Take Me to the Moon | |
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Chinese | 帶我去月球 |
Mandarin | Dài wǒ qù yuè qiú |
Directed by | Hsieh Chun-yi |
Written by | Birdy Fong |
Produced by | Hsu Guo-lun |
Starring | Jasper Liu Vivian Sung Vera Yen Shih Chih-tian Pipi Yao Lee Chuan |
Cinematography | Yao Hung-i |
Production companies | Goodfilms Workshop mm2 Entertainment |
Distributed by | Shine Time Entertainment |
Release date |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
Country | Taiwan |
Language | Mandarin |
Box office | NT$14,671,083 (Total Admission: 67,154)(Taiwan) [1] US$779,487 (Total Admission: 111,541)(Korea) [2] |
Take Me to the Moon is a 2017 Taiwanese romance film directed by Hsieh Chun-yi. The film stars Jasper Liu, Vivian Sung, Vera Yen, Shih Chih-tian, Pipi Yao and Lee Chuan. [3] [4] It was released in theaters on December 1, 2017.
Cheng-hsiang reunites with the members of his high school band and reminisces about their lead singer and his past love, En-pei, whose pursuit of her dreams ended in tragedy. He regrets having encouraged her to pursue her dreams all those years ago, wondering if she wouldn't have died if he hadn't done so. Drunk after the memorial and hit by a vehicle, Cheng-hsiang is miraculously transported back to the past, where he sets out to stop En-pei from making the same mistake.
Filming began in September 2016.[ citation needed ]
The title of the film is a tribute to the song "Take Me to the Moon" by Chang Yu-sheng, which featured on the soundtrack of the film. [5]
Domestically, it received lukewarm response, the film grossed $14.6 million NTD, making it the top 12 Taiwanese film of 2017 and attracted a total of 67,0154 audience. [6]
In Korea, it was released under the title of "Hi, My Girl (안녕, 나의 소녀)" and attracted a total of 111,541 audience, a higher following than domestic records, making it the 3rd highest grossing Taiwanese Film in Korea of all time. [7] The film made Jasper Liu even more popular in Korea.
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