- Since the whole film is 4.5 hours long, it is divided into two episodes. The first episode "Hinomaru" was released on stage on September 9, 2011, and the second episode "Seediq Bale" was released simultaneously three weeks later on September 30.
- The film was first prepared in 2003 with a 5-minute trial film, but it was temporarily suspended due to insufficient fundraising. Later, Wei Te-Shen changed to directing the first feature feature film "Cape No.7" and it was released in 2008. After setting the highest box office record for a national film in Taiwan, the filming plan of Seediq Bale was restarted.
- The whole film has more than 12 years from the initial thought, historical data compilation, script planning, to the completion of the post-production.
- Seediq Bale, a word from the Taiwanese West Sediq , comes from Seediq (Seediq Bale), which means: "real person".
Sai de ke · ba lai: Tai yang qi behind the scenes gags
Sai de ke · ba lai: Tai yang qi quotes
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Mona Rudao: Dakis, when you die, are you entering a Japanese shrine, or the heavenly home of our ancestors? Are you Dakis or Hanaoka Ichiro?
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Ichiro Hanaoka aka Dakis Nomin: [Asking Jiro/Dakis Nawi before performing seppuku] Jiro, are we subjects of Japan's Mikado... , or the descendants of the Seediq ancestors?
Jiro Hanaoka aka Dakis Nawi: Do it. Cut it up and end your conflicts right here and now. We don't have to go anywhere once we're dead. Let's both be free wandering spirits.