This film is based on true events which
occurred in central Taiwan in 1930. The international version was a combination
of the two separate films shown in Taiwan which cut down the running time from
four-and-a-half hours to two-and-a-half hours. I watched the full version over
two sittings: Part I “The Sun Flag” and Part II “The Rainbow Bridge”, and
believe this version allows the viewer to engage the story better than the
shorter version.