Returning Souls

2012Movie1 h 25 min

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Story

In the historically most famous ancestral house of the matrilineal Amis tribe in Taiwan, the carved pillars tell legends, such as the great flood, the glowing girl, the descending shaman sent by the Mother Sun, and the father-killing headhunting event. After a strong typhoon toppled the house 40 years ago, the pillars were moved to the Institute of Ethnology Museum. Recently young villagers, with assistance from female shamans, pushed the descendants and village representatives to communicate with ancestors in the pillars. They eventually brought the ancestral souls rather than the pillars back and began reconstructing the house.

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Directed by
Hu Tai-Li
Produced by
Hu Tai-Li

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October 16, 2012 · 1 h 25 min · Documentary

Released
October 16, 2012
Runtime
1 h 25 min
Genres
Documentary
Original language
Chinese
Made in
Taiwan
Available in
1 country