Naughty Boys & Soldiers

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Naughty Boys & Soldiers
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Chinese
Mandarin Gǒudàn Dàbīng
Directed by Kevin Chu
Written by Kuo Cheng
Produced byLo Tiao-hui
Starring
CinematographyChen Jung-shu
Edited byChen Po-wen
Music byFu Li
Production
company
Yen Ping Films Production
Release date
  • December 28, 1996 (1996-12-28)
CountryTaiwan
Languages

Naughty Boys & Soldiers is a 1996 Taiwanese comedy film directed by Kevin Chu and written by Kuo Cheng, set in a 1970s coastal town with a primary school and a military base. While most of the comedy is slapstick zaniness, the film also pokes fun at the many absurdities in Taiwan's White Terror period, such as schools encouraging children to idolize Chiang Kai-shek and regurgitate his anti-Communist rhetoric.

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