was shortlisted for the 52nd Golden Horse Awards Best Documentary, and , which caused a "root-seeking" craze in Taiwanese society, has recently sparked heated discussions in Taiwan. When published this article, the director of "Bay Sheng Going Home" was holding a press conference in Taipei.
"Bay Sheng Goes Home" poster
has always claimed to be the producer of "Bay Sheng" descendants Tanaka Miega . At the end of December, Wang Rongwen, chairman of Yuanliu Publishing, admitted that her identity as a mixed-race of Taiwan and Japan is all fabricated, and is actually a Taiwanese. Wang Rongwen No. 1 posted on Facebook, revealing the truth about the matter, which immediately shocked the Taiwanese art and literary circles. Many authors who have strongly supported "Wan Sheng Going Home" in the past or have written articles to recommend "My Home in the South", such as Chen Fangming, Liu Kexiang , etc., have expressed that it is "unacceptable".
Taiwanese writer Chen Fangming Once recommended Tanaka Mika's works. He said in an interview that he was "very hurtful" and criticized Tanaka for "using the historical amnesia of Taiwanese people to allow lies to gain space for existence." "This incident is not just a fake identity, and also constitutes a great blasphemy for Taiwan's history." Chen Fangming pointed out that the harm caused by Tanaka Mika "is not only contemporary people, but also the previous generation." He pointed out that "due to the long-term blindness of the 'party-state system'", the people have always been unable to understand Taiwan's history clearly. "Now use this kind of thing." The blinding is another kind of deception, which is a huge harm to the entire history of Taiwan. "
Taiwanese writer Liu Kexiang wrote a recommendation article for Tanaka Mijia's work "My Home in the South". He believes that Taiwanese people have "overly beautiful imaginations" about the Japanese occupation era and always feel that "the blank history will be supplemented first", so they tolerate flaws and lies.
First of all, let’s review what is “Baysheng”? The so-called "Bay Life" refers to the group of Japanese born and raised in Taiwan during the 50 years since Japan colonized Taiwan and was forced to repatriate Japan after the war. In "Bay Sheng Going Home", many of the protagonists who were filmed missed Taiwan all their lives and regarded it as their only hometown, because many of them spent the best years of their lives in Taiwan. After the war, they had to face the cruel reality and strict identity.
In Japan, a semi-closed and highly valued family background, even if they are both Japanese, born in the local area, born in the colony, or even where they are born in the local area, they will affect the individual's social class. These "Bay Born" born in Taiwan must bear the label of a lifetime for this. In fact, before the documentary led by Tanaka Shiga, the term "wansheng" almost did not exist in Taiwan. It can almost be said that this term was created by Tanaka Shiga.
Who is Tanaka Mika? She claimed to be a mixed-race descendant of Taiwan and Japan, and had a grandmother named Tanaka Sakurayo. In order to realize her grandmother's lifelong wish, she decided to join the filming of the documentary "Wan Sheng Going Home". Her story is profound and touching, entangled with the documentary text, forming a close historical myth.
Taiwanese "Tanaka Shijia"
But the truth is that this offspring of Wansheng, who claims to be Tanaka Shijia, is named Chen Xuanru, lives in Kaohsiung Dalin Pu. In her life experience, she has nothing to do with any Japanese. And that Japanese "grandmother" was just an elder who happened to meet at Chiayi Station in Girls' Generation. Because the two got along, they recognized each other's kids.
The best-selling book "Wansheng Goes Home" author Tanaka Mijia fakes his identity. (Photo source: Taiwan United Daily News)
The annotation of Chen Fangming, a historian and Taiwanese literary history scholar, should be the most appropriate. He said that Tanaka Mika did this because " uses the historical amnesia of Taiwanese people to allow lies to gain space for existence ."Furthermore, the complete "Wansheng Goes Home" incident not only exposed the historical amnesia of Taiwanese people, but also highlighted the chaos in various values of Taiwanese people.
First of all, it is the omnipresent "colonized sentiment". As long as anything is related to Japan, it seems to be superior. This just happens to be in line with the Taiwan craze that has been popular in Japanese society in recent years. is on the one hand, under the idea of "de-Sinicization", and is eager to regain the blessing of the "mother country"; on the other hand, it is in the ebb of the aura of a great power, and wants to seize some proof of the glory of the past.
Under the turmoil between two parties, a perfect story "Wan Sheng Going Home" wrapped by tears and history was born. This documentary based on lies, fully meets the fantasy of both Taiwanese and Japanese. No matter how touching the story it records is, it is still a colonial propaganda film for restoration of the "Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Circle".
Tanaka Mika's sister said, "Isn't life true or false" , and I hope the public will not care too much. This shows that Taiwanese people have long been hypocritical in not asking about right and wrong: as long as the goal is achieved, as long as no one is hurt, as long as the starting point is kind, as long as the story is true...
is wrong, not everyone can "just... it's good", but "as long as it's what I agree with." This view can be seen clearly from how the DPP treats Chen Shui-bian's corruption case and how supporters defend leaders who are obviously inappropriate. Therefore, in Taiwanese society, it doesn’t matter if you conceal the truth, make excuses, or even openly lying maliciously. No one must pay the corresponding price, as long as your lie "I agree with it."
But the past is never as good as smoke. Your truth may be the heart-to-heartedness of others. Taiwan society is also paying heavy prices for this day after day.
(This article is quoted from the WeChat official account: Taiwan Discussion, the original title is "She is Taiwanese, but she pretends to be a Japanese...", with a slight addition. If there is any infringement, please notify us to take it off the shelves, thank you!)
