{ "id": "epbyvbg6ng", "slug": "the-amazing-grace-of", "title": "The Amazing Grace of Σ (我愿意)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "label": "East Asian drama series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.hong_kong_taiwan_drama", "label": "Hong Kong and Taiwanese serial drama", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.hong_kong_taiwan_drama" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "China · 2021 and later: International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "path": [ { "id": "geo.chn", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021", "label": "China · 2021 and later", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" } ] } ], "excerpt": "The Amazing Grace of Σ (我願意) is a 2022 Taiwanese cult-crime drama series, 12 episodes on CHT MOD and Hami Video, created by Wu Lo-ying, starring Yao Chun-yao and Aaron Yan, a 58th Golden Bell nominee.", "snippet": "The Amazing Grace of Σ (我願意) is a 2022 Taiwanese cult-crime drama series, 12 episodes on CHT MOD and Hami Video, created by Wu Lo-ying, starring Yao Chun-yao and Aaron Yan, a 58th Golden Bell nominee.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.hong_kong_taiwan_drama", "markdown": "# The Amazing Grace of Σ (我愿意)\n\n**The Amazing Grace of Σ** (我願意, also romanized *Wo Yuan Yi*) is a 2022 Taiwanese crime drama series about a spiritual growth organization that manipulates vulnerable people, widely described as the first Taiwanese series to take a cult as its central subject.[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/The_Amazing_Grace_of_%CE%A3) • [2](https://crossing.cw.com.tw/article/16578) It was created, written, and co-directed by the Golden Bell-winning screenwriter Wu Lo-ying (吳洛纓), with Ray Jiang (姜瑞智) as co-director and Stanley Hsu (徐志怡) as producer, and it stars Yao Chun-yao (姚淳耀) as the cult leader Teacher Bensheng and [Aaron Yan](https://www.edgepedia.org/aaron-yan) (炎亞綸) as the pop star Muqi.[3](https://pavilion.taicca.tw/portfolio-item/the-amazing-grace-of-%CF%83/)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Original title | 我願意 (*Wo Yuan Yi*); English titles The Amazing Grace of Σ / The Amazing Grace of Sigma[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/The_Amazing_Grace_of_%CE%A3) |\n| Format | 12 episodes of about 60 minutes; crime, thriller, and mystery genres[3](https://pavilion.taicca.tw/portfolio-item/the-amazing-grace-of-%CF%83/) • [4](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/the-amazing-grace-of-s) |\n| Broadcast | CHT MOD and Hami Video, Taiwan, July 29 to September 2, 2022, Fridays at 20:00[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/The_Amazing_Grace_of_%CE%A3) • [5](https://www.cht.com.tw/zh-tw/home/cht/messages/2022/0729-1830) |\n| Budget | NT$80 million for 12 episodes, including a NT$22 million ultra-HD production subsidy from the Ministry of Culture[6](https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20220810insight008) • [7](https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/amp/20220810insight003) |\n| Festival premiere | First two episodes premiered at Series Mania in Lille, France, in 2021, then screened at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival[8](https://www.screendaily.com/features/how-taiwan-is-stepping-into-the-international-drama-scene/5169671.article) |\n| Awards | 10 nominations at the 58th Golden Bell Awards (2023); Yang Ta-cheng won Best Supporting Actor in a Drama[9](https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20230914ent029) • [10](https://www.businesstoday.com.tw/article/category/154769/post/202010070008/) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise\n\nThe story follows Muqi (費慕淇), a young pop star at the height of fame who treats his longtime manager and friend Nagatsuki (三島長月, played by Tanaka Chie) badly. Nagatsuki suddenly commits suicide, and the large sum set aside for Muqi's planned film disappears with her.[4](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/the-amazing-grace-of-s) • [11](https://dramasq.io/detail/202212458.html) Crushed by grief and guilt, Muqi meets Master Bensheng (本生老師), guru of the Xingfu Ciguang Donglihui (幸福慈光動力會, roughly \"Happiness Light Power Association\"), the group his manager had belonged to. He joins its courses, feels healed, and becomes a believer, but as his involvement deepens he begins to suspect that he himself is a mark Bensheng has targeted.[4](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/the-amazing-grace-of-s) • [11](https://dramasq.io/detail/202212458.html) Meanwhile, police investigate the true cause of Nagatsuki's death and the missing money.