Draft:After Spring, the Tamaki Family...

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After Spring, the Tamaki Family... (2016) is a Taiwanese documentary directed by Huang Yin-yu. The film explores the history of Taiwanese immigrating to Okinawa's Ishigaki Island for reclamation during the Japanese colonial period in Taiwan before World War II. It is the first work of the director's trilogy titled "Wild Mountains Over the Sea," which focuses on the Yonaguni Taiwanese.[1]

Synopsis[edit]

The Tamaki family, originally from Taiwan's Changhua, was the first generation of immigrants who moved to Ishigaki Island in Okinawa, Japan, to cultivate pineapples before World War II. The family has now reached its fourth generation, with over a hundred members.[2] This film is based on interviews and narration by the third generation member, Shin-go Tamaki, and it traces the history of agricultural development on Ishigaki Island by the first generation and the identity of the family members.[1]

The first-generation immigrants were Shin-go Tamaki's grandparents, Tamaki Genkou (Chinese name: Wang Yong-mu 王永木) and Tamaki Gyokyo (Chinese name: Shi Yu-hua 石玉花). They were encouraged to settle and cultivate farmland on Ishigaki Island during the Japanese colonial period and grew pineapples. After the defeat of Japan in the Pacific War, they were repatriated to Taiwan, and decided to move to Ishigaki Island illegally due to the turmoil of the February 28 Incident in Taiwan. They lived on Ishigaki Island for over twenty years without nationality until Okinawa was returned to Japan from the US military occupation. It was only then that they obtained Japanese citizenship.[1][3]

However, since Taiwanese people were known for their efficient use of water buffaloes for farming, they were discriminated and exclused from the local population. Thus, the second generation, including Shin-go Tamaki's uncle Akio Tamaki and his father Shigeji Tamaki, shifted the family business focus to a vegetable and fruit shop, becoming the first wholesale green grocer in Okinawa. Shigeji Tamaki hid his Taiwanese identity due to the discrimination he faced during his childhood and school years. It was only in his adulthood when he joined the local overseas Chinese association that he was able to confront his family background and identity.[2][4]

The third generation, represented by Shin-go Tamaki, is now a member of a Japanese heavy metal rock band and identifies as Japanese.[2] It was only during the filming and after reading "The Taiwanese of Yaeyama" that he started rethinking his own sense of identity.[4]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "海的彼端，八重山的台灣家族物語". 放映週報 (in Traditional Chinese). 2016-08-25. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  2. ^ a b c "【民報】《海的彼端》導演專訪／美麗與哀愁 八重山移民的台灣認同糾結". www.peoplemedia.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2016-07-22. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  3. ^ 朱, 惠足 (2007). "作為交界場域的「現代性」：往返於沖繩八重山群島與殖民地台灣之間" (PDF). 文化研究. 5: 52.
  4. ^ a b "【民報】基因裡的原鄉記憶？玉木：對台灣的印象 從味道開始". www.peoplemedia.tw (in Chinese (Taiwan)). 2016-07-25. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  5. ^ "海的彼端". Taiwan Docs. 2016-05-07. Retrieved 2023-11-09.

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