Rare Screening of Restored Taiwanese-Language Film Tarzan and the Treasure (1965)
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Tarzan and the Treasure/泰山與寶藏/Liang Zhe-fu/1965/83 mins
During World War Two, one soldier Macau and one from Taiwan who are serving in the Japanese army observe the Japanese bury a treasure in Malaysia. Many years later, their descendants piece together the treasure map and start searching. But the Macau triads are after the treasure, too, and the Taiwanese Tarzan has to fight in the Malay jungle…
This screening is part of 'Taiyupian: Taiwan's Lost Commercial Cinema'
Did you know regular filmmaking on Taiwan only started in the 1950s? With a Taiwanese-language film industry? 1,000-plus Taiwanese-language features were made up to the 1970s. But the budgets were miniscule, the companies short-lived, and there was no archive. They were quickly forgotten, and only 200-plus survive. Now, Taiwan’s lost commercial cinema is being recovered and restored by the Taiwan Film Institute. Our 2020 edition follows the successful 2017 edition to bring 7 scholars together for a symposium at King’s College London on 8 February 2020, launching a screening tour of 7 newly restored and subtitled dramatic films and 4 contemporary short films.
This event and tour are a collaboration between the Cultural Divsision of the Taipei Representative Office in the UK, Taiwan Film Institute, and Kings College London. For more information, visit Taiyupian.uk