FEATURE FILM: "1895"

"1895" tells the story of the resistance against the Japanese invasion in 1895 (the biggest war in Taiwan's history). After the 1894 Sin-Japanese war, the Qing government ceded Taiwan to Japan. After hearing the news, some groups of Taiwan people organized their own resistance to establish the Taiwan Republic. After the Japanese military on the northeast coast of Taiwan most officials fled to China and Taipei was taken with minimal effort. Three young Taiwan Hakka youths, Tang-hsing We, Hsiang Hsu, Shao-tsu Chiang, organized a guerrilla front to fight the Japanese.

As a government funded film, it looks into the Formosa guerrilla effort to intervene the Japanese takeover of Taiwan in 1895 after the Chinese gave in and handed the island to Japan.

Starring: Sheng-hao Wen and Cheryl Yang
Director: Chih-Yu Hung
Music: Deon Lee, Jeffrey Cheng
Theatrical Release Date: November 7, 2008 (Taiwan)

Accolades:
14th Asian Television Awards - Best Drama Hakka TV
2009 Golden Bell Awards - Best Cinematography

Nominations:
2009 Golden Bell Awards - Best Editing