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    Spring: The Story of Hsu Chin-Yu

    TSENG Wen-Chen 2002 Taiwan Documentary color 56min Chinese 16mm/Betacam
    During the White Terror Era in the 50's, many patriotic young men were imprisoned or executed on the charge of espionage, Communist or treason by the authorities. Tens of thousands of people were victimized, and Hsu Chin-Yu was one of them. She was an adopted daughter, a female worker at the age of fourteen, an employee in the post office at twenty-four. Her participation in the book club had awaken her from ignorance, led her to the path of labor movement in return for 15 years in jail without fair trials, and finally changed her entire life.

    Now she is eighty years old. We saw perseverance and fruitfulness throughout her life as a Taiwanese woman. Being an adopted child, worker, political prisoner, wife and owner of a shop of preserved eggs, she has been extremely persistent and studious. Her multiple roles and unfailing vitality have lasted for almost a century.

    Director

    TSENG Wen-Chen

    TSENG is a documentary filmmaker who focuses on disadvantaged groups and women’s issues. Her film, Spring: The Story of Hsu Chin-Yu, won Best Documentary at the 2002 Golden Horse Awards.

    TSENG Wen-Chen

    1991 《心窗》 The Window of the Heart

    1998 《我的回家作業》 My Homework

    1999 《冠軍之後》 After Championship

    2002 《春天- 許金玉的故事》 Spring－The Story of Hsu Chin-Yu

    2003 《世紀宋美齡》 A Legend Across Three Generation-Mme.Chiang Kai-Shek

    2005 《等待飛魚》 Fishing Luck

    2008 《日光烤鬥魚》 The Wheelchair

    2011 《夢想美髮店》 Dream Hair Salon

    2020 《逃跑的人》 The Lucky Woman

    2025《歡迎來到北車大客廳》 Welcome to Taipei Main Station Hall

    Director: Wen-Chen TSENG

    Producer: Ching-Ping YU

    Cinematographer: Meng-Che LEE, Chien-Hsiang LIN, Ying-Shun WANG

    Editor: Po-Wen CHEN, Chun-Hsiu LIU

    Sound: Chien-Nien CHEN

    Wen-Chen TSENG

    wenchen9@ms15.hinet.net

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