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What happens when a costumed universal space hero is put out to pasture? Or, rather, the actor portraying him is?

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Cast

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Tieh-nan (as Bo-lin Chen)
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Monster (as Ralf Qiu)
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Ching-fen
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Su Ying-ying (as Guo Xue Fu)
Owodog ...
Face
Pin-Ho Feng ...
Mr. Su
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Monkey
Mission Chiu ...
Old Director
Xing-Min Wang ...
Robert
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Tieh Nan's younger brother
Lin Chen ...
Young Tieh-nan
Chien-Chun Hung ...
Gangster of Monkey
Hsin-Kai Huang ...
Gangster of Monkey
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Gangster of Monkey
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Gangster of Monkey
Chun-Ming Chung ...
Gangster of Monkey / Concert Guest
Chun-Fang Chung ...
Gangster of Monkey / Concert Guest
Lan-Hsing Lee ...
Ms. Pao
Hao-Min Chung ...
Ms. Pao's Son
Shih-Yin Chen ...
Young Ying-ying
Win Chen ...
Line Producer
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Fatty
Chia-Hsin Sun ...
Li Ching-ching
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Small Fry
Ada Chang ...
3D Producer
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Female Star
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Mars Warrior (as Jeffrey Huang)
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3D Cameraman
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Translator
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Deputy Chang
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Stunt Double of Face
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Kindergarten Teacher
Bo-En Li ...
3D Director
Steven Lin ...
Macho
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Kid C
Ming-Dai Shih ...
Mother
Chung-Yuan Szema ...
Self
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Monster's Wife
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Two Knives
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Vagrant

Directed by

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Jeff Chang

Written by

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Giddens Ko ... (screenwriter)
Jeff Chang ... (co-screenwriter) &
Ming-Dai Shih ... (co-screenwriter) &
Shing-Ming Ho ... (co-screenwriter) &
Ting-yu Lee ... (co-screenwriter)

Produced by

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Li-Cheng Huang ... executive producer (as Jeffrey Huang)
Ching-Fu Kuo ... producer
Vivien Luo ... line producer
Bobby Sheng ... co-producer

Music by

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Jae Chong
Chih-Chien Hou ... (as Chris Hou)
Stanley Huang
Enik Lin

Cinematography by

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Tsan-Chin Wang ... director of photography

Editing by

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News Chen

Editorial Department

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Budding Chen ... subtitles (as Pudding Chen)
Fannie Chiang ... data management
Michael Chien ... digital cinema package / online
John Chiu ... data management / digital colorist
Sandy Chiu ... data management
Moya Chou ... digital colorist
Remi Chou ... post coordinator
Yen Chou ... subtitles
Justin Feng ... digital colorist
Aone Ko ... data management (as Aone Ke) / subtitles (as Aone Ke)
Sam Kung ... post producer
Darren Lu ... subtitles
Wan-Tzu Lu ... digital intermediate producer
Bio Luo ... roll cut
Ya-Li Mo ... editor (as Yali Mo)
Eting Wang ... post coordinator
Orange Yeh ... roll cut

Casting By

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Hui-Ping Yu

Art Direction by

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Chih-Da Kuo

Costume Design by

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Joyce Chang ... (as Pei-Chen Chang)

Makeup Department

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Kim Huang ... makeup & hair (as KIM)

Production Management

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Yu-Han Chang ... second unit production assistant
Hsiao-Chen Chi ... production assistant (as Shiau-Chen Chi)
Chen-Hui Fan ... second unit production assistant
Fem Fan ... line post-producer (as FEM)
Yen-Chen Lai ... second unit production assistant
Zhi-Xuan Li ... second unit production assistant
Davis Tzeng ... second unit production assistant
Sheng-Wei Wang ... second unit production assistant
Ying Wang ... second unit production assistant
Brain Xu ... second unit production assistant
Shiou-Ding Yang ... second unit production assistant

