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00:00In January 2024, Taiwan won the presidential election, and the People's Pro-Beijing Party, which is at a distance from China, was elected in three consecutive terms.
00:22There was an incident that set the tone for Taiwan's current political situation.
00:31Ten years ago, students rebelled against the movement to free Taiwan and China from the market.
00:39The Liberal Democrats won the election, and hundreds of thousands of citizens protested.
00:55However, this was a bit of a strange incident.
01:02Students sitting in the Liberal Democrats' seats debated,
01:12sang,
01:17and even exercised in the morning.
01:23What I saw there was that they were trying to find a way to resist without violence.
01:34When I entered the Liberal Democrats' seats, I was surprised to smell fried chicken.
01:41It wasn't a tense atmosphere.
01:45Rather, there was an atmosphere of a party.
01:50The students' reaction to the Liberal Democrats' election was broadcast live on the Internet, and people all over the world watched.
02:06Many sunflowers were piled up on the altar, and it became a symbol of this movement.
02:16It's not surprising that the Liberal Democrats' seats were abolished soon after.
02:21The Liberal Democrats' seats were abolished in less than 24 days.
02:28What was going on in the Liberal Democrats' seats?
02:34Why did the previously unknown Liberal Democrats' election last for so long?
02:41The Unknown is Approaching the Truth
02:46The Unknown is Approaching the Truth
02:51The Unknown is Approaching the Truth
02:56The Unknown is Approaching the Truth
03:01The Unknown is Approaching the Truth
03:06Ten years ago, an incident occurred.
03:12Many people gathered around the Liberal Democrats' seat in the National Assembly of Japan to protest.
03:26The turning point of fate was March 18, 2014.
03:33On this day, hundreds of students rushed to the Liberal Democrats' seat.
03:43The seat was decorated with sunflowers, so it was called the Sunflower Student Movement.
03:52The first point of view was...
03:57Li Keijin
03:59Li Keijin, a film director, rushed to the scene as soon as possible, not knowing what was going on in the seat.
04:12What Director Li saw there was the unexpected appearance of the students who had won the election.
04:19Another Story
04:22Another Story, a movement that has a great influence on the future of Taiwan.
04:34The scene of the incident was the Liberal Democrats' seat in the National Assembly of Taiwan.
04:40Why did the movement take so long?
04:45There was someone who had seen the truth.
04:50Li Keijin, a film director, rushed to the scene as soon as possible.
04:59He said he felt something when he heard the news.
05:06At that time, I never thought that students and civic organizations would elect the Liberal Democrats.
05:15When I was a college student, there was a large-scale student movement,
05:21but it was not so bold as to elect the next generation.
05:30In the newspaper, it was reported that the Liberal Democrats collided on the battlefield for the first time in the history of the United States.
05:44In addition, in the news,
05:47The microphone broke, the intercom glass broke, the computer screen fell to one side, and Li's phone was torn off.
05:53I don't know whose drawer it was, but it was turned over and left aside.
05:57It was reported that the students were drinking and destroying equipment.
06:08But what Li saw on the scene was a little different from that.
06:17When I was in the stadium, of course, I saw the news.
06:22It was reported that students were drinking and scattering garbage in the stadium.
06:28But what I saw was that they were looking for a way to resist without violence.
06:38What is the shape of the movement captured by the film director on the camera?
06:48Taiwan, Taihoku City
06:57On March 17, 10 years ago,
07:01the Liberal Democrats held a hearing on the standards of the Service Trade Agreement,
07:08which aims to free the market in the field of service between Taiwan and China.
07:17We want freedom!
07:20We want freedom!
07:25However, the Liberal Democratic Party, which promotes this agreement,
07:31has been trying to break the agreement for more than three months.
07:38This action has incited the students to rebel.
07:44The Service Trade Agreement is an agreement that recognizes the progress of each company
07:52in various industries such as banks, distribution, and publishing.
07:58The Liberal Democratic Party and the students oppose this agreement
08:04because it may strengthen China's influence in Taiwan.
08:10The students also opposed the agreement and divided the public opinion.
08:16The students voted for the Liberal Democratic Party,
08:22claiming that the Third Party should create a mechanism to check the operation of the Service Trade Agreement.
08:30The Liberal Democratic Party fiercely criticized the students' election.
08:36It is absurd for students to hold a public meeting at a council meeting.
08:42We think it is freedom of speech.
08:45But today, you used violence to attack the Legislative Yuan's council meeting,
08:50which prevented the Legislative Yuan from holding a meeting,
08:54and then held a public meeting in a ridiculous way.
