Can you find the anachronism in this photo of Han Dong?
Hu Ge and Wallace Huo aren’t the only idol actors tapped by Shandong Film and TV Group for their entrance into the new world of popular drama. Han Dong and Dong Jie star in the latest production from the company, Republican-era drama Nanking Love Story 南京爱情故事. Dong Jie plays a singer who uses her voice to fight for the silenced city, while Han Dong plays her love out-of-arranged-marriage who appears to join the army based on the stills.
Scriptwriter Zhao Dongling has had a good track record, but Nanjing in the late 1930’s is one of the hardest and most touchy time periods to depict on the screen, and so far there have been no successes, so we’ll see how it turns out. As for yours truly, I’ve already cried twice just in the process of writing this post alone while thinking about the Rape of Nanking, which I’m not even sure this drama covers.
Hello! I’d like to point out that this isn’t a Shandong production but a Zhejiang production according to its Baike page: http://baike.baidu.com/subview/8666138/13866527.htm#viewPageContent
It’s a co-production. Hengdian (the filming base that has recently started investing in dramas) is one of the investors along with Shandong, but most of the production team is all from Shandong.
Here’s the director’s Weibo: http://weibo.com/1427722075/Cok9FAgRC
Shandong’s Weibo: http://weibo.com/1664234624/CmDRT9wqC
Whoops! Thanks for the info. Guess we can’t always trust the almighty Baidu lol.
Yeah, most dramas are co-productions. For example, most of the recent “Shandong” dramas we’ve posted on recently are actually primarily funded by the management company of Wang Kai, Daylight Entertainment (正午阳光), which is a private spin-off of Shandong.
The pictures look gorgeous! I love the colors.
Oh I would love to see this one! I’ll hold out hope that it gets English subbed! But doubtful! Tears…