Dead Talents Society

Comedy Horror Thriller

Taiwan

Mandarin

August 7, 2024

1hr 45min

Status: released

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Dead Talents Society Movie Details:

Taiwanese title	鬼才之道
Also known as	Gui Cai Zhi Dao
Country	Taiwan
Language	Mandarin
Genre	Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Release date	May 16, 2024 (Cannes Film Festival) June 28, 2024(Taipei Film Festival, premiere) August 7, 2024 (Taiwan)
Running time	1hr 45min
Starring	Chen Bolin Sandrine Pinna Gingle Wang
Directed by	John Hsu
Written by	John Hsu Tsai Kun-Lin
Produced by	Ivy Chen Lieh Lee Aileen Li
Cinematography by	Patrick Chou
Edited by	John Hsu
Music by	Luming Lu Lin Hsiao-Chin Lin Sih-yu
Filming locations	Zhongshan, Keelung, Taiwan Jiaoxi, Yilan, Taiwan
Production Company	Activator Sony Pictures International Productions
Distributor	Sony Pictures

Dead Talents Society Movie Cast & Characters:

Bo-lin Chen as Makoto
Sandrine Pinna as Catherine
Gingle Wang as The Rookie
Ching-i Pai
Soso Tseng
Di-Yang Huang
Lung Lung
Yi Ti Yao
Nina Ye as Little girl

Storyline:

Follows ghosts who want to become the spookiest of urban legends and most successful and famous stars in the underworld through their scare tactics and performances amongst the living.

About Dead Talents Society Movie:

Dead Talents Society (Chinese: 鬼才之道) is a Taiwanese horror comedy film directed and written by John Hsu, starring Chen Bolin, Sandrine Pinna and Gingle Wang.

Principal photography was initially scheduled to begin in 2021, but was delayed until December 2022 due to rewrites and the COVID-19 pandemic. The underworld hotel in the film was primarily shot at Champagne Hotel in Jiaoxi, Yilan. The production crew spent a month renovating the ninth floor and constructing a fake elevator set to recreate the 1970s-80s vibes. Filming also took place in Zhongshan District, Keelung, and concluded in January 2023.

The film premised at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival on 16 May 2024 and was theatrically released on 7 August in Taiwan.