Gingle Wang Ching in a still from Detention (category: IIB; Mandarin), directed by John Hsu Han-chiang. Tseng Jing-hua and Fu Meng-po co-star.
Gingle Wang Ching in a still from Detention (category: IIB; Mandarin), directed by John Hsu Han-chiang. Tseng Jing-hua and Fu Meng-po co-star.
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Detention film review: Taiwan’s White Terror evoked in adaptation of fantasy horror video game

  • Gingle Wang Ching and Tseng Jing-hua star in horror film set amid era of political repression in Taiwan
  • The film, by John Hsu Han-chiang, won the best new director and best adapted screenplay prizes at the Golden Horse film awards

James Marsh
James Marsh

Updated: 5:12pm, 2 Dec, 2019

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Gingle Wang Ching in a still from Detention (category: IIB; Mandarin), directed by John Hsu Han-chiang. Tseng Jing-hua and Fu Meng-po co-star.
Gingle Wang Ching in a still from Detention (category: IIB; Mandarin), directed by John Hsu Han-chiang. Tseng Jing-hua and Fu Meng-po co-star.
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