Deng NanGuangs 8mm Movies 193541

Deng NanGuangs 57minute collection of intimate homestyle videos filmed between 1935 and 1941 captures an overlooked side of Taiwanese life under Japanese occupation The films depict ordinary people enjoying life gathering together sporting and observing traditional customs in a variety of settings including parks in the countryside and by the sea The films serve as a wellpreserved time portal to a bygone era offering a glimpse of life in Taiwan under colonial rule in the lead up to the Second World War