Suspended Duty - Taiwan Military Training Regiment
Country:
- Taiwan
- Portrait
- Politics
- History
Synopsis
Suspended Duty - Taiwan Military Training Regiment delivers the story of some 4,000 young Taiwanese men who volunteered for the army established by General Sun Lijen in 1949. Receiving a short period of basic military training, they were informed they could return home to wait for reentering active service. However, They have never been officially discharged up to this day……
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Director Statement
Since 1998, Liang Yin Kuo came across the story of Shonenko, Taiwanese children who had been sent to Japan to build fighter planes during the war, while making the documentary on her family history of a cooking utensil company. Kuo’s recent work, “Taiwan Military Training Regiment”is a follow-up documentary on the lives of Shonenko who volunteered for the army established by General Sun Lijen in 1949.
Copyright © Liang-yin Kuo. All Rights Reserved.
Festivals & Awards
2010 Taiwna International Documentary Festival - Int'l Short Film Competition
2010 South Taiwan Film Festival - In Competition
2010 Taiwna International Documentary Festival
2010 South Taiwan Film Festival
2011 Golden Harvest Awards - Best Documentary
2011 Golden Harvest Awards
Team
- Music
- Director
- Producer
- Editor
- Sound Designer
- Producer
- Cinematographer
- Narrator
- Distribution