In a sleepy part of rural Taiwan in the late 1960s, the life of a village is shattered when Uncle Sam arrives in tanks. The Yanks are there to take part in joint military exercises with ... See full summary
Tai ping tian guo (1996) Online
In a sleepy part of rural Taiwan in the late 1960s, the life of a village is shattered when Uncle Sam arrives in tanks. The Yanks are there to take part in joint military exercises with Taiwanese troops, but the villagers take their compensation by direct methods - they steal anything that can be moved. One of the film's great strengths is the way that writer Wu Nien-jen, in only his second feature as director, shades the comic tone. The film's main character, Brain (Lin Cheng-sheng, himself a director), condemns the rampant theft but turns against the Americans when they take him for a beggar. He steals two huge boxes, not knowing what they contain.
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Cheng-sheng Lin | - | Lin Wen-Sheng(segment "Brain") |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Yung-Teh Hsu | - | Interpreter |
| Bin-hui Lee | ||
 | Ming-Hua Pai | ||
| Aryeh Sternberg | - | American Soldier |
 | Nien-Jen Wu | ||
| Chung-Hsien Yang | ||
 | Chuan-Chen Yeh |