Singapore, Dec. 5 -- The period of martial law in Taiwan known as the "White Terror" has been dealt with in novels and art-house movies, such as Hou Hsiao-hsien's celebrated A City Of Sadness (1989).
Beginning from just after World War II, thousands were arrested and executed by the Kuomintang government for political crimes. Martial law was not lifted until 1987.
A new generation of artists is interpreting that dark period on new platforms. The makers of the survival horror video game Detention made government agents the "monsters" of the game and it became a hit.
When Taiwanese film-maker John Hsu, 38, was given the job of directing the game's film adaptation, he was eager to include the game's villains: men in military uniform who ...