In the early 1960s, the Kuomintang (Kmt) government’s White Terror in Taiwan, which had begun in 1949, was rife. However, one wouldn’t be aware of such dire political and social turmoil when watching director Pai Ko’s final film, “Romance at Lung Shang Temple” (1962). Completed just before its director’s arrest and imprisonment, the rom-com-musical is a sweet and optimistic affair that deftly alludes to the social tensions of the day.
Romance at Lung Shang Temple is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
Hsiao-fang (Hsueh-Fang Chuang) works at the temple market, with her pleasant singing attracting customers and boosting ointment sales. However, when a rival salesman muscles her out of the temple, she’s forced to consider other work to help her ill father. While on the hunt for a new career, she crosses paths with two young men who are both taken by the young woman: Tang Liang (Yun Ling), a musician,...
Romance at Lung Shang Temple is screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam
Hsiao-fang (Hsueh-Fang Chuang) works at the temple market, with her pleasant singing attracting customers and boosting ointment sales. However, when a rival salesman muscles her out of the temple, she’s forced to consider other work to help her ill father. While on the hunt for a new career, she crosses paths with two young men who are both taken by the young woman: Tang Liang (Yun Ling), a musician,...
- 2/8/2023
- by Tom Wilmot
- AsianMoviePulse
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