It is an authentic youth gangster film. In the brotherhood of young people fighting and killing, it also touches on Taiwan's local characteristic culture, so it is regarded as a classic by many people.

Speaking of Taiwanese movies about brotherhood, many people will think of "Monga".

It is an authentic youth gangster film. In the brotherhood of young people fighting and killing, it also involves Taiwan's local characteristic culture, so it is regarded as a classic by many people.

The new Taiwanese film I want to talk about today happens to tell a touching story of brotherhood through its traditional folk culture - "Han Dan".

The so-called "Handan" refers to a folk custom popular in eastern Taiwan.

Handan's ancient name is Handan, and Master Handan is the God of Wealth in "The Romance of the Gods"Zhao Gongming.

Every year during the Lantern Festival, young and strong men will act as Han Danye’s physical body. They wear red hoods, hold leaf protection in their hands, and stand bare-chested on the "mikoshi".

In order to seek wealth, fulfill their long-cherished wishes, and atone for their sins, believers will use firecrackers to blow up Handan's body, which is called "exploding Handan."

It can be said that this is a very dangerous custom, and the male who acts as the body is often injured by explosions.

But there are still some people who, in order to make money or fulfill their wishes, actively ask to be Han Danye's body. The two male protagonists in the

film changed their lives because of this custom of "exploding the cold weather".

Among them, the male protagonist played by Hu Yuwei is named Lin Zhengkun.

He lost his father when he was young. He lived with his mother by recycling waste since he was a child, and his life was very poor.

Most of his clothes and shoes are discarded by others.

For this reason, Lin Zhengkun was often ridiculed and bullied by his classmates when he was in school.

Among these students who bullied him included Huang Mingyi, played by Zheng Renshuo.

He and Lin Zhengkun are completely different from the same world. They can even be said to be two extremes.

Although Lin Zhengkun came from a poor family, he was a top student with both good morals and academics, and was later admitted to a publicly funded university; Huang Mingyi was a scumbag who had no academic skills and could only work as a gangster on the street after graduating from high school.

But these two people have one thing in common - they both like a girl named Xuanxuan.

Xuanxuan is Huang Mingyi’s girlfriend. She works in Taipei and only goes home occasionally.

It is because of her that Lin Zhengkun dislikes Huang Mingyi very much.

He thinks that Huang Mingyi cannot compare to him in terms of character and future, but why doesn't Xuanxuan like him?

However, there is always no reason for love. Even though Lin Zhengkun was dissatisfied, he could only watch the sweet two people from a distance and clenched his fists tightly.

Once, when Lin Zhengkun saw Huang Mingyi dragging Xuanxuan to race in a dark alley, he suddenly became furious and wanted to rush up and beat Huang Mingyi up.

And Huang Mingyi's arrogant ridicule of his family background made him unbearable -

Under the double blow of love and self-esteem, Lin Zhengkun once again thought of Huang Mingyi's bullying of him in the past, and new and old hatreds surged into his heart.

So, he came up with a way to retaliate against the other party - on the day when Huang Mingyi acted as Han Danye's body, he threw a firecracker on the pile of firecrackers next to the other party.

As soon as the firecrackers hit the pile of firecrackers, they immediately burst into pieces.

Unexpectedly, when Huang Mingyi was about to be injured by a firecracker, Xuanxuan suddenly rushed out.

Lin Zhengkun, who was hiding in the corner, saw this situation and rushed to the rescue, but it was too late...

In the end, Xuanxuan died accidentally due to this "accident", and Huang Mingyi was disabled in his right hand and deaf in both ears.

Even Lin Zhengkun himself was injured in his right arm.

From then on, Huang Mingyi, who did not know the truth, became even more depraved and relied on drugs to numb himself all day long.

When he had no money to buy drugs, he stole cables and water pumps to sell them.

Speaking of Taiwanese movies about brotherhood, many people will think of "Monga".

It is an authentic youth gangster film. In the brotherhood of young people fighting and killing, it also involves Taiwan's local characteristic culture, so it is regarded as a classic by many people.

The new Taiwanese film I want to talk about today happens to tell a touching story of brotherhood through its traditional folk culture - "Han Dan".

The so-called "Handan" refers to a folk custom popular in eastern Taiwan.

Handan's ancient name is Handan, and Master Handan is the God of Wealth in "The Romance of the Gods"Zhao Gongming.

Every year during the Lantern Festival, young and strong men will act as Han Danye’s physical body. They wear red hoods, hold leaf protection in their hands, and stand bare-chested on the "mikoshi".

