The box office of the documentary "The Day the End of the Battle" exceeded 2 million yuan, and community creator Murong Amei launched a booking promotion

2026/09/24 08:10

[Reporter Xu Shiying/Report from Taipei] The documentary "The Day the War Ended" has entered its sixth week of release, and the box office has officially exceeded 2 million yuan. Not only did the audience come in for second and third viewings, but spontaneous bookings have also appeared across Taiwan, hoping that more people will enter the theater and see this historical memory of Taiwan. Murong Ami, a well-known community creator, was deeply moved after watching the movie a few days ago. Last Saturday (19th), she even initiated a booking of the movie, hoping to share the movie with her own strength.

Well-known community creator Murong Amei (left) takes a photo with "The Last Day" director Lu Ciying. (Provided by holiday images)

Amy shared after the screening that in addition to the precious interview with Professor Peng Ming-min, the names of producer Huang Yuesui, composer Chi-Hao Ko and others appeared in the end credits, which made her feel that "in fact, these people are still helping Taiwanese society to this day", so she decided to invite more people to the theater. She also looks forward to booking more theaters in the future so that more audiences can see the story in the film.

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Director Lu Ciying revealed that after each post-screening discussion, many audience members still stayed at the scene and took the initiative to share their feelings about watching the movie and their family's war-related memories. Some viewers said that while watching the movie, they were reminded of their grandfather, who has passed away six years ago. "Thank you for this movie, which allowed me to understand the era in which my grandfather lived. I really miss him." Others lamented that their grandmother had escaped an air raid. "If she were still alive, I would like to ask her to leave more oral history of Taiwan." Some viewers believed that the movie was "better to understand and more vivid" than the content in the textbook.

The box office of the documentary "The Day the War Ended" officially exceeded 2 million yuan. (Provided by holiday images)

Among them, Dong Junxian, who once served as a young worker at the Naval Aircraft Factory, said, "When we go out, it is a sun flag, and when we come back, it is a blue sky and white sun." It has also become a line that impressed many viewers. "The Day the War Ended" uses the personal narrations of six Taiwanese people of the World War II generation to present their life experiences with different identities and identities, from the Japanese occupation period to the post-war period, piecing together the common memories of a generation of Taiwanese people.

After the movie ended, many people took the initiative to share their family stories and movie-watching experiences with the director. (Provided by holiday images)

Lu Ciying expressed that she hopes that the audience can start from the life stories of these grandparents and understand their situation in the great changes of the times. "If we can empathize with them in this way, we can start to have conversations from a human perspective, instead of being obsessed with ideologies, camps, or winning and losing."

"The Day the War Ended" replaces difficult historical narratives with the personal accounts of those involved, and through digital restoration and colorization, it recreates the street scenes and characters at the time, leading the audience to re-understand a rarely talked about historical memory of Taiwan.

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