Nowhere Man (Taiwanese TV series)

Nowhere Man
Promotional poster
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese罪夢者
Simplified Chinese罪梦者
Literal meaningThe One with Crime and Dreams
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZuìmèng Zhě
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingZeoi6 Mung6 Ze2
Southern Min
Hokkien POJChōe-bāng-chiá
Genre
Created by
  • Francis Smith
  • Zoanne Tan
Written byChen Yin-jung
Story by
  • Francis Smith
  • Zoanne Tan
  • Chen Yu-li
  • Kuo Po-shen
  • Jie Zhan
Directed byChen Yin-jung
Starring
Composers
  • Dino Acconci
  • Hsu Chia-wei
  • Triodust
Country of originTaiwan
Original language
  • Mandarin
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes8
Production
Executive producers
  • Francis Smith
  • Zoanne Tan
CinematographyPatrick Chou
EditorChen Yin-jung
Running time33–67 minutes
Production companyIFA Media
Original release
NetworkNetflix
ReleaseOctober 31, 2019 (2019-10-31)

Nowhere Man is a 2019 Taiwanese television miniseries written, directed, and edited by Chen Yin-jung. It stars Joseph Chang, Alyssa Chia, Mavis Fan, Wang Po-chieh, Jeremiah Zhang, Zhou Ming-fu, Greg Hsu, Kuo Tzu-chien, and Lu Yi-lung. The miniseries follows a death row inmate who must break out of prison to save his kidnapped son and protect his family.

The first Mandarin-language Netflix original series, Nowhere Man premiered in eight parts on October 31, 2019. It received eight Golden Bell Award nominations, including Best Miniseries, and won four.