In order to seek wealth, fulfill their long-cherished wishes, and atone for their sins, believers will use firecrackers to blow up Handan's body, which is called "exploding Handan."

It can be said that this is a very dangerous custom, and the male who acts as the body is often injured by explosions.

But there are still some people who, in order to make money or fulfill their wishes, actively ask to be Han Danye's body. The two male protagonists in the

film changed their lives because of this custom of "exploding the cold weather".

Among them, the male protagonist played by Hu Yuwei is named Lin Zhengkun.

He lost his father when he was young. He lived with his mother by recycling waste since he was a child, and his life was very poor.

Most of his clothes and shoes are discarded by others.

For this reason, Lin Zhengkun was often ridiculed and bullied by his classmates when he was in school.

Among these students who bullied him included Huang Mingyi, played by Zheng Renshuo.

He and Lin Zhengkun are completely different from the same world. They can even be said to be two extremes.

Although Lin Zhengkun came from a poor family, he was a top student with both good morals and academics, and was later admitted to a publicly funded university; Huang Mingyi was a scumbag who had no academic skills and could only work as a gangster on the street after graduating from high school.

But these two people have one thing in common - they both like a girl named Xuanxuan.

Xuanxuan is Huang Mingyi’s girlfriend. She works in Taipei and only goes home occasionally.

It is because of her that Lin Zhengkun dislikes Huang Mingyi very much.

He thinks that Huang Mingyi cannot compare to him in terms of character and future, but why doesn't Xuanxuan like him?

However, there is always no reason for love. Even though Lin Zhengkun was dissatisfied, he could only watch the sweet two people from a distance and clenched his fists tightly.

Once, when Lin Zhengkun saw Huang Mingyi dragging Xuanxuan to race in a dark alley, he suddenly became furious and wanted to rush up and beat Huang Mingyi up.

And Huang Mingyi's arrogant ridicule of his family background made him unbearable -

Under the double blow of love and self-esteem, Lin Zhengkun once again thought of Huang Mingyi's bullying of him in the past, and new and old hatreds surged into his heart.

So, he came up with a way to retaliate against the other party - on the day when Huang Mingyi acted as Han Danye's body, he threw a firecracker on the pile of firecrackers next to the other party.

As soon as the firecrackers hit the pile of firecrackers, they immediately burst into pieces.

Unexpectedly, when Huang Mingyi was about to be injured by a firecracker, Xuanxuan suddenly rushed out.

Lin Zhengkun, who was hiding in the corner, saw this situation and rushed to the rescue, but it was too late...

In the end, Xuanxuan died accidentally due to this "accident", and Huang Mingyi was disabled in his right hand and deaf in both ears.

Even Lin Zhengkun himself was injured in his right arm.

From then on, Huang Mingyi, who did not know the truth, became even more depraved and relied on drugs to numb himself all day long.

When he had no money to buy drugs, he stole cables and water pumps to sell them.

The whole person is in a state of neither human nor ghost, and everyone hates him. No one even wanted to take over Han Dan's body.

And Lin Zhengkun was not much better. He stopped going to school and learned to smoke and get drunk.

Every time he smoked a cigarette, he would burn a cigarette scar on himself, trying to use the pain on his skin and flesh to relieve the pain in his heart.

As you can imagine, all this is in vain. The accident that killed Xuanxuan still appeared in his dreams countless times.

Out of guilt, after seeing Huang Mingyi's current appearance, he took the initiative to take him away, locked him in an abandoned warehouse, and forced him to detoxify.

Even if Huang Mingyi cursed at him, he did not give up.

Later, after Huang Mingyi successfully detoxified, Lin Zhengkun dropped out of school and opened a recycling yard with him in partnership, despite his mother's obstruction.

The two of them carry goods and eat together every day, and sometimes go swimming in the river together.

Gradually, their feelings became deeper and deeper, and their tacit understanding became more and more complete.

In this way, two men who were originally love rivals magically became good brothers.

When Lin Zhengkun was humiliated, Huang Mingyi would immediately run to avenge him;

When someone wanted to buy the recycling yard and persuaded Lin Zhengkun to abandon the disabled Huang Mingyi, Lin Zhengkun also righteously refused.

For Huang Mingyi, he was very grateful to Lin Zhengkun for dragging him back from the gate of hell. He was also willing to give up his own future and develop a recycling yard in partnership with a disabled person like him.

