''Blue Brave: The Legend of Formosa 1895'', known simply as ''1895'' (), is a

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film based on the Japanese Invasion of Taiwan in 1895, with emphasis on the

fighters and their families in the conflict. The film has a limited budget of

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60 million with roughly half of it provided by the

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of the

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. The film was released on November 7, 2008, and was the highest-grossing Taiwanese film in that year.

Plot

Reception

The film won the Best Drama Series award in the

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in 2009. A review published in the ''

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'' stated that the film "educational at best" and geared toward students and teachers of history.

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* 2008 films 2000s war films Films set in 1895 Taiwanese films Hakka culture in Taiwan Hakka Chinese-language films Taiwanese-language films 2000s Mandarin-language films Japanese-language films {{Taiwan-film-stub