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Happy Hsu ... second assistant director
Kuan-Hui Lin ... first assistant director (as Zoe Lin)

Art Department

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Stone Chen ... key-art design
Wei Chung Chen ... art department assistant
Vita Chien ... design
Shih-Wei Chin ... assistant art director
Ryan Ho ... art department assistant
Yi-Wen Hsieh ... art department assistant
Yu-Tang Huang ... art department assistant
Ting-Chieh Ku ... art department assistant
April Wang ... art department assistant
Chanel Wang ... props master
Mingko Wang ... assistant art director
Chien-Cheng Yao ... assistant art director

Sound Department

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Chiou-Ru Chen ... sound department coordinator
Gillian Chen ... foley artist
Hui-Chun Chen ... sound department coordinator
Frank Cheng ... re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor
Chia-Ying Chu ... apprentice editor (as Judy Chu)
Edward Dai ... apprentice editor
Hsiang-Ling Ho ... sound effects editor
Cheng-Kao Hsu ... location audio mixer
Li-Han Hsu ... boom operator
Ding-Yi Hu ... foley artist
Daugi Huang ... boom operator
Hanson Tsai ... adr recordist / assistant supervisor / dialogue editor
Ian Wang ... foley recordist

Special Effects by

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Alfredo Chang ... special effects assistant
Mingze Chen ... special effects supervisor (as Ming-Tse Chen)
Yi-Cheng Chuang ... special effects assistant
Johnny Doug ... special effects assistant (as Johnny Lu)
Boogie Hsu ... special effects assistant
Yen-Ju Lin ... special effects assistant

Visual Effects by

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Fang-Yu Chang ... layout designer
Green Chung ... visual design
Pei-Yuh Hsiao ... opening art
Carol Lai ... vfx artist
Christine Lin ... trailer art
Mirror Lin ... visual effects post production coordinator / visual effects producer
Yu-Zhe Lin ... visual effects designer
Well Liu ... vfx assistant (as Wei-Shen Liu)
Sasha Wan ... visual effects chief production director
Bro Wang ... trailer artist (as Bo-Jun Wang) / vfx artist
Cun-Zhi Zheng ... visual effects designer

Stunts

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Johnny Doug ... stunts (as Johnny Lu)
Keng-Hua Fan ... stunts (as Geng-Hua Fan)
Jimmy Hung ... martial arts director / stunt coordinator
En-Chih Li ... stunts
Yu-Kai Lin ... stunts
Yu-Siang Lin ... stunts
Michael An-Ye Tan ... stunts (as An-Yeh Tan)
Eddie Tsai ... stunts (as Chia-Yuan Tsai)
Eric Tu ... stunts (as Pai-Feng Tu)
Yeh-Hao Wang ... stunts
Chris Wiebe ... stunts
Chih-Wei Wu ... stunts
Kuo-Lien Wu ... stunts
Gino Yang ... martial arts director

Camera and Electrical Department

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Chih-Han Chan ... grip
Jui-Lin Chang ... grip
Kuo-Yun Chao ... still photographer (as Dean Chao)
Kuei-Chung Cheng ... grip
Wei-Cheng Chiang ... dolly grip (as Wei-Cheng Jiang)
Chung-I. Chiu ... grip
Vic Ho ... first assistant camera operator: camera c
Kevin Hsiao ... still photographer
Jui-Kuo Hsu ... first assistant camera operator: camera b
Matt Huang ... second assistant camera operator: camera b (as Te-Yu Huang)
Wei-Cheng Huang ... second assistant camera operator: camera b
Yu-Chieh Huang ... second assistant camera operator
Chuan-Fu Hung ... first assistant camera operator
Han-Chung Hung ... first assistant camera operator: camera b
Alex Kao ... second assistant camera operator: camera c
Cheng-Chang Kuo ... key-art photography
Chih-Ping Kuo ... second assistant camera operator: camera b
Pei-Yuan Lee ... second assistant best boy
An-Ting Liu ... second assistant camera operator: camera c
Chih-Hsiang Liu ... second assistant best boy
Sing-You Pan ... second assistant camera operator
Ren-Meng Peng ... electrician
Chih-Hao Su ... best boy electrician
Ming-Che Sung ... gaffer
Cheng-Chan Tsao ... best boy electrician
Hung-Ming Tseng ... best boy
Backman Wang ... second assistant camera operator: camera c
Shih-Wei Wang ... second assistant camera operator
Wei-liu Wang ... key grip
Yu-Chun Yu ... second assistant best boy

