Taiwan Synopsis
失魂
A-Chuan, a quiet 30-year-old man working as a chef in a Japanese restaurant, collapses suddenly and is rushed to a hospital. His colleagues send him to his father, who resides in the mountains. While there, A-Chuan becomes immobile: he won’t speak, eat or even go to the toilet on his own. One day his father returns from work only to find A-Chuan sitting in the corner with his daughter lying dead in a pool of blood. In an unfamiliar, eerily calm voice, A-Chuan says, “I saw this body was empty, so I moved in.
The 2012–2014 Taiwan Window
22 Taiwan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Soul sits at position #10.
#1Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above
★ 7.6 · 2013
#2Touch of the Light
★ 7.2 · 2012
#3Flowers of Taipei: Taiwan New Cinema
★ 7.2 · 2014
#4Black & White: The Dawn of Assault
★ 6.9 · 2012
#5Girlfriend Boyfriend
★ 6.7 · 2012
#6Stray Dogs
★ 6.5 · 2014
#7Café. Waiting. Love
★ 6.4 · 2014
#8Journey to the West
★ 6.4 · 2014
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Soul. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2010s Taiwan Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Soul premiered. 70 total titles in this decade from Taiwan.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #121 of 174 Taiwan films indexed here (30th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the Taiwan average of 6.6/10.
Among Taiwan Crime productions specifically: #12 of 15 (top 80%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Taiwan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Production Companies | 3 Ng Film, Cream Film Production |
| Runtime | 1h 51m |
| Release Date | August 30, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt3091254 |