''When a Wolf Falls in Love with a Sheep'' (also known as ''When Wolf Falls in Love with Sheep'') is a 2012 Taiwanese

romantic fantasy Romantic fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy fiction, describing a fantasy story using many of the elements and conventions of the chivalric romance genre. One of the key features of romantic fantasy involves the focus on relationships, social, ...

film directed by

Hou Chi-jan Hou Chi-jan () is a Taiwanese director and writer. His works are often related to historical memories. Education Hou studied print and film at Shih Hsin School of Journalism (now Shih Hsin University). He graduated from National Chengchi Univer ...

and starring

Kai Ko Kai Ko Chen-tung (; born Ko Chia-kai on 18 June 1991) is a Taiwanese actor, singer and film director. Ko won Best New Actor at the 48th Golden Horse Awards and the 12th Chinese Film Media Awards for his starring role in the film '' You Are th ...

and

Jian Man-shu Jian Man-shu (; born 16 October 1988) is a Taiwanese actress, screenwriter and director. She graduated from the theatre program at Taipei National University of the Arts with a major in directing. Personal life Jian Man-shu married Yun Chang ...

Premise

At the Nanyang Street neighborhood in

Zhongzheng District Zhongzheng District (also Jhongjheng District) is a district in Taipei. It is home to most of the national government buildings of the Republic of China (Taiwan), including the Presidential Office, the Executive Yuan, the Control Yuan, the ...

where there are many cram schools, a young man works at a copy shop making copies for test papers, with hopes of encountering his girlfriend who had broken up with him via a post-it note. One day, he notices drawings of a sheep on a piece of test paper he's printing and he sets out to find the illustrator by drawing a wolf cartoon that dialogues with the sheep in response.

Cast

as Tung / Wolf *

as Hsiao Yang *

Kuo Shu-yao Kuo Shu-yao (; born 18 July 1990), nicknamed Yao Yao, is a Taiwanese actress, singer, television host and entrepreneur. In 2013 she won the Golden Horse Award for Best New Performer for her role in ''Step Back to Glory''. In 2021, Kuo establis ...

as Tsui Pao-pao *

Tsai Chen-nan Tsai Chen-nan (; born 26 July 1954) is a Taiwanese actor and singer. Tsai was invited by the Hsinkang Foundation of Culture and Education to perform in Xingang, Chiayi, by the organization founder Chen Chin-huang, who sought to mitigate the ef ...

as Photocopy shop boss * Lin Ching-tai as Noodle stall owner / Priest * Dennis Nieh as Cram school boss * Lu Ting-wei as Fried Rice Man * Nikki Hsieh as Tsai Yi-ying, Tung's ex-girlfriend *

Bryan Chang Bryan Chang or Chang Shu-hao (; born 22 October 1988) is a Taiwanese actor. He won the award for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film at the Golden Bell Awards The Golden Bell Awards () is an annual Taiwanese television and radio ...

as Chiang Shuo-tao, Hsiao Yang's ex-boyfriend * Peggy Tseng as Fried Rice Man's ex-girlfriend * Fan Hsiao-fan as Hsiao Yang's mother * Wu Pi-lien as Auntie Sticky Rice * Kao Yi-ling as Chih * Chuang Ching-shen as Locker renter guard * Lai Pei-ying as Locker renter hairdresser * Chou Min-fu as Enrolling student

Soundtrack

Awards and nominations

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