Casting Department

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Si-Rong Chen ... casting assistant

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Tuo-Hong Chen ... special costume stylist assistant
Wei-Kai Chen ... special costume stylist assistant
Chen-Yi Chuang ... key costumer (as Jhen-Yi Jhuang)
Shou-Hsiang Liu ... special costume stylist (as SAINT)
Fang-Yu Rao ... costume designer assistant
Chang Shih Wang ... special costume stylist assistant
Hsin-Yao Wang ... special costume stylist assistant
Chia-Ling Wu ... costume designer assistant

Location Management

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Heng-Yi Lin ... location manager

Music Department

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Sandee Chan ... music supervisor
Harn-Yun Chang ... violinist
Julia Chen ... violist
Mai-Shiuan Hung ... violinist
Chen-Yo Jeng ... violinist
Emma Kao ... string recording assistant (as Minlung Kao)
Queenie Lin ... music composer assistant
Chun-Yu Liu ... cellist
Pin-Chia Su ... violinist
Li-Ling Ting ... cellist
Arny Wu ... music supervisor assistant
Chao-Yang Yu ... string recordist
Yi-Ching Yuan ... violist (as Yi-Ching Yuen)

Script and Continuity Department

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Rain Huang ... script supervisor
Min-Hsuan Wu ... script supervisor (as Min-Xuan Wu)

Transportation Department

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Nelson Liao ... transport

Additional Crew

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Carol Chang ... accountant
Chloe Chang ... deputy general manager
Jeff Chang ... presented by
Alice Chen ... pr director
Chi-Hung Chen ... behind the scenes assistant (as Ameko Chen)
Win Chen ... production assistant
Julia Cheng ... marketing director
Jill Chiang ... marketing director
Ling Chiang ... marketing
Alex Chu ... subtitles translator: English
Branie Chu ... marketing
Ann Chuang ... subtitles translator: Japanese
Sean Hao-Hsiang Hu ... behind the scenes director
Chelsea Huang ... account supervisor
Li-Cheng Huang ... presented by (as Jeffrey Huang)
Stanley Huang ... presented by
Li-Fan Jen ... production assistant
Steve Kuo ... ceo
Albert Lau ... presented by
Fish Lin ... project director
Nini Lin ... administration director
Sunny Lin ... media director
Terry Lin ... choreographer
Yen-Yu Liu ... tie-in promotion
Yi-Chun Liu ... production assistant
Robert Pera ... presented by
Pei-Chen Tang ... production assistant
Yu-Ling Tsao ... pr director
Sin Wang ... sales marketing
Steve Wang ... marketing coordinator
Diva Yang ... subtitles translator: English

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Special Effects

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

The washed up actor Tie Nan's (Chen Bo-Lin) childhood dream is shattered when the producers of the show in which he plays a space hero replaces him with a fresher face named Face (Owodog Zhuang). Together with his best friend and co-star Monster (Qiu Yanxiang), Tie Nan sets out to find new acting gigs that eventually lead him to rediscover himself, and enlightens him on what being a hero truly means. Written by anonymous

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Also Known As
  • 變身 (Taiwan)
  • Bian Shen (Singapore, Mandarin title)
Runtime
  • 94 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia The appearance of the super hero alter ego of the main character is based from Masked Rider. See more »
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