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Also known as | ''Love Me, If You Dare 他来了,请闭眼 |
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Mandarin | Ta Lai Le Qing Bi Yan |
Genre | drama, romance, mystery, investigation, suspense, crime |
Based on | Ta Lai Le, Qing Bi Yan, novel by Ding Mo |
Directed by | Zhang Kaizhou |
Starring | Wallace Huo, Sandra Ma, Wang Kai |
Country of origin | China |
Original language(s) | Mandarin |
No. of episodes | 24 |
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Executive producer(s) | Hou Hongliang |
Producer(s) | Kong Sheng |
Location(s) | China (QingDao); New York City |
Running time | 45 minutes |
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Original network | SOHU TV, Dragon Television |
Original release | 15 October 2015 |
Love Me, If You Dare, previously known as Close Your Eyes and Close To Me, is a romance-suspense drama series presented by SOHU TV, Shandong Film & TV Group, SMG Pictures and Dongyangzhengwu Film. The drama was adapted from Ding Mo's(Chinese: 丁墨; pinyin: Ding Mo) novel published in July 2014. It was produced by Kong Sheng and Hou Hongliang, with the screenplay by Hai Yan. The production of this series was started on 22 May 2015, starring Wallace Huo, Sandra Ma, Edward Zhang, Wang Kai, Zhang Lingzhi and Andrew Yin.
This drama series is about the romantic relationship between a criminal psychologist, Professor Simon Bo (Wallace Huo) and his assistant Jenny/Jian Yao (Sandra Ma), while they work on solving some mysterious and violent criminal cases. They study of the motives, thoughts, intentions and reactions of criminals to resolve the cases. As the story progresses, it becomes more obvious that there is someone out to get Simon, someone who is keeping an eye on him, someone who is connected to his past. The series premiered simultaneously online on Sohu TV, and on air on Dragon Television, on 15 October 2015.
Love Me, If You Dare is a romance story with thrilling plots in the criminal investigation. The intriguing criminal cases and interesting plot of the drama series will captivate and bring thrills to the audiences and take them along step by step in cracking the criminal minds. Simon/Jin Yan is a criminal psychologist who returns to China from the US after a close encounter with a serial killer, but his ordeal is not over. His past catches up to him and all the intriguing truths unravel as the story continues. Will he win and return safely home or will he fall into the trap of his past? Can love heal the wounds of this protagonist?
The series won the 2015 most watched network drama award and the "Guduo Cup" network drama award.
The first Love Me, If You Dare preview trailer was revealed on 11 September 2015.
The trailer was aired online on Sohu TV and was scheduled to be broadcast on Dragon Television starting from 15 October 2015 (two episodes a week).