Identity as a critical issue hinges on the relation between self and other. This article approaches the issue of identity through the interactions among Taiwan, nation, and cinema. It argues that for Taiwan and Taiwan cinema, the most significant other is not the US or Hollywood but mainland China. But, self and other are merely structural positions, so we can reconsider the triangular interactions among Taiwan, nation, and cinema from the perspective of that other. This article analyzes three mainland Chinese films about Taiwan. These films belong to three different historical eras, three different genres, and three different cinematic styles. The films develop what I call a "counter-colonial mimicry," a historical regime of representation through which we must reconsider the mutual relation between self and other.