08:58At the beginning of the election, the government ordered the police
09:04not to allow the students to be injured.
09:09The police repeatedly tried to eliminate the students,
09:13but the situation did not change immediately.
09:20Director Li encountered a police force trying to enter the council meeting.
09:27When he tried to shoot it...
09:35I wanted to take a close-up shot, so I brought the camera closer.
09:41Suddenly, one of the police officers hit me and told me not to shoot.
09:47I continued to shoot without hesitation.
09:50Then the police officer shouted,
09:55When I asked him if he was going to arrest him, he said he was really arrested.
10:03The reason for the arrest was a violation of public order.
10:08It was said that he touched the police officer's hat.
10:14On March 19, Li, who was released without sufficient evidence,
10:20began to question the fact that the students were only reported as rioters.
10:28Speaking of rioters, the U.S. Federation of Congress raiding in 2021 was new to his memory.
10:40He held a weapon and destroyed the inside of the council building.
10:45Dead bodies were also found.
10:50However, what Li saw on the scene was the appearance of students who were different from that.
10:59What I saw in the meeting was that the students were training in preparation for the police raid.
11:08They were holding hands and looking for a violent way to resist.
11:14This kind of call was also made in the meeting.
11:20I am a rioter.
11:25When people gather, garbage is thrown away, and things are scattered.
11:34However, many media focused only on that and did not try to report anything else.
11:44On the second day of the election, O-Kinpei, the head of the立法委員会,
11:50who failed to eliminate the students for the third time,
11:54said this in response to the reporter's question,
11:58giving up the forced elimination.
12:01I don't want to hurt any of these protesters.
12:07At first, this movement, which was supposed to end soon after being suppressed by the police,
12:15began to look like a long-term plan.
12:21When Li returned to the scene, he talked to his fellow documentary filmmakers.
12:27He had to record this reality, which was different from the media reports.
12:35We talked to each other and decided to record this movement properly.
12:43Each of us was shooting separately,
12:47but we decided to put it together as one movie that captures various aspects of the movement.
12:55Li and his team began to point the camera at the students who were accused of destroying the movement.
13:07A few hours after the election, O-Kinpei, who joined the立法委員会,
13:13said he remembered something vividly.
13:18When I entered the hall, I was surprised to smell fried chicken.
13:24I was like, why am I here?
13:28The scene was not as tense as I had imagined.
13:35In the立法委員会, Li and his team captured the students
13:41giving food, drinks, and other daily necessities to the students.
13:51There were a lot of people who were worried that the young people gathered in the立法委員会 were starving.
14:01Many people around him gave food and drinks to the students.
14:13And in the movie, the sunflowers displayed in the hall appear again and again.
14:22The sunflowers were a symbol of the movement.
14:31The first person to send these sunflowers to the立法委員会 was Lin Tetsui, who was in charge of the flower shop.
14:41I sent the sunflowers because I had a positive image of hope.
14:48It was cheap, so I was able to give out a lot.
14:55The sunflowers symbolized hope.
15:00With the sunflowers in their hands, people gathered in the立法委員会.
15:05This movement became known as the Sunflower Student Movement.
15:15Have you finished your medicine?
15:17Yes, I have.
15:18Because of the pressure, you had to take medicine?
15:21Yes, I was so excited that my hands and feet were sweating.
15:27There were not only medical supplies, but also medical staff who came as volunteers.
15:36There are some people who want to say something.
15:39The president is coming.
15:42What are you two doing?
15:44I don't know.
15:48The students were not only against the trade agreement.
15:59I came here today and I didn't let my family know.
16:06Today I see the students of Taiwan.
16:11You are strong.
16:16Taiwan, come on!
16:22I have been studying for a long time.
16:25I can't find a goal.
16:27I can't see the future.
16:29But I think I can be here.
16:35No, listen to me.
16:39No, listen to me.
16:42That's not what I mean.
16:44No, that's not what I mean.
16:52There were young people living in Taiwan.
16:56They were worried about the future and were frustrated.
17:04There was an elite student from Taiwan University.
17:10He was asked what he would do if he got a full scholarship.
17:18He said he didn't care if he got a full scholarship.
17:22He was more worried about not having a full scholarship.
17:28This is the first time in the history of Taiwan that the Legislative Yuan has been elected.
17:36The cameras of the Legislative Yuan capture the feelings of various people.
17:47What we wanted to express in this film is that the information has been twisted.
18:00What is the essence of things?
18:03And why is it twisted?
18:08I want you to think about it again after watching the film.
