| The Rooftop | |
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| Directed by | Jay Chou |
| Written by | Jay Chou |
| Produced by | Huang Zhiming Will Liu |
| Starring | Jay Chou Eric Tsang Xu Fan Li Xin'ai Alan Ko Wang Xueqi |
| Cinematography | Mark Lee Ping Bin |
| Edited by | Chiang Yi-ning |
| Music by | Jay Chou Huang Yuxun |
Production companies | Chuang Yi Motion Pictures Evergrande Entertainment Edko Films Beijing Talent International Media |
| Distributed by | Buena Vista Distribution Edko Films |
Release dates |
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Running time | 120 minutes |
| Country | Taiwan |
| Language | Mandarin |
| Box office | TWD$250,000,000 |
The Rooftop (Chinese: 天台; pinyin: tiān tái; lit. 'Rooftop') is a 2013 Taiwanese musical film. It is the second feature film directed by Taiwanese singer/actor Jay Chou. Similar to his first feature film, Secret, Jay played multiple roles in the production of the film, as the main lead, director, script-writer and music composer.
The Rooftop is one of the many scripts that Chou has written since the success of Secret in 2007. Most of the scripts are sequels to Secret.[1] However, Chou and his long-time friend Will Liu decided to work on The Rooftop as a challenge to produce the first Chinese mainstream musical-come-martial arts film. They claimed that The Rooftop is a film that is difficult to be categorized, for it combined the elements of musical extravaganza and actions.
Chou has made good use of his experience from filming The Green Hornet in Hollywood, Initial D in Hong Kong and directing over 60 of his own music videos, to conceptualize The Rooftop with music as its roots,[2] combined with actions, to create a genre never seen before in Asia.
- ^ Video on YouTube
- ^ "Jay Chou aims for Hollywood". The Straits Times. 15 July 2013. Archived from the original on 11 September 2013.