Green Jail綠色牢籠｜Houston
Green Jail綠色牢籠｜Houston
Co-organizer:休士頓台灣同鄉會
Date:7/19 13:30
Location: Taiwanese Community Center (TCC) 台灣人活動中心（5885 Point W Dr, Houston, TX 77036）
Once known in history as the “Green Prison,” the Iriomote Mines are now overgrown with weeds, shrouded in silence. Before the war, Iriomote Island—located on the remote edge of Okinawa—was infamous as a mining island under the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere. Miners from Kyushu, Okinawa, and colonial territories such as Taiwan and Korea lived harsh lives under oppressive management on this tropical island.
Ryoko Hashima, born in Xiao Jilong, Taiwan (now Sanzhi District, New Taipei City), was brought to the island at the age of 10 by her adoptive father, who worked as a labor recruiter. Now in her 90s, Grandma Hashima lives alone, guarding these long-held secrets and the graves of her adoptive parents.
What really happened in those mines? Her adoptive father, Yang Tianfu, recruited countless Taiwanese miners to the “Green Prison.” What role did he play in this murky and elusive chapter of history?
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綠色牢籠
在歷史上曾被稱為「綠色牢籠」的「西表礦坑」如今雜草叢生，只剩下一片寂靜。戰前，位於沖繩邊陲的西表島，曾是大東亞帝國主義下惡名昭彰的礦坑之島，來自九州、沖繩與殖民地台灣、朝鮮等地的礦工，在這座熱帶島嶼中度過的高壓管理下的艱困生活。出生台灣小基隆（現新北市三芝區）的橋間良子，10歲時便被擔任召募人的養父帶來這座島嶼。如今橋間阿嬤已年逾90歲，她一個人守著這些秘密，守著養父母的墓。礦坑裡發生了什麼事？她的養父楊添福招集了無數台灣礦工來到「綠色牢籠」，究竟她的養父在這段撲朔迷離的歷史中扮演了什麼的角色？本片拍攝了主角的人生晚年光陰，在她的獨居生活與獨白中，看見一個集體瘋狂時代下不願回溯的記憶，以及一個無法挽回過往的悲傷心靈。