Snowfall in Taipei

Snowfall in Taipei (Chinese: 台北飘雪) is a 2010 romance film directed by Huo Jianqi and starring Chen Bolin, Tong Yao, Mo Tzu-yi, and Tony Yang.^[1][2][3] A Chinese-Hong Kong-Taiwanese-Japanese co-production, the film is based on the Japanese novel of the same name by Chikayo Tashiro. The film premiered in Japan on February 20, 2010.

Snowfall in Taipei
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Traditional Chinese	台北飄雪
Simplified Chinese	台北飘雪
Hanyu Pinyin	Táiběi Piāoxuě
Directed by	Huo Jianqi
Written by	Chikayo Tashiro Su Xiaowei
Based on	Snowfall in Taipei by Chikayo Tashiro
Produced by	Tomoko Fushimi Jeffrey Chan Michelle Yeh Yu Dong Hideki Kawamura Shironori Kawasaki Tomoharu Kusunoki Liu Jing Zhang Hao
Starring	Chen Bolin Tong Yao Mo Tzu-yi Tony Yang
Cinematography	Sun Ming Li Dahai
Edited by	Yan Tao
Music by	An Wei
Production companies	Go! Cinema Polybona Films
Distributed by	Polybona Films Distribution Workshop Three Dots Entertainment Company Innoform Media
Release dates	20 February 2010 (2010-02-20) (Japan) 15 September 2011 (2011-09-15) (Taiwan) 1 April 2012 (2012-04-01) (China) 3 May 2012 (2012-05-03) (Hong Kong)
Running time	106 minutes
Countries	China Japan Hong Kong Taiwan
Languages	Mandarin English

Plot

Xiao Mo (Chen Bolin) is a young man living in Jingtong, an ancient town in Pingxi District, New Taipei City, Taiwan. One day, a Shandongese pop singer May (Tong Yao) is announced missing in Taipei, but soon appears in Xiao Mo's town. With a voice problem and desperate to hide herself, she seeks help from Xiao Mo, who offers her a place to stay, a job in a local restaurant, and takes her to a doctor for treatment. As time passes by, Xiao Mo finds himself in love with May, however, May loves Ah Lei, who is her producer.

Cast

• Chen Bolin as Xiao Mo
  • Yue-Tang Tommy Wang as young Xiao Mo
• Tong Yao as May, a singer from Qingdao, Shandong
• Mo Tzu-yi as Jack
• Tony Yang as Ah Lei, May's love interest and producer.
• Teresa Daley as Wen Wen
• Janel Tsai as Lisa
• Wang Juan as Restaurant Proprietress
• Fan Zhuhua as the landlady
• Shih-Chieh King as Master Ma
• Chen Yiting as Xiao Mo's mother

Soundtrack

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer(s)	Length
1.	"Hand Prophecy (手的预言)" (Opening theme)	Cheer Chen	Cheer Chen	Cheer Chen	01:36
2.	"View the Rain of Taipei in Winter (冬季到台北来看雨)" (Interlude)	Li Ziheng/ Wu Ruoquan	Jin Tiezhang	Meng Tingwei	05:04
3.	"The Meaning of Travel (旅行的意义)" (Interlude)	Cheer Chen	Cheer Chen	Cheer Chen	04:04
4.	"Good Night, Baby (晚安宝贝)" (Interlude)			Wang Qianting
5.	"Too Much (太多)" (Interlude)	Hong Hong	Cheer Chen	Cheer Chen

Production

This film was shot entirely on location in Taipei and Jingtong.

Release

Snowfall in Taipei was released in Japan on February 20, 2010, in Taiwan on September 15, 2011, and in mainland China on April 1, 2012.

Reception

Douban gave the film 5.5 out of 10.

Box office

Snowfall in Taipei grossed 2.07 million yuan in Chinese box office.

Accolades

Date	Award	Category	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Result	Notes
2009	22nd Tokyo International Film Festival		Huo Jianqi	Nominated
2013	13th Chinese Film Media Awards	Most Prominent Performance Award	Chen Bolin	Won