Film / 2026

Showtime Taiwan: The Sapphire Show

Name: Showtime Taiwan: The Sapphire Show
Genre: Dokumentation
Released: 2026-04-10
Duration: 85 min
Cast: Kung Chiang, Lotus Wang, Tien Wen-chung, Bai Bing-bing, Yu Tian

Regie Yang Li-chou

Dokumentation

In the 1970s, Taiwan's first grand cabaret, The Sapphire, opened in Kaohsiung, igniting a golden decade of live entertainment. Beneath its dazzling lights, the nation's tensions and censorship faded in nights of glitz and song. Stars like Teresa Teng, Fei Yu-ching and Fong Fei-fei graced. its stage, where glamour met gambling, drugs, and danger. Half a century later, The Sapphire is resurrected—through AI and music—to relive its untamed brilliance.

Die Geschichte

Inhaltsangabe auf Englisch

In the 1970s, Taiwan's first grand cabaret, The Sapphire, opened in Kaohsiung, igniting a golden decade of live entertainment. Beneath its dazzling lights, the nation's tensions and censorship faded in nights of glitz and song.

Stars like Teresa Teng, Fei Yu-ching and Fong Fei-fei graced. its stage, where glamour met gambling, drugs, and danger.

Half a century later, The Sapphire is resurrected—through AI and music—to relive its untamed brilliance.