The rice wine "Malasun" depicted in the film is actually a virtual brand in the beginning; but at the time of the film's opening, the production company actually brought this wine into existence through cooperation with Hsin-Yi county farmer's association.
Aga's motorcycle engine emits visible white smoke in the film. Albeit a genuine depiction of older bikes in the country, the registered vehicle was four years overdue in its scheduled emissions testing.
The film has made a world record: it is the best-sold Taiwanese films to date, making a huge profit of more than 5 billion Taiwan Dollars (while the production cost is 50 million Taiwan Dollars).
Taiwan's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign-Language Film category.
This film gained incredible popularity because of the network effect on the Web. It did not top the Taiwanese cinema until the third week when words were widely spread on the Internet and the BBS.