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Season 1. EP: Oldest First. Chu-Tsai, Chao and his wife have five children. Devoted all his life into developing soy sauce products, Chu-Tsai very much hopes that one of his kids can follow his footsteps and take over his business, but he also respects their own passions and aspirations.
- Life is Beautiful
Miaoyu and Zhanpeng are shocked Chuyi needs kidney dialysis...
- Life is Beautiful
Drama Go! Go! Go! Ruby Lin, Jiro Wang, Lin Gengxin: 30 March 26 SET Metro ETTV Variety: 兩個爸爸 Two Fathers: Weber Yang, Lin Yo-wei, Megan Lai: 73 March 29 SET Taiwan: 含笑食堂 Flavor of Life: Lung Shao-hua, Miao Ke-li, Lü Hsueh-feng: 25 April 8 NTV Variety: 幸福蒲公英 Happy Dandelion: Danson Tang, Alice Tzeng, Shao Xiang, Lene ...
- Meteor Garden (流星花园）- 2001
- It Started with A Kiss (恶作剧之吻) – 2005
- Hana Kimi（花样少年少女）- 2006
- My Lucky Star (放羊的星星）- 2007
- Romantic Princess (公主小妹）- 2007
- Brown Sugar Macchiato (黑糖玛奇朵） – 2007
- Bull Fighting (斗牛，要不要) – 2007
- Fated to Love You (命中注定我爱你) – 2008
- Pretty Ugly (原来我不帅) – 2008
- Autumn’s Concerto（下一站幸福) – 2009
This one probably wins the award for the most remakes: it has a Japanese version, a Korean version, and even a recent China remake that’s on Netflix. The Taiwanese series, Meteor Garden, was the first adaptation of the manga, Boys Over Flowers, starring Barbie Hsu and then hottest boy band F4. Image credit: QQ Most of you would probably be familiar...
It Started With A Kisswas also adapted from a manga series, Itazura na Kiss, and was one of the most iconic and successful high school romance dramas back then. Ariel Lin and Joseph Cheng had such amazing chemistry that they went on to act in four consecutive dramas later on, including a sequel, They Kiss Again. Image credit: bilibili The story sta...
Hana Kimi is another nostalgia-filled drama that stars our then-favourite idols – Ella from S.H.E, Wu Chun and Jiro Wang from Fahrenheit as well as Danson Tang. The manga-based story is about a girl who goes to a boys’ school to meet her idol, Quan, a high jump athlete. Mega LOL at JJ Lin’s cameo in episodes six-eightImage credit: GTV八大俱乐部 The dram...
Jimmy Lin takes the role of the male lead, Zhong Tian Qi, in My Lucky Staras an F1 driver. In fact, he’s a professional racer IRL, which made him the perfect fit for this character. For the female lead, Xia Zhi Xing, we have Korean actress Yoo Ha Na who nailed the role of a kind-hearted girl who lives off being a jewellery con artist. It was recent...
Taiwan idol dramas are where even the loftiest of dreams come true – in Romantic Princess, the leading character Xiao Mai, portrayed by Angela Chang, wakes up one day to find out she’s the long-lost daughter of a crazy rich man and is the heiress of his empire. Image credit: hxcpp39 He has four candidates to be the successor of his business, two of...
Brown Sugar Macchiato was a collaboration between boy group Lollipop F and girl group Hey Girl. Looking back at it today, the entire drama was pretty ridiculous. The story centres around six long lost brothers who find out they share the same billionaire father, and that they can receive a huge inheritance if they live under one roof and attend the...
Hebe Tien’s first and very last acting appearance as a female lead in a drama was Bull Fighting, where she starred alongside Mike He. Bull fighting, in the Taiwanese context, actually means street basketball, which the show is about. Image credit: Sina Hebe plays the role of Yi Sheng Xue, a feisty girl who roots for the basketball team Trio, as the...
Fated To Love Youholds the record for highest average ratings in the history of Taiwan idol dramas. It was also nominated for six Golden Bell Awards – Taiwan’s equivalent of the Emmys – that year, and awarded the Best Television Series of 2008. Image credit: Netflix Starring Joe Chen as Chen Xin Yi and Ethan Juan as Ji Cun Xi, the drama starts with...
Only OG fans will know that homegrown icon JJ Lin also had his time as a male lead Xiao Zhuang in idol drama Pretty Ugly. Image credit: 163 Thinking that he was handsome all his life because people around him all called him shuai ge, Xiao Zhuang’s illusions are dashed when he gets harshly rejected by his crush – the reason? Him being too ugly. The ...
Autumn’s Concerto definitely cued the waterworks back then – I bet you cried buckets if you watched it from start to finish too. Starring Vanness Wu who portrays the role of a lawyer, Ren Guang Xi, from a prestigious family, and Ady An as the damsel in distress, Liang Mu Cheng, who tries to apply for college to escape from her stepfather who sexual...
Jan 18, 2024 · The Prince Who Turns Into A Frog is a 2005 Taiwanese drama that takes you on a rollercoaster ride of emotions, where the improbable becomes believable, and clichés become delightful twists. It’s the perfect antidote for those craving an escapade from the humdrum of everyday life.
Miaoyu and Zhanpeng are shocked Chuyi needs kidney dialysis right away. He drinks in misery, and his ex-girlfriend, Simone, grabs the opportunity to get back with him. He is afraid of having to take care of Chuyi for the rest of her life.
Mar 11, 2021 · This time, we're turning the spotlight on another category of dramas that have stolen our hearts over the years — dramas from Mainland China and Taiwan. Whether it's the quintessential...
Taste of Life (Chinese: 甘味人生; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: kambi jinseng; literally "Sweet Taste of Life") is a Taiwanese Hokkien television drama that began airing on SET Taiwan in Taiwan on 28 July 2015, from Mondays to Fridays.
