The Puppetmaster (1993)

The Puppetmaster 1993 / 戲夢人生 1993 / Xi Meng Ren Sheng , 戏梦人生

It tells the story of Li Tian Lu, who becomes a master puppeteer but is faced with demands to turn his skills to propaganda during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan in World War II. Based on the memoirs of Li Tian Lu, Taiwan’s most celebrated puppeteer, this story covers the years from Li’s birth in 1909 to the end of Japan’s fifty-year occupation of Taiwan in 1945.