Take Me to the Moon
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.
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[]
- Jasper Liu as Wang Cheng-hsiang
- Vivian Sung as Li En-pei
- Vera Yen as Hsiao-ba
- Shih Chih-tian as Da-bao
- Pipi Yao as Hsiao-fen
- Lee Chuan as Sheng
- Lu Hsueh-feng as Flower vendor
- Irene Luo as Ms. Chen
- Yuki Daki as Mr. Chen
- Kelly Kuo as En-pei's mother
- Yang Li-yin as Cheng-hsiang's mother
- Pu Hsueh-liang as Cheng-hsiang's father
- Landy Wen as Ruby
- Birdman C as Chang Yu-sheng
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.
References[]
- ^ "電影票房資訊-每週票房公告". Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
- ^ 안녕, 나의 소녀, 2018.07.12
- ^ "《帶我去月球》首映 月球幫六人面對教官大慶 只能說《帶我去「訓導處」》 - Yahoo奇摩電影". Yahoo奇摩電影. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ "《少女時代》宋蕓樺新片首映 盼延續電影破億紀錄". Sina. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ "PlayMusic音樂網 - 張雨生經典歌曲入戲 劉以豪攜手宋芸樺《帶我去月球》編織搖滾青春夢". Play Music. Retrieved November 29, 2017.
- ^ "全國電影票房2018年03/12-03/18統計資訊" (PDF). Taiwan Film Institute. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
- ^ "안녕, 나의 소녀". Max Movie. Retrieved 2018-12-11.
External links[]
- Take Me to the Moon on Facebook
- Take Me to the Moon at Douban (in Chinese)
- Take Me to the Moon at Mtime.com (in Chinese)
- 2017 films
- Mandarin-language films
- Films about time travel
- Taiwanese films
- Films set in the 1990s
- 2010s romantic musical films
- Taiwanese romantic musical films