Din Tao: Leader of the Parade

Din Tao: Leader of the Parade

124 mins | Jan. 20, 2012

A-Tai (Alan Ko) narrates that he is the son of Uncle Da (Chen Po-cheng) and Aunt Da (Samantha Ko), who run a troupe in Taichung. Uncle Da's troupe does traditional performance in front of religious processions. The religion requires performers to "initiate the faces and pose as gods"—to put on a special face painting, or to put on a heavy body puppet costume, both of these represent gods' persona. The performance demands training of martial art, acrobatics and endurance, and the performers are negatively associated with gangsters by the society. Uncle Da has been competing with Wu-cheng (Liao Jun), who studied with Uncle Da under the same master. A-Tai grew estranged with his father and the troupe, and went to Taipei to study Rock music, until a mysterious old man in blue coat bids him home.

Din Tao: Leader of the Parade

124 mins | Jan. 20, 2012

Din Tao: Leader of the Parade
A-Tai (Alan Ko) narrates that he is the son of Uncle Da (Chen Po-cheng) and Aunt Da (Samantha Ko), who run a troupe in Taichung. Uncle Da's troupe does traditional performance in front of religious processions. The religion requires performers to "initiate the faces and pose as gods"—to put on a special face painting, or to put on a heavy body puppet costume, both of these represent gods' persona. The performance demands training of martial art, acrobatics and endurance, and the performers are negatively associated with gangsters by the society. Uncle Da has been competing with Wu-cheng (Liao Jun), who studied with Uncle Da under the same master. A-Tai grew estranged with his father and the troupe, and went to Taipei to study Rock music, until a mysterious old man in blue coat bids him home.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Magnificent Film Entertainment
Original title 陣頭
Directors Feng Kai
Writers Feng Kai

Cast

柯有伦

as Ah Tai

Alien Huang

as Ah Xian

Crystal Lin

as Min Min

Liu Chun

as Wu Zheng

Chen Bo-zheng

as Uncle Da

Esther Liu

as Xiao Bi