A Brighter Summer Day
Crime
Drama
Romance
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A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.
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high school
baseball bat
based on true story
coming of age
taiwan
tragedy
murder
youth gang
gang
juvenile delinquent
teenage boy
troubled teen
first love
taipei
1960s
slow cinema
teenage protagonist
bitter
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7.0avg rating
CinemaSerf
@Geronimo1967June 3, 2026
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7/10
This isn't so much a drama as an intimate observational documentary following the lives of people recently arrived on the island of Taiwan after the Chinese communist party took control of the mainland. There is still a considerable degree of militaristic life amongst the population, and the secret …
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