Top Cast
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Shen-Hung Yu
Lin Hsien-tang (young)
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Daichi Asai
Overview
The film documents the rise and fall of the Wufeng Lin family in Wufeng, Taiwan over the turbulent years of Taiwan under the administrations of the Qing dynasty, Japan, and Republic of China.
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