Brother Liu and Brother Wang on the Roads in Taiwan
Traditional Chinese王哥柳哥遊台灣
Simplified Chinese王哥柳哥游台湾
Hanyu PinyinWánggē Liǔgē yóu Táiwān
Hokkien POJÔng-ko Liú-ko Iû Tâi-oân
Directed byLi Hsing
張方霞
Tien Feng
Written byLi Hsing
慕容鍾（編劇）
StarringShorty Cai
Li Guanzhang (李冠章)
Ko Yu-Hsia
Cinematography陳忠信
Edited byLi Hsing
Music byChou Lan-Ping
Release dates
  • Part 1:
    • February 7, 1959 (1959-02-07) (Taiwan)
  • Part 2:
    • February 19, 1959 (1959-02-19) (Taiwan)
Running time
155 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguageTaiwanese

Brother Wang and Brother Liu on the Roads in Taiwan, or Brother Wang and Brother Liu Tour Taiwan (Chinese: 王哥柳哥遊台灣) is a Taiwanese Hokkien-language comedy film directed by Li Xing, Zhang Fang Xia and Tian Feng. It was released in 1959 as a two-part series. Part One premiered on February 7, 1959. Part Two premiered on February 19, 1959.

Plot

Wang and Liu, a plump shoeshiner and a skinny rickshaw driver living together in Taipei, see a fortune teller who states that the former will strike it rich in three days but the latter will die in 44. Wang indeed wins the lottery as predicted, causing Liu to fear for his life; in response, Wang decides to traverse the entire island of Taiwan with Liu before he dies. The duo encounter various situations and predicaments due to their lavish spending of their new wealth. Finally, they return to Taiwan as the predicted day of Liu's death approaches so he can spend his last moments with his girlfriend A-Hua. However, on the day of his death, he waits and waits until midnight, where the prediction is disproven and Liu stays alive. The next day, he happily marries A-Hua with Wang in tow.

Cast

  • Li Guanzhang as Brother Wang (王哥)
  • Zhang Fucai (Shorty Cai) as Brother Liu (柳哥)

Reception

One of the first Taiwanese-language films that was a comedy and used an original script (as opposed to Taiwanese opera), the film was a blockbuster and seven sequels were made as a result of its success.[1][2] The main characters were often held in regard as a localization of Laurel and Hardy. The film was restored by the Taiwan Film and Audiovisual Institute (TFAI) as an effort to preserve Taiwan's history of cinema.[3]

Home media

DVD

Release DateCountryClassifactionPublisherFormatLanguageSubtitlesNotes
2012-05-31TaiwanAll RegionsHoker RecordsNTSC DVDTaiwaneseTraditional Chinese

References

  1. ↑ Wang, George Chun Han. "Brother Wang and Brother Liu on the Road in Taiwan - Parts 1 & 2 (Review)". In Garcia, Roger (ed.). Asia Laughs! A Survey of Asian Comedy Films. Udine: Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche. pp. 220–221.
  2. ↑ "Brother Wang and Brother Liu Tour Taiwan" (PDF). Tayupian - Taiwan’s Lost Commercial Cinema. King's College London, Taiwan Film Institute. 2017.
  3. ↑ "Taiwan's Laurel and Hardy return to the 'big screen' 花蓮放老電影 重溫台灣懷舊影像 - Taipei Times". www.taipeitimes.com. 29 August 2017. Retrieved 2023-05-02.


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