Therefore, Huang Mingyi truly regarded Lin Zhengkun as a brother. Not only would he quietly prepare birthday gifts for Lin Zhengkun, but he would also take the initiative to kneel down and be punished together when the other person was scolded by his elders.

But in Lin Zhengkun's heart, things are not that simple.

From beginning to end, he could not regard Huang Mingyi as just a true friend, because he was always brooding about the accident that year.

The reason why he helped and took care of Huang Mingyi in all kinds of ways was to make up for the mistakes he had made.

Not only that, in order to atone for his sins, he actively asked to be Han Dan's body every year.

This is not only formal atonement, but also self-punishment with physical pain.

He often asked himself: If he could do it all over again, would he rather hate that person than hate himself?

Unfortunately, he had no way to confide his feelings to Huang Mingyi, and could only show a bitter smile behind the other person's back.

But it was his habit that made Huang Mingyi discover the truth.

After becoming deaf, Huang Mingyi slowly learned to read lips. Once, he inadvertently understood Lin Zhengkun's soliloquy through the reflection of the car window -

Only then did Huang Mingyi finally understand why Lin Zhengkun would never leave his love rival.

Feeling sad and angry, Huang Mingyi sold his share of the recycling yard and used the money he earned to buy a large number of firecrackers to "blow up the cold bills" for Lin Zhengkun.

In his opinion, this incident both started and ended with "explosion of Han Dan".

When all these firecrackers are blown up, no matter whether Lin Zhengkun lives or dies, their grudges will be settled.

At the end of the film, Huang Mingyi got on the train to Taipei to find a new life.

The fireworks falling all over the sky looked like petals to Lin Zhengkun, which made his heart feel more peaceful than ever before.

At this moment, the pain that he had been holding back was released with the fireworks exploding on his body.

Overall, this is an emotionally delicate and touching healing movie.

Although the plot of the love triangle is a bit cliché, the setting that deeply integrates the storyline with folklore elements is very eye-catching.

This reminds me of a previous Taiwanese horror film " Little Girl in Red 2", which also incorporated the folk culture of "Tiger Lord" into the story.

It is these folk elements that make the two films extremely recognizable, turning them into films that can only be made in Taiwan.

Just on this point, "Han Dan" is also worth learning from our mainland directors.

It is worth mentioning that after the film was released at the beginning of the year, it also became the box office champion during the Lunar New Year in Taiwan.

However, as a New Year's film, it was not made into a noisy family movie to match the festive atmosphere. Instead, it started with a tragedy and told a story of self-redemption for a person who made a mistake, full of dark and deep emotions. Tonality.

At the end, the protagonist's self-salvation leads him to a new life path, which coincides with the atmosphere of "removing the old and welcoming the new" during the Chinese New Year, which can be said to be very clever.

Speaking of which, the "Handan" in the title of the film not only means "fried Handan", but also means "from a poor background, with a lonely soul".

In the film, this sentence happens to be a portrayal of the two protagonists. They were born in poverty, but they are self-sufficient with their own hands, and they can also find warmth when they support each other.

This means that each of us has unlimited possibilities. As long as we take practical actions, we can change our own destiny; it doesn't matter even if we are "poor", because as long as we work hard enough and have enough courage, life will eventually find its way. way out.

This reminds me of a previous Taiwanese horror film " Little Girl in Red 2", which also incorporated the folk culture of "Tiger Lord" into the story.

It is these folk elements that make the two films extremely recognizable, turning them into films that can only be made in Taiwan.

Just on this point, "Han Dan" is also worth learning from our mainland directors.

It is worth mentioning that after the film was released at the beginning of the year, it also became the box office champion during the Lunar New Year in Taiwan.

However, as a New Year's film, it was not made into a noisy family movie to match the festive atmosphere. Instead, it started with a tragedy and told a story of self-redemption for a person who made a mistake, full of dark and deep emotions. Tonality.

At the end, the protagonist's self-salvation leads him to a new life path, which coincides with the atmosphere of "removing the old and welcoming the new" during the Chinese New Year, which can be said to be very clever.

Speaking of which, the "Handan" in the title of the film not only means "fried Handan", but also means "from a poor background, with a lonely soul".

In the film, this sentence happens to be a portrayal of the two protagonists. They were born in poverty, but they are self-sufficient with their own hands, and they can also find warmth when they support each other.

This means that each of us has unlimited possibilities. As long as we take practical actions, we can change our own destiny; it doesn't matter even if we are "poor", because as long as we work hard enough and have enough courage, life will eventually find its way. way out.