EXCLUSIVE! Well Go Premieres SEEDIQ BALE: WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW US Poster At ScreenAnarchy!

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EXCLUSIVE! Well Go Premieres SEEDIQ BALE: WARRIORS OF THE RAINBOW US Poster At ScreenAnarchy!
Well Go USA have given ScreenAnarchy the exclusive first look at the official US one-sheet for 2011 Taiwanese Oscar submission Seediq Bale: Warriors of the Rainbow. Well Go are gearing up for a release of the film very soon, and by all accounts it's a winner.

Here's Well Go's synopsis:
Wei Te-sheng's epic film Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale reclaims an extraordinary episode from 20th-century history which is little-known, even in Taiwan. Between 1895 and 1945, the island was a Japanese colony inhabited not only by the majority (Han Chinese Immigrants) but also by the remnants of the aboriginal tribes who first settled the mountainous land. In 1930 Mouna Rudo, the leader of the Seediq tribe settled on and around Mount Chilai, forged a coalition with other Seediq tribal leaders and plotted a rebellion against their Japanese colonial masters. It was to begin at a sports day meeting where the assembled tribesmen were to attach and kill the Japanese officials and would then broaden to sieges on police stations and local government offices in the region. The initial uprising took the Japanese by surprise and was almost entirely successful. But the Japanese soon sent in their army to crush the rebellion, using aircraft and poison gas.

Our own James Marsh had this to say:
This epic, two-part account of the Japanese invasion of Taiwan and the spirited defense by the indigenous aborigines through the early part of the 20th Century was well worth the four-and-a-half hour running time. Featuring beautifully arranged traditional music, gorgeous cinematography of the jungle environment and excellently choreographed battle sequences, the film is exciting, moving and thoroughly rewarding. Even though Hong Kong audiences were not deemed worthy enough to have an English-subtitled release of the two films, their power and strength transcend the language barrier and make for an incredibly entertaining piece of Cinema. Even in its truncated 2.5 hour international version this is well worth seeking out.

I'm very eager for it's release, and as Well Go USA gets a bit looser with the promo material, you can bet we'll share all we can.
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