After failing to commit suicide (by attempting to consume fatal amounts of cinnamon, chewing gum and carrots), despondent insurance salesman Liang (Fu Meng-po, 傅孟柏) comes across Yukio Mishima’s 1968 novel Life For Sale.
Written two years before Mishima’s dramatic suicide, the book’s protagonist, Hanio Yamada, sees no future and puts his life up for sale in the classified section of a newspaper, leading to a series of ridiculous events.
Liang’s resolve to emulate Yamada is bolstered when he’s fired from his job after punching a coworker. There are no takers at first, but Liang soon finds that the less he values
Fueled by local dramas and Korean series, Netflix took a 21 percent share of Taiwan's SVOD market in Q4 2021, according to data from Media Partners Asia.
Known for roles in shows such as Marry Me, Or Not? (2016), Refresh Man (2016) and Singapore-Taiwan production All Is Well (2019), Joanne Tseng has gained much fame and popularity since her debut in a Mandopop duo Sweety in 2002 with Esther Liu. She also most recently starred in iQiyi's Rainless Love in a Godless Land (2021), an apocalyptic fantasy.
The idea of an almighty and handsome god falling in love with a mortal woman and fighting heaven and hell to be with her is romanticism played up many times on screen. Think Marvel's Thor, the American TV series Lucifer, K-drama Goblin, and now, iQiyi's new apocalyptic fantasy drama Rainless Love in a Godless Land. It might make for great.