Tag: Remakes

Mark Chao and Zhang Zi Feng start on the path of Loving Strangers in new modern drama airing today!

Loving Strangers (秋雪漫过的冬天) is the Chinese remake of 2018’s Korean drama My Mister with Lee Sun Kyun and IU. Synopsis Per Youku: This is a heartwarming, healing story about two people who meet at their lowest and slowly pull each other out of the mud. Zhou Yu’an grew up poor and is still paying off …

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A Mature Romance between Wallace Huo and Zhu Zhu in modern drama Why Is He Still Single?

Why Is He Still Single? (他为什么依然单身) is a remake of Japanese drama He Who Can’t Marry (結婚できない男) starring Abe Hiroshi back in 2006. Synopsis per Wetv: A story about a man who seems eccentric but is, in truth, kindhearted, and how the world ultimately accepts him. Through the portrayal of a man with extreme quirks, …

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Chinese Remake of Extraordinary You: One Day in July with Shen Yue and Chen Shi Cheng begins filming

Released in 2019, Korean drama Extraordinary You is adapted from the webtoon “July Found by Chance” by Moo Ryoo. Now we get a Chinese remake! I might not be used to Shen Yue in long hair so I didn’t recognize her until a second glance. Synopsis Per Wiki: The series follows high school girl Eun …

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With almost zero promotion, Chinese Remake of Korean drama W begins airing with Zhao Yao Ke and Chang Bin

Next Stop Your World (下一站你的世界) is adapted from the Korean drama W with Han Hyo Joo and Lee Jong Suk which aired in 2016. The story follows our female lead who finds herself in her father’s webtoon, meeting and falling in love with the main character. Not sure what the production is doing here, I’m …

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Li Lan Di and Lin Yi set to break your hearts in If There is Still Time Left

If There is Still Time Left (如果还有时间) stars Li Lan Di and Lin Yi in a heart-breaking romance. Some sources say it’s adapted from 2014’s Japanese drama Boku no Ita Jikan aka The Hours of My Life (僕のいた時間) with Miura Haruma and Tabe Mikako. Our leads are both university students awaiting for their graduation. The …

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F4 Thailand: Boys Over Flowers with Tontawan Tantivejakul, Vachirawit Chivaaree, and Jirawat Sutivanisak has started to air

Are you ready to watch this story for the Xth time? 🤭 After a year of wait (they dropped the first trailer this time last year), the latest drama adaptation of manga Hana Yori Dango is here. Female lead is from a poor family who gets accepted into a rich prestigious school out of luck. …

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Boss And Me: Thai Remake with Aom Sushar and Push Puttichai

Here it is…Thai slowly remaking the popular Cdramas and this time, it’s Boss and Me (杉杉来了); the original aired in 2014 with Zhao Li Ying and Zhang Han. This has been postponed since June of this year so I was surprised to see the airdate dropped so fast. It is based on a novel written …

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Hug You Through Lies: Chinese remake of Taiwanese drama with Tang Min and Liu Yu Han

Hug You Through Lies (穿过谎言拥抱你) is a remake of 2007’s Taiwanese drama My Lucky Star with Jimmy Lin and Yoo Ha Na. The story follows our heroine who poses as a jewelry con artist to trick people into buy fake expensive jewelries. She meets our hero – a spoiled rich young master of a jewelry …

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