Roseki

The main character in Roseki, Lu He-Ruo, is an important writer and vocalist in the 1940s in Taiwan, who was arrested during the White Terror and disappeared afterwards. Half of the TV series reveals the last seven years of Lu He-Ruo’s life (1943-1950). The drama contains multiple themes. In the year of Japan’s colonisation, Lu He-Ruo was confused about his identity. He lived in that chaotic era and questioned the contradiction of life, which included his Chinese culture and Japanese identity. Those inconsistent elements he also expressed in his literature, poetry, and any art forms he created. In retrospective, the 1940s were a chaotic time with self-identity issues under colonisation. The director wanted to present the unnoticed stories in history and inspire contemporary society. Even if we live in peaceful times, an overload of information might weaken the mental strength and make each individual feel confused about the diverse aspects of the ‘self’. Identity can be thought of as self-definition. Do you ever find yourself asking, ‘Who am I?’ How do we fight against the feeling of identity loss?