Take Me to the Moon

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Take Me to the Moon
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Chinese 帶我去月球
Mandarin Dài wǒ qù yuè qiú
Directed byHsieh Chun-yi
Written byBirdy Fong
Produced byHsu Guo-lun
Starring Jasper Liu
Vivian Sung
Vera Yen
Shih Chih-tian
Pipi Yao
Lee Chuan
CinematographyYao Hung-i
Production
companies
Goodfilms Workshop
mm2 Entertainment
Distributed byShine Time Entertainment
Release date
  • December 1, 2017 (2017-12-01)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryTaiwan
LanguageMandarin
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.

Contents

Premise

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.

Cast

Production

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]

Reception

Box office

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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