Fresh
At times, Warriors sacrifices dramatic nuance for scale, but even its most rousing passages are tempered by a sense of loss.
Adam Nayman, Globe and Mail
Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag
A man rises up to lead his people in a brave and risky struggle for freedom in this epic-scale historical drama.
2011 · 2h 24m · Not Rated
Action, Drama, History
Directed by
Wei Te-sheng
Overview
An indigenous clan-based people living in harmony with nature find their way of life threatened when violent interlopers from another culture arrive, intent on seizing their natural resources and enslaving them. Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag is Part one of the two-part, four-hour Taiwanese edition of the film Warriors of the Rainbow.
Director and cast
- Wei Te-sheng Director
- Nolay Piho as Mona Rudao
- Umin Boya as Temu Walis
- Cheng Chih-wei as Jin - Dun Wu
- Masanobu Ando as Genji Kojima, Constable at Tonbara clan
- Sabu Kawahara as General Yahiko Kamada
- Vivian Hsu as Obing Tadao aka Hatsuko Takayama
- Irene Luo as Obing Nawi aka Hanako Kawano
- Landy Wen as Mahung Mona (Mona's Daughter)
- Da-Ching as Mona Rudao - Young
- Pawan Nawi as Chief Rudao Luhe, Mona's Father
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
69%
Tomatometer
Fresh
You can see why Woo, the noted Hong Kong action director, would want to produce it: It fits right in with his "heroic bloodshed" cinematic legacy.
G. Allen Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
As the war drags on, "Warriors of the Rainbow" outstays its welcome. I've never seen more severed heads in a film and cared less.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Fresh
An ambitious, blood-soaked retelling of an uprising by Taiwanese natives against Japanese occupiers.
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
Rotten
At 2 1/2 hours, "Warriors" is a bruising, relentless experience, one more tiring than inspiring.
Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times
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