Lovers Under the Rain is a 1986 Taiwanese television drama series based on Chiung Yao's 1964 romance novel Fire and Rain. Mainly set in 1960s Taipei, the story follows a young girl Lu Yi-ping as she plotted revenge against her father—formerly a warlord in Northeast China who had 9 wives before fleeing the Chinese Communist Revolution for Taiwan—and his entire household, including her kind half-sister Lu Ru-ping.
| Lovers Under the Rain | |
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| Traditional Chinese | 煙雨濛濛 |
| Simplified Chinese | 烟雨濛濛 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yān Yǔ Méngméng |
| Based on | Fire and Rain by Chiung Yao |
| Developed by | Szu Chih-keng |
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| Directed by | Liu Li-li |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | "Yan Yu Mengmeng" (煙雨濛濛) performed by Chiang Shu-na |
| Ending theme | "Mengmeng Yan Yu" (濛濛煙雨) performed by Frankie Kao |
| Country of origin | Taiwan |
| Original language | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 40 |
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| Executive producers |
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| Producer | Ping Hsin-tao |
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| Editor | Tseng Jung-lin |
| Running time | 45 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Network | Chinese Television System |
| Release | August 11 – September 19, 1986 |
| Related | |
| Romance in the Rain (2001) | |
The second Chiung Yao adaptation starring Leanne Liu and Chin Han after the highly successful How Many Red Sunsets (1985), this drama proved even a bigger hit, capturing over 42% of the Taiwanese audiences.[1]
Cast edit
- Leanne Liu as Lu Yi-ping
- Tsai Tsan-te as Lu Yi-ping (young)
- Chin Han as Ho Shu-huan
- Chao Yung- as Lu Ru-ping
- Tsou Lin-lin as Lu Meng-ping
- Lee Tien-chu as Lu Er-hao
- Wen Kuo-hua as Lu Er-chieh
- Kou Feng as Lu Chen-hua
- Yeh Hsiao-yi as Lu Chen-hua (younger)
- Tseng Ya-chun as Fu Wen-pei
- Ku Yin as Wang Hsueh-chin
- Fan Hung-hsuan as Li Cheng-te
- Ma Huei-chen as Yu-chen
- Chu Huei-chen as Li Ko-yun
- Wen Chieh as Fang Yu
- Wen Shuai as Wei Kuang-hsiung
- Chang Shun-hsing as Hsu Chao
- Fang Wen-lin as Lu Hsin-ping
- Wang Li as Ah Lan
- Yu Ho-ling as Fu Wen-pei's father
- Chang Yu-chin as Fu Wen-pei's mother
- Kuo Ping as Fu Wen-pei's aunt
References edit
- ^ (in Chinese) 收視率直逼百分之五十 「煙雨濛濛」破記錄
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