A Choo: New Fantasy-Romance Movie By “Apple Of My Eye” Scriptwriter, Now In Singapore’s Cinemas

By Rachel Yohannan on 27 Jul 2020

Senior Digital Editor

There’s a high chance that you watched the Taiwanese romance film “You Are the Apple of my Eye” (那些年，我们一起追的女孩) by Giddens Ko back in 2011. There’s also a high chance you were bawling your eyes out by the end of it.

Get your tissues ready, as the filmmaker is back with another movie titled “A Choo”, starring well-known actors like Ko Chen Tung (“Na Xie Nian”), Wang Ta Lu (“Our Times”), Vanness Wu from F4, as well as actress Ariel Lin who rose to fame with “It Started With A Kiss”. The movie already started showing in Singapore’s cinemas on 23 July 2020.

Read on to find out more about A Choo, the Taiwanese movie that’s now playing in Singapore

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The Chinese title of the movie, “打喷嚏” (“Da Pen Ti”) literally translates to “sneeze”, but don’t worry, this isn’t a COVID-19-related film - as if we needed more of the dreadful virus in our lives.

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Instead, “A Choo” is a Fantasy-Romance drama that follows the story of EJ (Ko Chen Tung), a boy who grows up in an orphanage. He meets a girl named Hsin Hsin and they share a mutual affection, and for some strange reason, she sneezes each time she thinks of him - hence the name of the show.

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Hsin Hsin eventually moves away to work in the city, while EJ goes on to become a famous boxer - fuelled by Hsin Hsin once saying that she liked brave guys. However, Hsin Hsin ends up finding love with a geeky-looking guy, thus breaking EJ’s heart.

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Meanwhile, EJ’s best friend Chien Han (Wang Ta Lu), also has a crush on Hsin Hsin.

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EJ trains hard in hopes of becoming better than Hsin Hsin’s boyfriend in order to win her over. At the same time, the evil Dr Cube (Vanness Wu) puts EJ in harm's way and seeks to destroy him.

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