[11](https://dramasq.io/detail/202212458.html)\n\nThe series uses multi-thread storytelling to follow several members of the organization, each encountering the \"teacher\" at a low point in life. Its stated question is what draws people into such groups: the leader's power, or a rare love people seek.[3](https://pavilion.taicca.tw/portfolio-item/the-amazing-grace-of-%CF%83/) The cult's recruitment line, \"if you find the driving force in your life, you will find happiness,\" and the ritual call-and-response in which believers shout \"I do\" (我願意) give the series its title.[12](https://dramago.ptsplus.tv/articles/5841/)\n\n### Episode count discrepancy\n\nThe trade and festival records list 12 episodes of about 60 minutes,[3](https://pavilion.taicca.tw/portfolio-item/the-amazing-grace-of-%CF%83/) • [1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/The_Amazing_Grace_of_%CE%A3) and TheTVDB's season 1 runs 12 episodes from July to September 2022.[4](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/the-amazing-grace-of-s) The Taiwanese platforms Hami Video and CHT MOD, however, list the release as 全13集 (13 episodes in total), rated 輔15 and offered in 4K, with the first several episodes free to watch.[18](https://hamivideo.hinet.net/product/194243.do) • [19](https://mod.cht.com.tw/product/348193.do?cs=2) The two counts have not been reconciled in the available records.\n\n## Themes and research\n\n**Real cases as source material.** Before writing, Wu Lo-ying researched cases in Taiwan and abroad, including the Taiwanese Ri Yue Ming Gong (日月明功) abuse case, Japan's Aum Shinrikyo, the Home of Heart organization that [X Japan](https://www.edgepedia.org/x-japan) vocalist Toshl had joined, and sexual abuse cases involving religious leaders in South Korea and the United States, combining desk research with field visits.[7](https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/amp/20220810insight003) The series also draws on a school sexual assault case and the public shaming of its victims.[13](https://500times.udn.com/wtimes/story/120840/6617827)\n\nThe production deliberately avoids framing cults as absolute evil. Producer Hsu described \"cult\" as a label applied when faith loses balance, and the drama presents faith's origin in the pursuit of happiness before showing how greed and psychological manipulation can corrupt it.[12](https://dramago.ptsplus.tv/articles/5841/) A commentary in *Crossing* placed the fictional Xingfu Ciguang Donglihui in the sociology-of-religion category of \"new religious movements,\" non-mainstream groups that thrive by offering belief forms suited to modern needs.[2](https://crossing.cw.com.tw/article/16578) Psychiatrist Teng Hui-wen later discussed the series with Wu in the book *療癒陷阱*, examining the psychology of manipulators and the manipulated.[14](https://meet.eslite.com/tw/tc/article/202209270005)\n\n## Production and financing\n\nBecause of its sensitive subject, the series was planned from the start for OTT platforms with looser content standards. Hsu's first reaction to the outline was that it could not be sold to mainland China and might not air on Taiwanese television; when Wu asked how to change it, he answered, \"don't change it.\"[7](https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/amp/20220810insight003)\n\n**Funding came in layers.** The project received a NT$22 million [ultra-high-definition television](https://www.edgepedia.org/ultra-high-definition-television) production subsidy from the Ministry of Culture for fiscal year 108, was selected for the first series unit of the 2020 Golden Horse Film Project Promotion, and was then financed at NT$80 million for 12 episodes through share sales: the two main investors were [Chunghwa Telecom](https://www.edgepedia.org/chunghwa-telecom) and CJ ENM HK, joined by \"angel investors\" and crew members who were invited to buy in.[6](https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20220810insight008) • [15](https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/TaiwanDrama/M.1615451730.A.571.html)\n\n## Release and reception\n\nThe first two episodes premiered in competition-adjacent programming at Series Mania in Lille in August 2021, one of Europe's largest drama festivals, and the series then screened for Taiwanese audiences at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival two months later.[8](https://www.screendaily.com/features/how-taiwan-is-stepping-into-the-international-drama-scene/5169671.article) • [3](https://pavilion.taicca.tw/portfolio-item/the-amazing-grace-of-%CF%83/) It began streaming exclusively in Taiwan on CHT MOD and Hami Video on July 29, 2022, with two episodes broadcast free each Friday evening for six weeks.[5](https://www.cht.com.tw/zh-tw/home/cht/messages/2022/0729-1830) Chunghwa Telecom's presentation positioned it as the company's first co-produced drama to reach the international stage.