Din Tao: Leader of the Parade
2012 · 124 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 403 VOTES · DIR. Feng Kai
Overview
A-Tai (Alan Ko) narrates that he is the son of Uncle Da (Chen Po-cheng) and Aunt Da (Samantha Ko), who run a troupe in Taichung. Uncle Da's troupe does traditional performance in front of religious processions. The religion requires performers to "initiate the faces and pose as gods"—to put on a special face painting, or to put on a heavy body puppet costume, both of these represent gods' persona. The performance demands training of martial art, acrobatics and endurance, and the performers are negatively associated with gangsters by the society. Uncle Da has been competing with Wu-cheng (Liao Jun), who studied with Uncle Da under the same master. A-Tai grew estranged with his father and the troupe, and went to Taipei to study Rock music, until a mysterious old man in blue coat bids him home.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,781 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:44 Everyone says I've got a pair of naughty hands
00:06:24 I've no money for you to squander.
00:10:31 Come on!
00:14:09 ...your son is a bit...
00:19:23 No picture...
00:22:47 Yeah, he's crazy and you dance to his tune?!
00:27:55 Feeling good when you play?
00:33:14 Uncle, we have to carry the statue again?
00:38:09 Xin. What is it?
00:42:15 Where should we go?!
00:48:09 I definitely won't leave Taichung.
00:52:41 Come on, Three-minute!
00:58:07 Luckily you've come. Or we'll all pass out.
01:03:47 Do you deserve to be the Captain?
01:09:40 all of my family are there.
01:15:41 Hey, hey!
01:19:58 Uncle. Please don't...
01:24:04 Calm down!
01:28:56 The City Government invites us to perform
01:34:09 I'm doing what I should be doing.
01:40:04 Here. Yes, here.
01:45:49 I do ding-tao because I want you to know
01:50:38 Tonight's the opening night of the Taichung International Cultural Festival.
02:00:19 You know how old I am?