The Unforgettable Memory

The Unforgettable Memory
Mainland China DVD cover (first 108 episodes)
Also known as	''Unforgettable Memory
Traditional
Simplified
Mandarin	Yì Nán Wàng
Hokkien	Ì Lân Bông
Genre	Romance Competitions between family businesses
Directed by	Wang Wei
Starring	Wang Shixian Zhang Fengshu
Opening theme	1. 情難忘 by Wang Shixian 2. 出外人 by Zhan Yawen 3. 擔輸贏 by Jody Chiang 4. 堅持 by Weng Liyou 5. 愛你的代價 by Gao Xiangpeng and Feng Rui'e 6. 雪中花 by Wang Shixian and Sun Shu-may 7. 無人來作伴 by Lin Shan and Weng Liyou 8. 愛了無後悔 by Long Qianyu and Weng Liyou 9. 愛伊希地魯 by Weng Liyou
Ending theme	1. 雲中月圓 by Wang Shixian and Sun Shu-may 2. 昨夜星辰 by Yao Xinying 3. 意難忘 by Cai Xiaohu 4. 真愛只有你 by Lin Shan and Fu Zhenhui 5. 無人來作伴 by Lin Shan and Weng Liyou 6. 風中的玫瑰 by Long Qianyu 7. 今生最愛的人 by Cai Xiaohu
Country of origin	Taiwan
Original language(s)	Taiwanese
No. of episodes	526 (Formosa Television) 877 (Mediacorp Channel 8)
Production
Producer(s)	Guo Hongliang, Lin Huijun
Running time	90 minutes (Episodes 1–285) 105 minutes (Episodes 286–525) 50 minutes (Finale - Episode 526)
Release
Original network	Formosa Television Mediacorp Channel 8
Original release	22 September 2004 – 28 September 2006
Chronology
Preceded by	Desire for Life (Formosa Television)
Followed by	Eternal Happiness (Formosa Television) Return of Past Spring (Mediacorp Channel 8)

The Unforgettable Memory is a Taiwanese prime-time soap opera, originally broadcast on Formosa Television from 22 September 2004 to 28 September 2006 for 526 episodes. With a run-time of over 50,000 minutes, it is the longest Taiwanese TV drama in the 21st century.

Wang Shengtian is the main protagonist in this drama. Villains include Huang Kunshan, Cai Jianpao, Du Wenjie, Wu Pinde and many others.

The Unforgettable Memory has the distinction of being the longest primetime drama ever in Taiwan history, with a total of 526 episodes produced. It has the highest viewership of all TV shows in Taiwan when it debuted at primetime on September 22, 2004 till its ending on September 28, 2006 almost daily (hitting above 10). It was rerun again at 6.00–7.00 pm from July 5, 2010 and still running.

The series received very good critical response and viewership in other countries too and as of 2009 being shown in Singapore's MediaCorp Channel 8 (in weekday one hour series from June 9, 2006 to October 23, 2009, 4.30–5.30 pm, becoming the longest running drama on Channel 8 in 46 years) rerunning in the pre-dawn hours from Tuesdays to Saturdays 4.00–6.00 am from January 7, 2009 to September 9, 2010, and the third time from 4 October 2010 from Mondays to Thursdays at 10.00 am – 12.00 noon and ended in 2012. Singapore's Channel 8, China's CCTV-8 and Hong Kong's ATV Channel all aired with each episode running 1 hour, with a total of 872 episodes. It has ended its run on Malaysia's Astro Cable Service. The Vietnamese dub "Tinh Dau Kho Phai" was broadcast on THVL Channel and is streamable on YouTube with a total of 767 episodes.

Due to local broadcast laws prohibiting radio or television broadcasts in non-Mandarin varieties of Chinese the show was dubbed into Mandarin when it aired on MediaCorp Channel 8 thus making it the first channel to broadcast the show in Mandarin.

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