[5](https://www.cht.com.tw/zh-tw/home/cht/messages/2022/0729-1830)\n\n**Awards.** At the 58th Golden Bell Awards in 2023 the series received 10 nominations, including Best Drama Series, Best Actress (Francesca Kao 高慧君), and supporting acting nods for Yang Ta-cheng (楊大正), Jason Tsou (鄒承恩), and Yi-Jung Wu (吳奕蓉), plus craft nominations for costume design, visual effects, score (Sandee Chan 陳珊妮 and Dizparity), and art direction.[9](https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20230914ent029) • [16](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NJtrcqQTDM) Yang Ta-cheng won Best Supporting Actor in a Drama, his first acting award, for playing a deaf character; he learned sign language and earned a large bus license for the school-bus-driver role.[10](https://www.businesstoday.com.tw/article/category/154769/post/202010070008/) The series was also nominated for Best Streaming/OTT Original Programme at the 2023 Asian Academy Creative Awards in Singapore, the only Taiwanese drama nominated in that category.[17](https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E9%87%91%E9%90%98%E5%89%8D%E5%86%8D%E5%82%B3%E5%96%9C%E8%A8%8A-%E3%80%8A%E6%88%91%E9%A1%98%E6%84%8F%E3%80%8B%E5%85%A5%E5%9C%8D%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B%E5%A4%A7%E7%8D%8E%E6%88%90%E3%80%8C%E5%94%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%85%A5%E5%9C%8D%E5%8F%B0%E5%8A%87%E3%80%8D-040339548.html)\n\n## Availability\n\nAs of mid-2026 the series is not available on major international subscription services such as Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, U-NEXT, Hulu, or Disney+ in Japan, according to a Japanese streaming guide.[20](https://subsnavi.jp/vod/overseas-drama/the-amazing-grace-of/) In Taiwan it remains on Hami Video and CHT MOD, with Hami Video listing a removal date of July 28, 2027.[18](https://hamivideo.hinet.net/product/194243.do) • [19](https://mod.cht.com.tw/product/348193.do?cs=2) Belgian and German streaming trackers likewise report no current availability in those markets.[21](https://www.streamguide.be/serie/130685/wo-yuan-yi) • [22](https://fmdb.mov/series/130685)\n\n## References\n\n1. [The Amazing Grace of Σ, DramaWiki](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/The_Amazing_Grace_of_%CE%A3)\n2. [邪教犯罪台劇《我願意》魅力何在？──從「宗教社會學」破解「幸福慈光動力會」, Crossing, 2022](https://crossing.cw.com.tw/article/16578)\n3. [THE AMAZING GRACE OF Σ, Taiwan Pavilion, TAICCA](https://pavilion.taicca.tw/portfolio-item/the-amazing-grace-of-%CF%83/)\n4. [我願意, TheTVDB.com](https://www.thetvdb.com/series/the-amazing-grace-of-s)\n5. [中華電信投資原創台劇《我願意》MOD、Hami Video全台獨家首播, Chunghwa Telecom press release, 2022](https://www.cht.com.tw/zh-tw/home/cht/messages/2022/0729-1830)\n6. [影集募資靠劇本　「天使投資人」不干預、工作人員當股東, Mirror Media, 2022](https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20220810insight008)\n7. [《我願意》田調各國邪教　宗教犯罪影集反映心靈困境, Mirror Media, 2022](https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/amp/20220810insight003)\n8. [How Taiwan is stepping into the international drama scene, Screen, 2022](https://www.screendaily.com/features/how-taiwan-is-stepping-into-the-international-drama-scene/5169671.article)\n9. [《我願意》強勢入圍10大獎, Mirror Media, 2023](https://www.mirrormedia.mg/story/20230914ent029)\n10. [楊大正《我願意》首度入圍即拿獎, 今周刊, 2023](https://www.businesstoday.com.tw/article/category/154769/post/202010070008/)\n11. [我願意, DramasQ series page](https://dramasq.io/detail/202212458.html)\n12. [2022台劇觀測｜邪教並非絕對之惡,《我願意》中「祝你幸福」的雙面暗示, 劇夠, 2022](https://dramago.ptsplus.tv/articles/5841/)\n13. [台劇《我願意》：不畏碰觸邪教議題剖析善惡, 500輯, 2022](https://500times.udn.com/wtimes/story/120840/6617827)\n14. [心理學解析台劇《我願意》, 迷誠品, 2022](https://meet.eslite.com/tw/tc/article/202209270005)\n15. [《我願意》開鏡資訊, PTT TaiwanDrama, 2021](https://www.ptt.cc/bbs/TaiwanDrama/M.1615451730.A.571.html)\n16. [金鐘58入圍作品《我願意》, Hami Video YouTube, 2023](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NJtrcqQTDM)\n17. [《我願意》入圍國際大獎成「唯一入圍台劇」, Yahoo News Taiwan, 2023](https://tw.news.yahoo.com/%E9%87%91%E9%90%98%E5%89%8D%E5%86%8D%E5%82%B3%E5%96%9C%E8%A8%8A-%E3%80%8A%E6%88%91%E9%A1%98%E6%84%8F%E3%80%8B%E5%85%A5%E5%9C%8D%E5%9C%8B%E9%9A%9B%E5%A4%A7%E7%8D%8E%E6%88%90%E3%80%8C%E5%94%AF%E4%B8%80%E5%85%A5%E5%9C%8D%E5%8F%B0%E5%8A%87%E3%80%8D-040339548.html)\n18. [我願意, Hami Video product page](https://hamivideo.hinet.net/product/194243.do)\n19. [我願意, 中華電信 MOD product page](https://mod.cht.com.tw/product/348193.do?cs=2)\n20. [我願意（2022年）配信状況まとめ, subsnavi, 2026](https://subsnavi.jp/vod/overseas-drama/the-amazing-grace-of/)\n21. [我願意 (2022) streamguide Belgium](https://www.streamguide.be/serie/130685/wo-yuan-yi)\n22. 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