18:18While there are people who capture the inside of the court with cameras,
18:24there are also people who try to convey this situation in real time.
18:30The second viewpoint is...
18:35Chou Ryukyo, who continued to broadcast the situation inside the court of the Legislative Yuan.
18:44He fixed the tablet he happened to have on the desk with a slipper
18:50and continued to report the situation inside the court for 30 hours without sleep.
18:57Eventually, the video was distributed all over the world with the cooperation of young engineers,
19:04and the public opinion was greatly moved.
19:08Another story of surprise that the power of technology moved the people.
19:19Former engineer, Chou Ryukyo.
19:23This man became a little celebrity because of his slipper.
19:29That day, Chou Ryukyo came near the Legislative Yuan to see the meeting against the Service Trade Agreement.
19:43During the meeting, the door of the Legislative Yuan was open,
19:48and the host said that the students were inside.
19:52I was invited to come in together, so I thought I'd come in, too.
20:01Chou went up to the second floor where there was a press booth.
20:05What he saw there were the main media cameramen who were trying to capture the situation of the collision.
20:14Chou said he felt uncomfortable with this.
20:19The news repeatedly reported the students colliding with the police.
20:27But in fact, that wasn't always the case.
20:34The police had been waiting for a long time,
20:39so I thought the media in the Legislative Yuan was just pointing the camera at the students and the police colliding.
20:49Since only such scenes were broadcast, we tried to do a 24-hour live broadcast.
20:59Chou's live broadcast with a tablet in a slipper will make the situation worse.
21:11Chou, who had doubts that only the scene of the collision would be reported, decided to broadcast the whole thing for 24 hours.
21:23I thought our role was to show what the viewers wanted to see.
21:31While communicating with the viewers through the comments section of the distribution site,
21:36we shot while conveying the latest situation on the scene,
21:41and decided to convey not only part of it, but the whole thing in real time.
21:49In addition, we also called for something.
21:56If you have time, please come here.
22:01If there are more people, it will be difficult to eliminate the students.
22:08Chou's live broadcast, which began on the night of the 18th on the first day of the election,
22:14was spread through social media, and the number gradually increased.
22:22Chou continued to broadcast live until the next day.
22:27During the long shooting, he reached the limit of holding a tablet.
22:37My friend happened to have a new slipper.
22:44There was a handrail in front of the train station on the second floor where we were,
22:51so I fixed the tablet while adjusting the angle with the slipper.
23:02Now it's much easier to broadcast.
23:08This is a picture of when it was actually distributed.
23:13In this way, we were able to overcome the long distribution time.
23:18As the students' situation and their claims were repeatedly broadcast,
23:24the debate, which at first had many negative voices in the election,
23:29gradually changed its direction.
23:34I don't think it's for fun.
23:37If you want to support the people here,
23:40you need to have a lot of strength.
23:44Those who support Chou continue to broadcast live.
23:52It is the Zero Government, a community centered on IT engineers
23:56with the aim of transparency of the government.
24:02Audrey Tan, who was later appointed as the youngest IT minister in history,
24:09played a leading role in Zero Government at the time.
24:18The members of Zero Government who watched Chou's broadcast
24:22brought equipment into the conference room to support the broadcast.
24:28In addition, the situation of radio waves was getting worse,
24:32so we set up antennas around the Lippouin and supported the distribution from the conference room.
24:41Ryu Utei, an IT engineer, was also one of them.
24:49If Chou hadn't broadcast live, I wouldn't have gone to Lippouin.
24:56I thought this movement would end soon.
25:01The broadcast that was broadcast as it was made me think that I had to go to the site.
25:08As a result of the live broadcast, the inside and outside of Lippouin began to freeze.
25:16Byo Hakuga, who was working at NGO at the time,
25:20who is now a member of Taihoku Shigi,
25:25criticized the problem of this agreement outside of Lippouin.
25:32Why are the students protesting against the passers-by and the people who gathered there?
25:39Why are we against the service trade agreement?
25:44I explained the reason.
25:47I wanted as many people as possible to understand the meaning of the protest.
25:56This kind of activity is a challenge to the service trade agreement,
26:02which was not well known to the people of Taiwan at the time,
26:07and changes the public opinion.
26:11Can you hear me?
26:14If you can hear me, please comment.
26:19The time now is 0.25.
26:24The live video of the Lippouin election was translated into other languages,
26:30and distributed all over the world, including Japan.
26:36I want slippers.
26:39The topic of the live broadcast using slippers was a hot topic,
26:43and Chou was called a slipper uncle and became a popular person overnight.
