Take Me to the Moon

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.

Take Me to the Moon
Theatrical release poster
Chinese	帶我去月球
Hanyu Pinyin	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	December 1, 2017 (2017-12-01)
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]

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 would have lived if only he had not encouraged her. Drunk after the memorial and hit by a vehicle, Cheng-hsiang is miraculously transported back to the past, where he sets out to give better advice to En-pei.

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.^{[citation needed]}