Weapons, textiles in a movie on Taiwanese aborigines in the 1930s

yuanzhumin · 15th February 2010, 05:58 PM

A very good way to watch textiles and weapons of the Taiwan aborigines in the 1930s, in particular from the Sedeeq tribe, is to watch this movie trailer on Youtube :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1wcMvBcqW0

Context : this is a trailer, and the movie has not yet been pictured. It is about the Wushe Incident, the story of the last aborigines upraisal against Japanese rule on the island, in 1930. The leader of this revolt, chief Mona Rudao, is considered as a hero. If you want to know more about this war and Mona Rudao, see :

http://takaoclub.com/monaludao/index.htm

The weapons and textiles seen in this short movie are very close to what the Sedeeq people were using at that time. At once, you'll see a 'hunted head bag' similar to the one I linked previously and also knives and spears similar to the ones posted here before. Concerning the other weapons shown in this short movie, the Japanese weapons, there are some other experts here on the forum that could bring more infos. Just to remind you : the Japanese used against their Sedeeq enemies the usual weapons (rifles, saber...), but also more modern ones for the time like shells, chemical bombs (mustard gas), electric wire to enclose them...

migueldiaz · 16th February 2010, 01:04 AM

The cinematography looks fantastic! Has the movie been released already?

KuKulzA28 · 16th February 2010, 03:25 AM

This was a sad but glorious event in history. The last great mgaga raid and war against the Japanese. I posted a link to Seediq Blae in the enthographic weapons movie thread, but it didn't draw much attention. Since it's here now, here's the movie's blog website for those interested. I'm eagerly awaiting this!

ThePepperSkull · 16th February 2010, 03:50 AM

Very interesting. It seems, according to Yuanzhumin's endorsement, this movie seems fairly historically accurate in terms of the details.

Also, I agree with Miguel, the cinematography looks great (aside from the beheading scene, but those rarely look convincing anyways. Maybe it's because I've never personally seen one thankfully

). Who directed this and when does it release?

yuanzhumin · 16th February 2010, 04:46 AM

-This a short movie that was done few years ago when its director, Wei Te-sheng, was then unknown in Taiwan. If i remember well, this trailer was quite confidential at the beginning, and the movie industry/investors did not give much support to this project. Wei Te-sheng had morgaged one piece of property to finance this adventure without any success, few individuals even gave money out of their pocket. Then nothing. At that time, I talked about this short movie to few European people working in the movie industry, one of them being a direct representant of Luc Besson and his Europa movie production house. But nothing. Then, in 2008, the hit 'Cape 7' came on the screens. This movie directed by Wei Te-sheng has been since the biggest commercial success in Taiwan movie industry, receiving prestigious awards. Now, Wei Te-sheng is recognized internationally and intend to shoot the 'Seediq Bale' movie with a big budget, the highest in the history of cinema industry in Taiwan. But there are still big problems : few months ago, he only had one third of the necessary fund totaling 33 millions USD. The movie shooting began at the end of last year, with a lot of technical and financial issues to overcome.
-Just few rectifications on the Takao file concerning the chief Mona Rudao :
--At the beginning of the presentation, it is written "Chief Mona Rudao (also known as Monaludo or Mona Radau) was born as the first son of Rudao Bai, the chief of the Mahebo Community of the Atayal tribe, in 1882." We have to say that the Atayal group is composed of the Atayal, the Taroko/Truku and the Seediq tribes, this last one being recognized as officially distinct from the others only recently. At the time this text on Mona Rudao was written, the Seediq were still included in the Atayal. That's why Mona is presented in the document as an Atayal, when today and in the short film, he is presented as a Seediq.
--At the beginning of the Background part on the same Mona Ludao file, it is written : 'The Atayal were one of the earliest ethnic groups to inhabit the island of Taiwan, most probably coming from today's Philippine Islands. ' There is a double mistake there : first, there was other cultures present in the island much before the Atayal, and second mistake (a big one), they are not coming from the Phillipines but that's the Taiwan Austronesians peoples (the Atayal being included in them) that went to the Philippines and spread to the rest of the Pacific, beginning 6000 years ago.

