti-government protesters launched a rebellion that was violently put down by authorities), Taiwan came under martial law, and through much of the 1950s brutal reprisals against suspected communists were commonplace. During the years of the "White Terror," thousand of supposed dissidents were killed, imprisoned or simply disappeared at the hands of the military police.