Never Say Goodbye revolves around the romance between an undercover detective (Ren Jialun) and an mob boss’ daughter (Janine Chang) who is back for revenge and power. [Extended Synopsis]
The 47 episode drama releases 2 episodes every Tues-Fri on iQiyi and Tencent beginning tonight.
Random posters, stills, and photos that caught our eyes lately. Any that caught yours?
I can count on one hand how many dramas I watched from beginning to end, so I’ve decided to do things differently this year and shine the spotlight on the characters that I really liked. Feel free to submit your own reviews and posts here.
Standalone reviews 2020: A Murderous Affair in Horizon Tower, We Are All Alone, The Romance of Tiger and Rose
Which dramas did you follow this year, and which characters made a lasting impression on you?
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Cosmo Glam Night‘s photos took on the Fearless Jianghu theme, and they look pretty good. I just wish more actors had time to take these. Which looks are your favourite?
Posters, stills, and photoshoots that caught our eyes this week. Feel free to share your own finds in the comments!
Writer-director Chen Sicheng has grand plans to create his own Detective Chinatown Universe, and the web drama is his first attempt at bringing the series out of cinema and onto the small screen.
The 12 episode web drama comes from Sam Quah, the director of well-received crime thriller Sheep Without a Shepherd and releases 1 episode a day every Wed-Sat beginning today.
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Supervised and written by the Detective Chinatown film series’ director Chen Sicheng, the web drama version stars Roy Qiu as a private investigator. Janine Chang, Chen Zheyuan, Cheng Xiao and Deng Enxi costar. The 12 episode series will revolve around four cases, all set in different locations and directed by different up-and-coming directors.
Undercover police drama Never Say Goodbye stars Ren Jialun who quits the police force to go undercover, and is able to rise through the ranks with the help of the mob boss’ ambitious daughter (Janine Chang). [Extended Synopsis]
This poster for Buried City To Shut All Lights 等到烟暖雨收 that I’ve never had time to put up because the drama is too boring to make another post for.
Random posters, stills, and photos that caught my eye lately. Any that caught yours?
A poster for currently filming idol drama 与其微醺何不醉. I really want to translate this as Why not drunk, but I’m willing to consider other names. It stars Song Yiren and newbies.
False history: The concubines scheming to overthrow the emperor together.
Photographer Yin Chao used wet plate processing and large format cameras to recreate vintage Qing-dynasty looks for currently streaming series Ruyi’s Royal Love in the Palace. (FYI The camera was invented after Qianlong’s death, but there are definitely photos of later Qing dynasty harems) . Watch the series starring Zhou Xun and Wallace Huo on Youtube here. Continue reading