26:49I think that the atmosphere of the site was transmitted to the people watching,
26:53and they felt as if they were there.
26:57People who came to the site came right away,
27:01and the people abroad cheered me on, saying,
27:04do your best, be careful.
27:10While the world is paying attention,
27:13the Kuomintang government has become more and more difficult
27:17to enforce and eliminate by the police force.
27:23On the other hand, the Zero Government
27:26also supported the information distribution of groups with different opinions.
27:34I was asked by a group called the White Justice League
27:37how to do the live broadcast of the rally.
27:42They wanted to broadcast their rally,
27:46so they made it possible for them to use my tablet and tripod.
27:53The White Justice League is a group of people who support the Service Trade Agreement.
28:00Regarding the agreement, they are in opposition to the students who are mobilizing.
28:09The White Justice League, which has been backed up by the Zero Government,
28:14held a demonstration to demand the withdrawal of the students from the Justice League
28:18and the legitimacy of the Service Trade Agreement,
28:23and the situation was also conveyed in the live broadcast.
28:28In fact, among the Zero Government,
28:31there were opinions of support and opposition to the Service Trade Agreement.
28:36But our role is not to convey the goodwill to the people,
28:41but to convey the accurate information.
28:45So I thought I should listen to their voices.
28:51Five days after the election of the Justice League,
28:55on March 23,
28:58Vice President Bae Kyu, who had promoted the Service Trade Agreement with China,
29:04made a public statement for the first time.
29:08We really have no choice.
29:10The Service Trade Agreement is part of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement.
29:15If the Service Trade Agreement is not passed,
29:18it will seriously harm international credit,
29:21harm cross-strait relations, and the efforts to liberalize trade.
29:26The students take action against the government that does not comply with their demands.
29:35We will continue to be firm, gentle, and peaceful.
29:47Around the Justice League, more and more people are participating in the movement.
29:52The number has grown to hundreds of thousands of people in just 12 days after the election.
30:00The movement is showing an even longer-term prospect.
30:15The students and the Justice League talk with each other.
30:21Then a person starts to move.
30:26The third point of view is Oh Kim-pei, the then President of the Justice League.
30:36On April 6, he went to the Justice League himself and made a promise with the students.
30:45And from here, the situation is changing dramatically.
30:51How will this movement end?
30:55Another story is about to unfold.
31:10Oh Kim-pei was the President of the Justice League at the time of the Sunflower Student Movement.
31:18He was also known as the Japan-2 in the western world of Taiwan.
31:23He contributed to the exchange between Japan and Taiwan for many years.
31:28In 2021, he was awarded the Grand Prize.
31:36There are three principles in Taiwan's position in the world.
31:44The first one is the relationship with the United States.
31:49The second one is the friendship with Japan.
31:58The third one is the peaceful relationship with China.
32:03You have to get along with China.
32:09The Sunflower Student Movement is heading in an unexpected direction due to the existence of this king.
32:19I didn't want to shed blood on the Justice League.
32:23I wanted to avoid making it a historical event.
32:27The Sunflower Student Movement
32:35The day after the election of the Justice League, Oh Kim-pei responded to the reporters in this way.
32:45Don't hurt any of these protesters.
32:50Because the king responded in this way, it became difficult for the police to forcefully eliminate him.
33:00According to this judgment, the members of the royal family and the members of the People's Party of Japan were dissatisfied.
33:10It is also written in the memorandum of indifference of the Justice League that the king's attitude towards the election of the People's Party of Japan created a sense of discontent.
33:22In the evening, Kou Gikawa, the chairman of the government, called Oh Kim-pei of the People's Party of Japan and asked if he needed police support.
33:34The king refused to accept the police.
33:39At that time, there was a big fight between the chairman and the head of the government.
33:45It was a big pressure for the head of the government to have students continue to protest in the Justice League.
33:53I think the chairman was involved in the students' protests because of his political personality and his confrontation with the government.
34:05The king argued against his criticism.
34:12Some of the members of the People's Party of Japan that I belong to, criticized me for not allowing the police to eliminate him from the beginning to the end.
34:28That's a lie.
34:35I instructed the police to eliminate him three times.
34:41But it was useless.
34:46It was impossible to kick out the students in the first place.
34:53On March 19, the second day after the election of the People's Party of Japan,
34:59when Oh Kim-pei was considering the fourth elimination, a phone call came in.
35:08At 4 a.m., the chairman of the People's Party of Japan called me.
