''Till We Meet Again'' (; lit: ''Old Person of the Moon''; formerly known as ''Sushi Restaurant Legend'') is a 2021 Taiwanese
romantic fantasy
Romantic fantasy, or "romantasy", is a Genre, subgenre of fantasy fiction that combines fantasy and Romance novel, romance, describing a fantasy story using many of the elements and conventions of the chivalric romance genre. One of the key featur ...
comedy film, based on the novel of the same name by
Giddens Ko
Giddens Ko (; born 25 August 1978) is a Taiwanese novelist and filmmaker. He has published more than 60 books, many of which have been adapted as films. He writes under the pseudonym of "Nine Knives" ().
Early life and education
Born on 25 Augu ...
. Directed and written by Giddens Ko, and starring Kai Ko,
Gingle Wang
Gingle Wang ( zh, t=王淨, p=Wáng Jìng, poj=Ông Chēng; born 7 February 1998) is a Taiwanese actress and writer. Gingle began her acting career in 2017 in the film '' All Because of Love''. Her breakthrough came in 2019 with the psychologic ...
Umin Boya
Umin Boya (born March 1, 1978), also known as Ma Chih-hsiang (), is a Taiwanese aborigine (half aborigine on his father's side) writer, director and actor, and director of the historical baseball film '' Kano'' (2014). He also starred in Wei Te-sh ...
, it had its premiere at 25th Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival as opening film on 8 July 2021, and was released theatrically on November 24, 2021, in Taiwan. It is also available for streaming on
Disney+
The Walt Disney Company, commonly referred to as simply Disney, is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Di ...
in selected regions on April 2, 2022.
Plot
Killed by lightning, Ah Lun arrives at the underworld with no memories. He is given 2 choices: reincarnate as a snail, or take up a priesthood to accumulate virtuous virtues so that he can reincarnate as a human being.
Ah Lun decides to try to become a
Yue Lao
Yue Lao () is a god of marriage and love in Chinese mythology. He appears as an old man under the moon.
Yue Lao appears at night and "unites with a silken cord all predestined couples, after which nothing can prevent their union."Kai Ko as Alan Shi Xiao Lun/Ah Lun
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Gingle Wang
Gingle Wang ( zh, t=王淨, p=Wáng Jìng, poj=Ông Chēng; born 7 February 1998) is a Taiwanese actress and writer. Gingle began her acting career in 2017 in the film '' All Because of Love''. Her breakthrough came in 2019 with the psychologic ...
as Huang Wenzi/Pinky
* Vivian Sung as Hong Jing Qing/Xiao Mi
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Umin Boya
Umin Boya (born March 1, 1978), also known as Ma Chih-hsiang (), is a Taiwanese aborigine (half aborigine on his father's side) writer, director and actor, and director of the historical baseball film '' Kano'' (2014). He also starred in Wei Te-sh ...
as Guitoucheng/Ghost Head
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Honduras
Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Ocean at the Gulf of Fonseca, ...
as Horse Face
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Joelle Lu
Joelle Lu () is a Taiwanese actress.
Filmography
Television series
Films
References
External links
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1976 births
21st-century Taiwanese actresses
Actresses from Taipei
Living people
Taiwanese film actresses
Taiwanese ...
as Bull Head
* Hou Yan Xi as Member of Yue Lao Group
* Chen Yu as Member of Yue Lao Group
* Chang Tsai Hsing as Member of Yue Lao Group
* Chen Zhao Fei as Member of Yue Lao Group
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Emerson Tsai
Emerson Tsai (; born 2 August 1988) is a Taiwanese actor, television host and singer. He appeared on the third season of singing competition television series '' Super Idol'' in 2009, and came in eighth place. In 2010, Tsai made his acting debu ...
as Aaron's elementary school classmate
* June Tsai as Grim reaper
* Chiago Liu as Video anchor
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Bruce Hung
Bruce Hung (; born 7 September 1990) is a Taiwanese actor. He is known for his starring role in the 2014 film '' Café. Waiting. Love''.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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as Pinky's ex-boyfriend
* Eugenie Liu as Little horse thief
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Kent Tsai
Kent Tsai Fan-hsi (; born Tsai Cheng-hung on 26 June 1997) is a Taiwanese actor.
Education
After graduating from the performing arts department of New Taipei City Private Zhuangjing Senior Industrial Homework Vocational School in New Taipei C ...
as Locomotive owner
* Deng Yu Kai as Locomotive owner's friend
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Marcus Chang
Marcus Chang (; born 28 May 1983) is a Taiwanese actor and singer-songwriter. He made his acting debut with the film '' Café. Waiting. Love'' (2014). He is best known for his leading roles in the television series '' Back to 1989'' (2016), '' ...
Taipei Film Festival
The Taipei Film Festival (TFF; ) is a film festival promoted by the city of Taipei, Taiwan, through the Department of Cultural Affairs of the Taipei City Government. It was first held in 1998, from September 28 to October 5.
Currently chaired by ...
and screened on September 23, 2021, and the Austin Fantasy Film Festival in Texas. Clover Films of Singapore partnered with Taiwan's Machi Xcelsior Studios and handled the worldwide theatrical releases (except Taiwan and South Korea) for the film. Whereas Hive Filmworks handled the theatrical rights in Korea.
Reception
James Marsh of ''
South China Morning Post
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'' gave 4 stars out of 5, and wrote, "With a film that is by turns funny, scary, tragic and achingly romantic, Ko riter and directorproves once again his unique understanding of the younger generation; having articulated their passions and anxieties on the page, he has now vividly realising them on the big screen." Marsh further stated, "the film is slick, as entertaining and accessible for international audiences as for Ko’s devoted fans."