15th February 2010, 05:58 PM	#1
yuanzhumin Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex-Taipei, Taiwan, now in Shanghai, China Posts: 180	Weapons, textiles in a movie on Taiwanese aborigines in the 1930s A very good way to watch textiles and weapons of the Taiwan aborigines in the 1930s, in particular from the Sedeeq tribe, is to watch this movie trailer on Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1wcMvBcqW0 Context : this is a trailer, and the movie has not yet been pictured. It is about the Wushe Incident, the story of the last aborigines upraisal against Japanese rule on the island, in 1930. The leader of this revolt, chief Mona Rudao, is considered as a hero. If you want to know more about this war and Mona Rudao, see : http://takaoclub.com/monaludao/index.htm The weapons and textiles seen in this short movie are very close to what the Sedeeq people were using at that time. At once, you'll see a 'hunted head bag' similar to the one I linked previously and also knives and spears similar to the ones posted here before. Concerning the other weapons shown in this short movie, the Japanese weapons, there are some other experts here on the forum that could bring more infos. Just to remind you : the Japanese used against their Sedeeq enemies the usual weapons (rifles, saber...), but also more modern ones for the time like shells, chemical bombs (mustard gas), electric wire to enclose them...

16th February 2010, 01:04 AM	#2
migueldiaz Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Manila, Phils. Posts: 1,042	Super! The cinematography looks fantastic! Has the movie been released already?

16th February 2010, 03:25 AM	#3
KuKulzA28 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: between work and sleep Posts: 731	This was a sad but glorious event in history. The last great mgaga raid and war against the Japanese. I posted a link to Seediq Blae in the enthographic weapons movie thread, but it didn't draw much attention. Since it's here now, here's the movie's blog website for those interested. I'm eagerly awaiting this!

16th February 2010, 03:50 AM	#4
ThePepperSkull Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 338	Very interesting. It seems, according to Yuanzhumin's endorsement, this movie seems fairly historically accurate in terms of the details. Also, I agree with Miguel, the cinematography looks great (aside from the beheading scene, but those rarely look convincing anyways. Maybe it's because I've never personally seen one thankfully ). Who directed this and when does it release?

16th February 2010, 04:46 AM	#5
yuanzhumin Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ex-Taipei, Taiwan, now in Shanghai, China Posts: 180	-This a short movie that was done few years ago when its director, Wei Te-sheng, was then unknown in Taiwan. If i remember well, this trailer was quite confidential at the beginning, and the movie industry/investors did not give much support to this project. Wei Te-sheng had morgaged one piece of property to finance this adventure without any success, few individuals even gave money out of their pocket. Then nothing. At that time, I talked about this short movie to few European people working in the movie industry, one of them being a direct representant of Luc Besson and his Europa movie production house. But nothing. Then, in 2008, the hit 'Cape 7' came on the screens. This movie directed by Wei Te-sheng has been since the biggest commercial success in Taiwan movie industry, receiving prestigious awards. Now, Wei Te-sheng is recognized internationally and intend to shoot the 'Seediq Bale' movie with a big budget, the highest in the history of cinema industry in Taiwan. But there are still big problems : few months ago, he only had one third of the necessary fund totaling 33 millions USD. The movie shooting began at the end of last year, with a lot of technical and financial issues to overcome. -Just few rectifications on the Takao file concerning the chief Mona Rudao : --At the beginning of the presentation, it is written "Chief Mona Rudao (also known as Monaludo or Mona Radau) was born as the first son of Rudao Bai, the chief of the Mahebo Community of the Atayal tribe, in 1882." We have to say that the Atayal group is composed of the Atayal, the Taroko/Truku and the Seediq tribes, this last one being recognized as officially distinct from the others only recently. At the time this text on Mona Rudao was written, the Seediq were still included in the Atayal. That's why Mona is presented in the document as an Atayal, when today and in the short film, he is presented as a Seediq. --At the beginning of the Background part on the same Mona Ludao file, it is written : 'The Atayal were one of the earliest ethnic groups to inhabit the island of Taiwan, most probably coming from today's Philippine Islands. ' There is a double mistake there : first, there was other cultures present in the island much before the Atayal, and second mistake (a big one), they are not coming from the Phillipines but that's the Taiwan Austronesians peoples (the Atayal being included in them) that went to the Philippines and spread to the rest of the Pacific, beginning 6000 years ago.