Not the big screen, but TV shows are iconic in Taiwan. Before K-Dramas, there were Taiwanese dramas. Famous stories like Meteor Garden (流星花園) and Fated to Love You (命中註定我愛你) originated in Taiwan. After the 2000s, Taiwanese dramas started to lose their presence due to the rising popularity of Korean dramas, but now we are introduced to a new series of Taiwanese TV shows that are gaining mass awareness.
TV Shows
La Grande Chaumière Violette (紫色大稻埕)
La Grande Chaumière Violette (紫色大稻埕) is a wonderful Taiwanese TV series, directed by Nelson Yeh (葉天倫), that you can stream on Netflix. It displays life in Taiwan during its turbulent 1920s–the period when Taiwan was under Japanese imperial rule, which lasted from 1895 until 1945. The dialogue is mainly spoken in Taiwanese Hokkien, Japanese, and…
