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Previous research on the works of filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien has touched little on Hakka culture and its influence of his movies. This thesis will analyze the imagery and meanings of Hou Hsiao-hsien’s four movies: Green Green Grass of Home , A Summer at Grandpa’s, A Time to Live, A Time to Die, Good Men, Good Women.
This thesis also investigates Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s Hakka elements by analyzing the four works’ plot development, characters, dialogue, costume and scenery. Another research focus will be interactions between Hakka and non-Hakka ethnicities, examining Hakka history, cultural, ethnic characteristic and psychology. It is more deeply investigating the hiding imagery which generated by the interaction between Hakka and others.
This research concludes that Hakka imagery is revealed through movies’real and natural depictions, conjuring up the actual condition of Hakka in society. Although not intentional, these works can bring up discussions of ethnicity. Examining the interactions unfolding between different ethnic groups, Hakka is not the lead role of the movies. However, this research breaks down three different aspects of Hakka culture through the lens of character interactions and generalization in the movies.
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