Film / 2026

Showtime Taiwan: The Sapphire Show

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

Regie Yang Li-chou

Documentaire

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.

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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.