A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Premiere:
February 20, 2021
# of Seasons: 1
# of Episodes: 10
Finale:
March 20, 2021
Creators:
Wei-Jan Liu
Original Title:
天橋上的魔術師
Genres:
Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production Companies:
Atom Cinema
Countries:
TW
Through the stories of nine kids living in the Chinese Shopping Mall, this film depicts their diverse and magical life experiences. In the summer of 1985, while Xiaobudian (the tiny one) was at the fourth grade, he was already a convincing street vendor, who sold stuff for allowance on a skywalk every day. Xiaobudian’s father is a shoe shop owner who was doing business in the Chinese Shopping Mall. One day, a magician from nowhere showed up in the mall. He had a treasure bowl and a zebra capable of emitting colorful lights, and he was able to make countless magic tricks. Xiaobudian admired this magician, and bought magic props for practice every day. At the same time, more and more boys and girls in the mall have met this mysterious magician, and gained life-changing power after they watched the magic show.
Casting Assistant:
Chun Hong
Casting Director:
Jill Hu
Co-Executive Producer:
Shu-Ping Lee
Co-Producer:
Akiela S.Y. Wang
Director:
Yang Ya-che
Executive Producer:
Yu Pei-Hua
Line Producer:
Shih Ken Lin
Music Supervisor:
Kay Huang
Producer:
Wei-Jan Liu
Production Design:
Wang Chih-Cheng
Supervising Sound Editor:
Chiang Yi-chen
Tu Duu-chih
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