35:14He said that if he tried to kick out the students any more, he would be afraid of the lives of others.
35:21He said it would be better to cancel the fourth elimination.
35:27The king was also cornered.
35:31As the number of people gathered in the People's Party of Japan increased, the police's elimination had no effect.
35:38If many injured people are released, they may be criticized from all over the world.
35:46I decided to prioritize the safety of the students and to maintain the current situation.
35:53Meanwhile, I decided to think of other ways.
35:58How can we make the situation calm?
36:03Time passed without an answer.
36:09Police retreat! Police retreat!
36:15However, on March 24, six days after the election, a new situation occurred.
36:25Demonstrators who had entered the headquarters of the Japanese cabinet, which is equivalent to the Japanese cabinet, collided with the mobile unit.
36:35Under the instructions of the chairman of the People's Party of Japan, forced elimination was carried out, and injured people were released.
36:46As a result, criticism of the Baekyu regime increased.
36:52As the students' election continued, O-Kinpei had a talk with Baekyu under the water.
37:02I made two suggestions to the chairman of the Baekyu regime.
37:07One was to prioritize the bill to monitor the trade agreement.
37:16The other was to resume the process of the trade agreement.
37:24But the chairman of the Baekyu regime did not shake his head.
37:30Then I had no choice.
37:37Meanwhile, more and more people came to the Japanese government after watching the live broadcast.
37:43About two weeks after the intrusion, on March 30,
37:50the citizens gathered in front of the headquarters of the Japanese government and developed into a large-scale demonstration.
37:59Japan will be liberated! Japan will be liberated!
38:03On April 3, 17 days after the election,
38:08the chairman of the Baekyu regime replied to a reporter's question.
38:12He said he would not object to re-considering the service trade agreement,
38:16and at the same time to reconsider the bill to monitor the agreement.
38:29After hearing that, O-Kinpei finally found a solution.
38:38The chairman of the Baekyu regime finally agreed to reconsider the bill to monitor the agreement.
38:45The chairman of the Baekyu regime said he would not object to reconsideration.
38:50That was a big hint.
38:53I looked for the answer in the words of the chairman of the Baekyu regime.
38:59The election was prolonged, and the students were also in great pain.
39:11On April 6, the 20th day after the election,
39:16O-Kinpei met with the students for the first time.
39:21On April 6, O-Kinpei met with the students for the first time.
39:27At that time, Kyowa was in Gijo.
39:32There was a tension between the Baekyu regime and O-Kinpei regime.
39:40The KMT was not a good party.
39:43I thought I had to take this opportunity.
39:48And when he entered Gijo, he told the students this.
39:56As long as the agreement is not monitored,
40:00there will be no reconsideration of the service trade agreement.
40:09This is why O-Kinpei did not turn against the Baekyu regime.
40:14This was the answer he gave to the students.
40:23In short, the review of the service trade agreement will be postponed.
40:29This is not against the Baekyu regime.
40:33I have the authority to decide the order of the review.
40:38This is the key point.
40:42The students did not miss this opportunity and decided to withdraw.
40:50Today, we are here to announce an important decision.
40:55We think it is the 21st day since the occupation of Gijo.
41:00We have completed a stage mission and made an important progress.
41:06We will keep our original resolution and reorganize it.
41:11We will restore the scene to its original appearance.
41:17The students cleaned up Gijo and restored the situation.
41:23On the 24th day after the occupation, they left the Ripponin.
41:30The cost of the carpet was about 2.8 million yen.
41:41The students said that they could use the remaining 2.8 million yen.
41:50In the end, the Ripponin and other people did not need to be supported.
41:57They were able to solve the problem.
42:04In this way, the Sunflower Student Movement, which lasted 24 days, came to an end.
42:13After that, the government moved to Minshin Island, and the service trade agreement was lifted.
42:27Six months after the Sunflower Student Movement,
42:32the Amagasa Movement took place in Hong Kong.
42:37Citizens demanded democratic elections in Hong Kong.
42:44As the slogan, Today's Hong Kong, Tomorrow's Taiwan, spread in Taiwan,
42:51the Amagasa Movement in Hong Kong was suppressed by the police,
42:57and people could not even speak up.
43:04Some people think that Taiwan's democracy has matured,
43:10but it is still not mature enough.
43:15This is what we realized through the movement.
43:22In the general election held in January this year, Minshin Island won,
43:28but the number of Ripponin's seats exceeded that of Minshin Island,
43:35and the debate about the relationship with China remained divided.
43:45The question of what the young people threw at the Sunflower Student Movement continues.
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