The movie "Tea Gold" is directed by Lin Junyang, starring Lian Yuhan and Wen Shenghao, and will premiere on November 13, 2021. Based on real history and characters, the film is set in Taiwan in the 1950s and focuses on the tea industry in Beipu, Hsinchu. The film mixes six languages, showing the diverse and complex aspects of post-war Taiwanese society, and the story of Hsinchu tea merchants creating an economic miracle in the tea industry under the double test of the political environment and the gradual shrinking of tea export sales.
The protagonist of the film is Yixin (played by Lian Yuhan), the only daughter of Taiwan's largest tea exporter. In her life, she accidentally met KK (played by Wen Shenghao), a frustrated prisoner of war who returned to Taiwan due to a US aid mission. Although Yi Xin's father, Ji Sang (played by Guo Ziqian), opposes her involvement in the debt-ridden family business, she decides to devote herself to it. Even though Yi Xin's identity is far from KK's mission, she is attracted by the mystery of KK's sad past.
However, the crisis of the times is waiting for them. In the vortex of the tea business war, can the girl Yixin lead the faltering Sunlight Tea Company to the world and complete the legendary journey of the tea industry?
Based on its unique historical background and true stories, the movie "Tea Gold" shows the glorious history of Taiwan's tea industry through vivid characters and plots. The audience will be brought into this legendary world and feel the vicissitudes and life ups and downs of that special era.