Taiwan Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing? is a Taiwan–Hong Kong co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
搭錯車
A poor army veteran in Taiwan adopts a daughter. She grows up and leaves him to enter show business. When she becomes famous she shuns her father and friends.
Taiwan × Hong Kong Co-Production
Other Taiwan×Hong Kong titles
The 1982–1984 Taiwan Window
Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing? holds position #6 of 11 Taiwan films in the 1982–1984 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 1980s Taiwan Landscape
1983 was the decade’s peak output year for Taiwan — 8 titles released, including Papa, Can You Hear Me Sing?. Bars below show how the 1980s stacked up year by year (20 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 7 other Taiwan films in 1983.
The 16th Taiwan title from Taiwan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1972).
Our Taiwan catalog contains 174 titles in total (149 films).
Audience Engagement
13 audience reviews — more than 25% of Taiwan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 37th percentile among Taiwan films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #76 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (56th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the Taiwan average of 6.6/10.
Among Taiwan Drama productions specifically: #63 of 118 (top 53%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | Taiwan, Hong Kong |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Runtime | 1h 40m |
| Release Date | April 1, 1983 |
| IMDb | tt0085388 |