Hello! Tapir

Taiwan’s first-ever live-action fantasy animation film.

In a fishing village lives a creature with the body of a pig, the nose of an elephant, ears of a horse, and feet like a rhinoceros. Every night as people lie in slumber, it sneaks into the village and devours their nightmares! Ah-keat’s father has always recounted the story of when he came across the mythical creature in the forest as a child. Ah-keat is doubtful about the story but has always looked forward to the day he can see the creature for himself. But his father dies in an accident at sea one day, and his family is so busy with the funeral they are unable to help the young boy with understanding his father’s death. When Ah-keat learns of the sudden news that he will be leaving the village to live with his long-estranged mother in Taipei, he sets off in search of the mythical creature in hopes that it can help him find his father…