Asian movie time

I watched the Taiwanese movie A Foggy Tale on Netflix on the weekend, and can strongly recommend it.

It's so well made, from directing, acting and production design points of view.  Set in Taiwan in 1953, it has a real sense of place, and the story serves as a reminder that the country lived under harsh political conditions at the time.  From Wikipedia:

Two years after the 28 February incident, the KMT retreated from mainland China to Taiwan during the closing stages of the Chinese Civil War in 1949. Wanting to consolidate its rule on its remaining territories, the KMT imposed harsh political suppression measures, which included enacting martial law, executing suspected leftists or those they suspected to be sympathetic toward the communists.^[5] Others targeted included Taiwanese locals and indigenous peoples who participated in the 28 February incident, such as Uyongʉ Yata'uyungana, and those accused of dissidence for criticizing the government.^[6]

The KMT carried out persecutions against those who criticized or opposed the government, accusing them of attempting to subvert the regime, while dramatically expanding the scope of punishment throughout this period.^[7] It made use of the Taiwan Garrison Command (TGC), a secret police, as well as other intelligence units by enacting special criminal laws as tools for the government to purge dissidents.^[8] Basic human rights and the right to privacy were disregarded, with mass pervasive monitoring of the people, filings of sham criminal cases against anyone suspected of being a dissident, as well as labelling any individuals who did not conform to a pro-regime stance as being communist spies, often without merit.^[9] Others were labeled as Taiwanese separatists and prosecuted for treason.^[10] It is estimated that about 3,000 to 4,000 civilians were executed by the government during the White Terror.^[1] The government was also suspected of carrying out extrajudicial killings against exiles in other countries.^[a]

The story gets very emotional, but (fortunately) doesn't end on a depressing note.

I kept finding while watching that certain aspects of the direction and story reminded me of certain Spielberg films and techniques.  I wonder if any other viewer had the same feeling.