The first Hokkien films shown in Taiwan were shot in Hong Kong and featured dialogue in the Amoy dialect.
[2] However, censorship during Taiwan's White Terror period heavily affected Hokkien pop and film.
[5] Besides Taiwan, some Hokkien films have also been produced in Mainland China, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines.
During the middle stage of Japanese colonial rule in Taiwan, there was an industry of recorded Hokkien popular music.
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.