Three Tears in Borneo (Chinese: 聽海湧) is a 2024 Taiwanese war drama television series directed by Sun Chieh-Heng and starring Guan-zhi Huang, Han Wu, Edward Jhu, Cindy Lien, Shih Ming-shuai. Set during World War II in Borneo, the five-episode series premiered on Taiwan Public Television Service on August 17, 2024.[1][2]

The series garnered attention for its exploration of Taiwan's wartime identity but also faced controversy for alleged historical inaccuracies and distortion of real-life figures. PTS organized public forums to address these criticisms, with the creators clarifying that the show is inspired by historical events but features entirely fictional characters.[3][4]

Synopsis

During the closing years of the Pacific War, the Japanese Empire conscripted Taiwanese youths as auxiliary personnel, sending them to Borneo to oversee Allied prisoners of war. After the war, Australian forces discovered evidence of a massacre at a prisoner of war camp trench, where 42 corpses were unearthed. Taiwanese overseers were accused of war crimes, including mistreatment and the massacre of prisoner of wars, and were subsequently tried in an Australian military court.[5][6]

Cast

  • Han Wu as Shin Kai Chih-Yuan, Taiwanese overseer accused of being the first perpetrator in the trench massacre.
  • Guan-zhi Huang as Shin Kai Hui, Taiwanese overseer.
  • Edward Jhu as Shin Kai Mu-Te, another Taiwanese overseer.
  • Shih Ming-shuai as Luo Jin-Fu, Fujianese diplomat of the Republic of China, captured as a prisoner of war in Borneo.
  • Lian Yu-Han as Ho Ching-Yi, Luo Jin-Fu’s wife.
  • Andrew Chau as William Cole, Australian military prosecutor handling the trench massacre case.
  • Runa as Sakura Asada, Chih-Yuan’s Japanese girlfriend, the daughter of a sugar factory owner.

References

  1. ^ Ledo Li (1 December 2024). "Reflecting on the Motherlands of the Taiwanese: Three Tears in Borneo". Taiwan News.
  2. ^ "Three Tears In Borneo". Focus Taiwan. 2024-03-23.
  3. ^ Hsu Chung-mao (18 October 2024). "Fact versus fiction: The portrayal of WWII anti-Japanese martyrs in Taiwan". Think China.
  4. ^ Lee Wen-hsin; Jason Pan (January 17, 2025). "PTS budget cut would shut down all its services: DPP". Taipei Times.
  5. ^ "'Three Tears in Borneo' leads the way for Taiwan at Series Mania". Screen Daily. 13 March 2024.
  6. ^ "The History behind Three Tears in Borneo: Special Exhibition on Taiwanese POW Prison Camp Guards in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II". National Museum of Taiwan History. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Tears_in_Borneo
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