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Cape No. 7 (Chinese: 海角七號; pinyin: Hǎijiǎo Qī Hào; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Hái-kak Chhit-hō; Japanese: 海角七号; rōmaji: kaikaku nana gō) is a 2008 Taiwanese romantic musical drama film written and directed by Wei Te-sheng, his first full-length motion picture. The film is in Taiwanese and Mandarin with significant lines in Japanese. Before its commercial release, the film had its world premiere on 20 June 2008 at the 2008 Taipei Film Festival as the opening film. The film later won 3 awards at the festival.
Prior to this film, the two leading actors Van Fan and Chie Tanaka only had minor acting experience while some of the supporting roles were filled by non-actors. Even without a strong promotional campaign, the film became hugely popular in Taiwan that on 1 November 2008 it became the second highest-grossing film in the country's cinematic history, behind James Cameron's Titanic. The film has grossed over US$13,804,531 since its release. It is also currently the highest grossing Taiwanese domestic film.
The film has won 15 awards to date, including 6 at the 2008 Golden Horse Awards. It was also Taiwan's entry to compete in the 81st Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, although it did not secure a nomination.
Original Release
08/22/2008
US Release
08/22/2008
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Van Fan | Aga |
Chie Tanaka | Tomoko |
Min-Hsiung | Rauma |
Wei-min Ying | Frog |
Nien-Hsien Ma | Malasun |
Johnny Chung-Jen Lin | Old Mao |
Joanne Yang | Dada |
Shino Lin | Mingchu |
Ju-Lung Ma | Aga's Stepfather |
Bjanav Zenror | Olalan - Rauma's Father |
Directors
Writers
Cast
Name | Character |
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Van Fan | Aga |
Chie Tanaka | Tomoko |
Min-Hsiung | Rauma |
Wei-min Ying | Frog |
Nien-Hsien Ma | Malasun |
Johnny Chung-Jen Lin | Old Mao |
Joanne Yang | Dada |
Shino Lin | Mingchu |
Ju-Lung Ma | Aga's Stepfather |
Bjanav Zenror | Olalan - Rauma's Father |
Hsiao-Lan Pei | Aga's Mother |
Kuei Chang | Hotel Manager |
Kôsuke Atari | Kousuke Atari / Teacher |
Wen-Yin Liang | Young Koshima Tomoko |
Yi-Hsuan Kuo | Dada's double |
Hsin-Yan Chang | Meilin - The Hotel Receptionist |
Hung-Chia Li | Duckling |
Hsi Tien Huang | Mayor |
Shun Chao | Hotel Bell Captain |
Chih-Wei Cheng | Representative #1 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Te-Sheng Wei | Executive Producer |
Chih-ming Huang | Executive Producer |
Chang-Ti Chang | Producer |
Rebecca Chen | Producer |
Ming-Fu Cheng | Producer |
Tony Hu | Producer |
Ya-Mei Li | Producer |
Tien-Kuei Lin | Producer |
Lewis Lu | Producer |
Lynn Wu | Producer |