海角七號 (Cape No, 7)

Cape Number 7 is the most popular movie now in Taiwan. Cape No. 7 is a 2008 romantic comedy written and directed by Taiwanese director Wei Te-Sheng. The film is mainly in Mandarin, Taiwanese but there's a few lines in Japanese. This film won 3 awards in the movie fsteval.

The Plot
In 1940 when Taiwan was still under japanese Colony. a Japanese teacher, Ataki departed to the southern part of Taiwan, a town call Hengchun. Over there, he felt in love with a local girl Kojima Tomoko. After his mission was over, he had to return to Japan. From there he wrote seven letters to tell how he still in love with this girl. Seven letters were red by the main character Aga. The story continued with the showing a concert in hengchun. Aga's father wants to find local singers of the city to show their talents.

Personal reaction

When this movie came up, many people said this movie is a great movie. I did not grew up in Taiwan, so some of the histories behind the movie was so hard for me to understand. For example, Japanese ruled Taiwan for long time. from that part, I did not know what was happening in the history. Also, very traditional / local expessions in language were used in the movie.

Overall, the plot of the movie is very romantic. It can make people laugh or cry.