Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag (2011) – Filming Locations
Drama / Action / History · Directed by Wei Te-sheng · Starring Nolay Piho, Vivian Hsu
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.
Where was Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The Sun Flag filmed?
- Taiwan – Tribal village scenes and mountain warfare sequences depicting Seediq territory. The film was shot extensively in the actual Seediq tribal homeland in Taiwan's central mountains, providing authentic landscape and geography for the indigenous uprising narrative
- Taiwan, Nantou – The Wushe Incident massacre sequence and Japanese colonial settlement. Filming at the actual Wushe location where the historical 1930 uprising occurred, providing authentic setting for the climactic rebellion scenes
- Taiwan, Nantou – Landscape and panoramic shots of the mountainous terrain. The iconic lake and surrounding mountains provided dramatic natural backdrops for establishing the beauty and scale of Seediq territory under Japanese occupation