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Secrets of 1979
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Secrets of 1979

Sep 21, 2021
1h 26m
★ 7.8

Overview

In the summer of 1979, during Taiwan’s martial law period, Bing-Kuan asks her college friend Shu-Lan to help out on her family’s banana plantation. As time goes by, the two girls secretly develop a romantic relationship, and decide to volunteer at the Formosa Magazine in order to promote democratic freedom of expression. Yet their youthful romance is threatened as the Kuomintang regime seeks to suppress dissident voices.

Genres

TV Movie
Drama

Cast

Chen Yuu

Juan

Chen Yuu

Daphne Low

Lan

Daphne Low

Sean Sun

Siou

Sean Sun

Yu-Ting Hsu

Siang

Yu-Ting Hsu

Akio Chen

Juan's Father

Akio Chen

Pai-Huei Chang

Senior Juan

Pai-Huei Chang

Weng Jiawei

Syue

Weng Jiawei

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