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Taiwanese movies have been developed in relation with Taiwanese politics. After the Japanese occupation, Taiwan has experienced complicated political conflicts and social chaos. The Taiwanese politics and history have been directly reflected in Taiwanese movies. Especially, Taiwanese movies have developed from the New Wave movement, and many of them have expressed Taiwan's history and social problems. Also Taiwanese movies met a new chance from the New Wave movement, which has also been developed along with Taiwanese politics. The representative directors are Houxiaoxian (侯孝賢) and Lian (李安). These two directors upgraded the Taiwanese movies to the world level class by emphasizing the characteristics of Taiwan. The movies and are well reflecting the Taiwanese history and society. These movies are well reflecting the past, now, and future Taiwan. The movie contains the aesthetic of the self examination that insights today's Taiwan through the past view, and contains the aesthetics of reflection to suggesting the future of Taiwan by showing the modernization and family identification through the life of the modern Taiwanese. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to interpret the Taiwanese culture through the movies and to rediscover a long-forgotten aspect of Taiwan.