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— Daren Wise, Tokyo

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Review: Taiwanese-Language Comedy “Good Neighbors” Proves Valuable and Entertaining Historical Text

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Recently restored in 2025, Lee Hsing’s taiyupian “Good Neighbor” dramatizes tensions and reconciliation between Taiwan’s waishengren and benshengren in the post-WWII period.

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