Chinese Taiwan Film History
中国台湾电影史
Taiwan Films began in 1896. Films were introduced to China when Japan launched the Jiawu War of aggression against China and forced Qing Government to sign the Treaty of Shimonoseki, ceding Taiwan to Japan.In Taiwan, the earliest film show was just for Japanese. Japanese Government deprived Chinese culture by its power, and its force dominated and intermingled each step of Taiwan film development:the first film show activity was held by Japanese in 1901, the first cinema was founded by Japanese in 1907，the first feature film was shot by Japanese in 1922 and the so-called “first sound film”was a colonial film produced by Japanese in 1936.
台湾电影起步于1896年。当电影传人中国的时候，正值日本对华发动甲午战争，并迫使清政府签订《马关条约》割让台湾的时候。在台湾，最早期的电影放映只是专供日本人观看的。日本政府凭借强权剥夺华语文化,而且日本力量主导和渗人了中国台湾电影发展进程的每一步。台湾最早的电影放映活动由日本人在1901年初开启，最早的电影院是日本人1907年建立的,最早的故事片是日本人1922年拍摄的，还有所谓的“第一部有声故事片”也是日本人1936年拍摄的殖民电影。
Taiwan film history originated from “Japan”，which was the sorrow in Taiwan film workers forever. Moreover, the number of early Taiwanese films was small, however mostly depending on Japanese cooperation and capital support.
台湾电影史由“日”而起，成了台湾电影人心中永远的痛。而且就数量上来说，早期台湾电影的创作本来就数量很少，但大都离不开日本的合拍摄和资金支持。

In 1925, the first feature film Whose Fault Is It was made by Taiwanese Liu Xiyang, Zheng Chaoren, Zhang Yunhe and Li Songfeng, etc , who shot an errantry romantic film Bloodline in 1929 in the wake of Chinese ghost swordsmen Film. When the film released to the general public it was an unprecedentedly successful blockbuster.
1925年，刘喜阳、郑超人、张云鹤和李松峰等人拍摄了台湾人自己制作的第一 部故事片《谁之过》。1929年，他们仿效当时中国的神怪武侠片而拍摄了侠义爱情片《血痕》。影片在公映时，空前盛况，卖座非常成功。
In 1931, Japan invaded China and Taiwan was forced to preparing for war. Japan severely controlled Taiwan in culture, leading to a shortage of materials and filmmaker. From 1931 to 1937, therefore, Japan and Taiwan cooperated to shoot films, but Taiwan produced only 5 films directed totally by Japanese. After Anti-Japanese War in 1937, Japan pushed the three“Kominka Movement”film principles and used the film to enslave Taiwanese, suppress and control Taiwanese filmmakers.
1931年，日本侵华，台湾也被迫进人备战状态。在文化上，日本严加管治，资源缺乏，人才不足。因此，在1931年至1937年间，台日合作拍摄，台湾只生产了五部电影，且都是由日本人当导演。1937年，抗日战争爆发之后，日本在台湾推行 “皇民化”的电影三原则，利用电影进一步奴化台湾人民，压制和控制台湾电影人。