Taiwan Synopsis
命運化妝師
Being a mortuary cosmetologist, Min-Hsiu is used to seeing dead bodies until she accidentally spots a female corpse – her high school teacher Miss Chen Ting. Nie Cheng-Fu, Chen Ting’s husband, loves his wife profoundly and tries to find more memories of her with Min-Hsiu’s help. At that point, a detective, Kuo Yung-Ming, senses that the truth behind this case may not be as simple as it seems. Death is not the end of life, but another beginning of it…
The 2010–2012 Taiwan Window
26 Taiwan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Make Up sits at position #23.
#1Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale – Part 2: The Rainbow Bridge
★ 8.1 · 2011
#2Out of Sight
★ 7.7 · 2010
#3You Are the Apple of My Eye
★ 7.4 · 2011
#4Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale – Part 1: The Sun Flag
★ 7.3 · 2011
#5Touch of the Light
★ 7.2 · 2012
#6In Time with You
★ 7.2 · 2011
#7One Day
★ 7.2 · 2010
#8Black & White: The Dawn of Assault
★ 6.9 · 2012
The 2010s Taiwan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Make Up premiered. 70 total titles in this decade from Taiwan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #169 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (3rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -2.4 points below the Taiwan average of 6.6/10.
Among Taiwan Fantasy productions specifically: #12 of 13 (top 92%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Runtime | 1h 47m |
| Release Date | May 13, 2011 |
| IMDb | tt1854552 |