1895; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Yit-pat-kíu-ńg Yet-vùi, is a 2008 Taiwanese Hakka film based on the Japanese Invasion of Taiwan in 1895, with emphasis on the Hakka fighters and their families in the conflict. The film has a limited budget of NT$60 million with roughly half of it provided by the Council for Hakka Affairs of the Executive Yuan.

Plot

The Qing Dynasty was defeated by Japan in the Sino-Japanese War of 1895 and 1895, and signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895 to cede Taiwan to Japan. On May 29, the Japanese army landed in Aotai. The great Japanese writer Ogai came to Taiwan with Prince Nohisa of Kitashirakawa Palace as a military doctor and quickly went south. Tang Jingsong, the president of the Democratic Republic of Taiwan, abandoned his post and fled. The new commander Tang Xing gathered Hakka commoners Jiang Shaozu and Xu Xiang to form a new Miao army to fight against the Japanese army.