Hokkien entertainment media

Hokkien media is the mass media produced in Hokkien. Taiwan is by far the largest producer of Hokkien-language media.

The " golden age"of both Hokkien popular music and film in Asia was the mid-1950s through to the mid-1960s.

Many films in Taiwan are produced in Hokkien. Many other films that are primarily in Mandarin or some other language may also have some Taiwanese dialogue. Besides Taiwan, some Hokkien films have also been produced in Mainland China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines.

Hong Kong cinema was a major producer of Amoy films during the 60s and 70s. Many of these Amoy films were copies of Cantonese or Mandarin films.

There are a variety of television dramas, news broadcasts, variety shows, etc. that are produced in Hokkien. There were restrictions on the broadcasting of Hokkien in Taiwan, but they were lifted in the 1980s.

The Taiwanese dubs of Adventure Time and Steven Universe feature some Taiwanese-language dialogue.

The recording of Hokkien opera and songs in Taiwan and China can be traced back to the 1920s. During the middle stage of Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan, an industry of recorded Hokkien popular music. This was funded mainly by American record companies such as Columbia Records and RCA. Although significant, this industry was largely ended with the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937, and the subsequent restrictions on cultural production in Taiwanese and Hakka.

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