March of Happiness

{{Infobox film

|name=March of Happiness

|image=marchofhappiness.jpg

|caption=film poster

|native_name={{Infobox Chinese/Chinese|child=yes|hide=no|header=none|t={{linktext|天|馬|茶|房}}|s={{linktext|天|马|茶|房}}|p=Tiān Mǎ Chá Fáng|poj=Thian-má Tê Pâng|l=Tianma Tea House}}

|director=Lin Cheng-sheng

|writer={{Unbulleted list|Yeh Chin-sheng|Tseng Yu-wen}}

|screenplay=Ko So-ching

|starring={{Unbulleted list|Hsiao Shu-shen|Lim Giong|Leon Dai|Lung Shao-hua|Doze Niu|Chen Ming-chang}}

|producer=Yeh Chin-sheng

|music=Chen Ming-chang

|cinematography=Tsai Cheng-hui

|editing={{Unbulleted list|Chen Hsiao-jing|Hu Ju-sung}}

|studio=Green Apple Films

|country=Taiwan

|language=Taiwanese Hokkien
Japanese
Mandarin
Shanghainese

|released={{Film date|1999}}

|runtime=94 minutes

}}

March of Happiness is a 1999 Taiwanese film directed by Lin Cheng-sheng. It tells the story of a teenage romance in a performing troupe set against the backdrop of the Japanese occupation and the 228 Massacre. Several characters are either historical or based on historical people.

The film was Taiwan's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination.*{{cite press release | title = Record 47 Countries In Oscar Contention | publisher = Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | date = 1999-11-22 | url = http://www.oscars.org/press/pressreleases/1999/99.11.22.html | accessdate = 2008-08-20}} The film was also screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/5389/year/1999.html |title=Festival de Cannes: March of Happiness |accessdate=2009-10-10|work=festival-cannes.com}}

There are two slightly different versions. In the TV version shown on Formosa Television, the film ends with both protagonists singing the theme song together, even though the male protagonist was already dead. In the cinema version, the film ends with the female protagonist singing the song by herself in a much slower tempo. The TV version is about 9 minutes longer.