Agent from Above (Chinese: 乩身) is a Taiwanese fantasy television series for Netflix based on Teensy's novel series The Oracle Comes. The show is directed by Donnie Lai and stars Kai Ko, Wang Po-chieh, Hsueh Shih-ling, Buffy Chen, and Johnny Yang in lead roles.
Agent from Above premiered on 2 April 2026 and consists of eight episodes.
Contents
Cast
Main
Kai Ko as Han Chieh, a criminal-turned-vessel of Third Crown Prince
Wang Po-chieh as Third Crown Prince, a god who dwells in the modern world
Hsueh Shih-ling as Wu Tien-chi, an heir to fortune who attempts to overthrow the mortal realm
Buffy Chen as Yeh Chih-ling/Yeh Tzu, a university student suffering from blood cancer
Johnny Yang as Chang Min, a police officer who has an ability to see ghosts
Chen Yi-wen as Chen Chi-sha
Recurring
Kuo Tzu-chien as Dragon Prince, a con man posing as a daoshi.
Sonia Sui as Chiang Hua-chih
Chris Pan
Phil Hou
David Chao as Old Chao
Kurt Hsiao as Ah-fu
Da-her Lin as Wang Hsiao-ming
Leon Dai as Demon King of the Sixth Heaven
Production
Development
On 10 December 2019, Singapore's mm2 Entertainment and Taiwan's CaiChang International and Good Films Workshop announced the series. It was based on Teensy's novel series The Oracle Comes. The series would be directed by Donnie Lai, produced by Rita Chuang and choreographed by Jimmy Hung, with Kai Ko, Wang Po-chieh, Sonia Sui, Kuo Tzu-chien and Pipi Yao starring in lead roles. The series would consist of six episodes and the production cost of the first season was expected to exceed NT$180 million, making it the most expensive drama to be produced out of Taiwan. A pilot episode was planned to film in 2020, before the distributors were announced, and scheduled to be released in 2021. Production was ultimately postponed due to COVID-19. In November 2022, Hsueh Shih-ling, Buffy Chen and Johnny Yang were added to the cast.
Filming
Principal photography began on 14 November 2022, in Keelung, Taiwan. On 27 December 2022, a drone failed and crashed in front of Kai Ko while filming a close-up. The drone's blade sliced Ko's cheekbone and resulted in severe facial injuries. Ko was hospitalized and required 30 stitches. Production was suspended after the accident and resumed on 11 January 2023. Filming was wrapped on 5 March.
Release
The series was initially scheduled to premiere in 2023. It was released on Netflix on 2 April 2026.