Romance in the Rain
| Romance in the Rain | |
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| Also known as | ''Profound Love in Heavy Rain |
| Chinese | |
| Mandarin | Qíng Shēnshēn Yǔ Méngméng |
| Literally | Love Deep, Rain Misty |
| Based on |
Fire and Rain by Chiung Yao |
| Written by | Chiung Yao |
| Directed by | Li Ping |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | "Qing Shenshen Yu Mengmeng" (情深深雨濛濛) performed by Zhao Wei |
| Ending theme | "Hao Xiang Hao Xiang" (好想好想) performed by Leo Ku (or Zhao Wei) |
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| Original language(s) | Mandarin |
| No. of episodes | 49 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Ge Weidong |
| Producer(s) | Zhuang Liqi |
| Location(s) | Shanghai, China |
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| Running time | 45 minutes |
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| Original network | China Television |
| Original release | April 3 – May 25, 2001 |
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| Related shows | Lovers Under the Rain (1986) |
Romance in the Rain is a 2001 Chinese television period drama jointly produced by Yi Ren Communications Company (怡人傳播有限公司) in Taiwan and China International Television Corporation (中国国际电视总公司) in mainland China. The series was adapted by Chiung Yao from her 1964 novel Fire and Rain (as well as a 1986 adaptation Lovers Under the Rain), with the setting moved to 1930s Shanghai. Romance in the Rain was filmed in Shanghai in 2000, and first broadcast in Taiwan on China Television in April 2001.
The series stars Zhao Wei, Ruby Lin, Leo Ku, and Alec Su, reuniting Zhao, Lin and Su after the 1998-1999 smash hit My Fair Princess.Romance in the Rain was also an international success in East Asia and Southeast Asia.
The protagonist of Romance in the Rain, Yiping is one of the many children of Lu Zhenhua, a retired general with nine wives. Her mother, Fu Wenpei, is the general's eighth wife. Both she and her mother are banished from the Lu household through the actions of her father's ninth wife, Wang Xueqin. She has ten half-sisters, including Ruping and Mengping, many half-brothers, including Erhao, and one stepbrother named Erjie. The mercilessness with which her father and stepmother treat her has made her resentful of the Lu family, which she refers to as the "other side." At first, she is at odds with her half-brother Erhao and half-sister Ruping for this reason, but she eventually learns to love and accept them as her siblings. She has one elder full sister called Xinping (陸心萍/陆心萍) who died 7 years before the plot of the story at 15 years of age. After an earlier encounter, she meets a reporter named He Shuhuan at a Shanghai nightclub. Shuhuan is soon captivated by Yiping's singing talent, emotion, and mystery. After discovering her half-sister Ruping's love for Shuhuan, she seeks Shuhuan's love, partly as revenge. However, Yiping soon falls in love with Shuhuan and softens as a result. After the death of her father, Yiping became the sole financial support of the Lu family as Erhao also enlist in the army. Yiping's character is loud and blunt, with a strong sense of righteousness and justice due to the misfortunes that she and her mother have suffered. She often describes herself as a porcupine who has grown spines as a mechanism of self-defense. In order to love Shuhuan, she pulls out her quills one by one, leaving her defenseless and a bloody mess.
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