Chao ji da guo min
At an old age, a former political prisoner is determined to find out where his fellow sufferers have laid since their secret execution, while Taiwan embarks on a tumultuous path of democratization.
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"Being very lucky to see Six Suspects (1965-also reviewed) screened, I was thrilled to discover that the HOME cinema in Manchester were in May 2022 screening two other rare films from Taiwan, leading to me meeting citizen K. Note:Review contains some plot details. View on the film: Driving pass what are now luxury hotels, but during the White Terror were locations where he and his friend Chen were tortured for years, Lin Yang gives a haunting, somber performance as Ko, whose sixteen years spent under arrest and being tortured as a political prisoner on Green Island, is sketched deeply by Yan..."
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Started as an update to Chao ji shi min (1985), but developed into its own separate film.
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At an old age, a former political prisoner is determined to find out where his fellow sufferers have laid since their secret execution, while Taiwan embarks on a tumultuous path of democratization.