''A Touch of Green'' () is a 2015 Taiwanese period drama television series produced by

Public Television Service Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation (PTS Foundation/Public Television Service Foundation, ), also called Public Television Service (PTS, ), is the first independent public broadcasting institution in Taiwan, which broadcasts the Public Te ...

, based on the 1971 short story of the same name by

Pai Hsien-yung Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai (; born July 11, 1937) is a Chinese writer from Taiwan who has been described as a "melancholy pioneer". He was born in Guilin, Guangxi at the cusp of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Pai's father was the Kuomintang (KMT) ge ...

(which was included in his bilingual collection ''

Taipei People ''Taipei People'' () is a collection of 14 short stories written by Pai Hsien-yung in the 1960s, published in 1971 in literature, 1971. The length and art of each story is different, but all these short stories are about people who came from Main ...

''). The story follows a group of

Republic of China Air Force The Republic of China Air Force, retroactively known by its historical name the Chinese Air Force and unofficially referred to as the Taiwanese Air Force, is the military aviation branch of the Republic of China Armed Forces, currently based ...

pilots and their wives during the

Chinese Communist Revolution The Chinese Communist Revolution, officially known as the Chinese People's War of Liberation in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and also known as the National Protection War against the Communist Rebellion in the Republic of China (RO ...

(1945–49) in mainland China and the White Terror period (1949–87) in Taiwan. ''A Touch of Green'' won 6 awards at the

2016 Golden Bell Awards The 51st Golden Bell Awards ( Mandarin:第51屆金鐘獎) was held on October 8, 2016 at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. The ceremony was broadcast live by Sanlih E-Television. Jacky Wu use both this parameter and , birth_date t ...

, including Best TV Series, Best Directing (Tsao Jui-yuan), and

Best Actor Best Actor is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organizations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actors in a film, television series, television film or play. The term most often refers to the ...

(

Wu Kang-jen Wu Kang-ren (; born 24 November 1982), also known as Chris Wu, is a Taiwanese actor and model. He debuted in the short film ''Fragile in Love: Poetry in Motion'' in 2007, and first came to attention for his role in the 2009 television series ...

Plot

The story takes place from 1945 to 1981, after the

Japanese surrender The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, bringing the war's hostilities to a close. By the end of July 1945, the Imperial Japanese Navy ( ...

from World War II and the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and forces of the Chinese Communist Party, continuing intermittently since 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949 with a Communist victory on main ...

. The story focuses on three women, from their days as schoolgirls to their marriages as wives of

pilots. They follow their husbands from

Nanking Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

to Taiwan in 1949 after the retreat of the

Government of the Republic of China The Government of the Republic of China, is the national government of the Republic of China whose ''de facto'' territory currently consists of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other island groups in the " free area". Governed by the ...

(ROC) and

Kuomintang The Kuomintang (KMT), also referred to as the Guomindang (GMD), the Nationalist Party of China (NPC) or the Chinese Nationalist Party (CNP), is a major political party in the Republic of China, initially on the Chinese mainland and in Ta ...

(KMT). The story emphasizes the daily lives of the families who stayed at the

military dependents' village A military dependents' village () is a community in Taiwan built in the late 1940s and the 1950s whose original purpose was to serve as provisional housing for soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines of the Republic of China Armed Forces, along ...

, experiencing the pain of leaving their home and separations from friends/family. Their shared experience brings the military families together in support of one another. Through their love and bond, they survive hardships. The resulting story is motivational and touching. The story includes: *1945－1949, Episodes 1－20,

Second Sino-Japanese War The Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945) or War of Resistance (Chinese term) was a military conflict that was primarily waged between the Republic of China and the Empire of Japan. The war made up the Chinese theater of the wider Pacific Th ...

( Student activism in Nanking 1946 and Liaoshen Campaign) *1954－1981, Episodes 21－31,

White Terror (Taiwan) The White Terror () was the political repression of Taiwanese civilians under the Kuomintang (KMT)-ruled government. The period of White Terror is generally considered to have begun when martial law was declared in Taiwan on 19 May 1949, whic ...

Black Bat Squadron Black Bat Squadron (), formally the 34th Squadron, was a squadron of CIA reconnaissance plane pilots and crew based in Taiwan during the Cold War. Citizens of the Republic of China flew missions over mainland China controlled by the People's Rep ...

Black Cat Squadron The Black Cat Squadron (), formally the 35th Squadron, was a squadron of the Republic of China Air Force that flew the U-2 surveillance plane out of Taoyuan Air Base in northern Taiwan, from 1961 to 1974. 26 ROCAF pilots successfully completed U- ...

Cast

Cheryl Yang Cheryl Yang (; born 12 December 1977) is a Taiwanese actress. She joined the entertainment scene at the age of 14 when she filmed her first commercial. Not long after she started her career, she filmed a music video together with Andy Lau, whic ...

as Qin Qian-yi *

Tien Hsin Tien Hsin (; born Wu Tien-hsin on November 11, 1975) is a Taiwanese actress, television host and singer. She won a Golden Bell Award for Best Leading Actress in a Television Series in 2011 for the drama series ''Who's the One''. Personal lif ...

as Zhou Wei-xun * Weber Yang as Jiang Wei Cheng * Gaby Chun-tian Lan as Shao Zhi-jian *

Wu Kang-ren Wu Kang-ren (; born 24 November 1982), also known as Chris Wu, is a Taiwanese actor and model. He debuted in the short film ''Fragile in Love: Poetry in Motion'' in 2007, and first came to attention for his role in the 2009 television series ...

as Guo Zhen * Cindy Yu-han Lien as Zhu Qing *

Wen Chen-ling Wen Chen-ling (born October 23, 1992) is a Taiwanese actress and television host. Life and career Wen's mother is Chinese Filipino. Her father is of Japanese and Han Chinese descent. Wen made her acting debut in television series ''The Kite ...

as Shao Mo-ting **Zhuang Xin-yu as young Shao Mo-ing * Hans Chung as Gu Zhao-jun *

Fan Kuang-yao Fan Kuang-yao (born 3 May 1975) is a Taiwanese actor and xiangsheng performer. He has been nominated for three Golden Bell Awards and won once in 2005. Selected filmography *''Lust, Caution'' (2007) *''Night Market Hero'' (2011) *''Amour et Pâ ...

as Fan Ren-xian * as Mr. Gong *Li Shao-jie as Wang Ying * as Wang Gang * Huang Shang-ho as Mr. Han, Lieutenant of 9th Brigade

Broadcast information

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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