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Tread softly, because you tread on my dreams. - Yeats

UPDATED: Tong Yao Film & TV guide 1st Oct 2024 / Sun Li Film & TV guide 13th May 2024

Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Chinese Drama: 足迹 (Zu Ji) - 杀青 - production wraps - write-up

 #TongYao #童瑶 #足迹 #RyanChengLei #丞磊 #LiuYijun #刘奕君 #CDrama 

Zu Ji’s official Weibo account has announced the completion of production. We still don't have an official English title for this series, so I'll keep calling it Zu Ji for now. As is often the case with Chinese drama series, they have also released stills and a video to celebrate the wrap-up.  Tong Yao looks stunning in the stills and videos; I hope the story will be just as good.

Thursday, September 19, 2024

Chinese drama: 四喜 (Si Xi) officially announced

  #TongYao #童瑶 #四喜 #CDrama #黄明昊 #HuangMinghao #蒋欣 #JiangXin

A day after I wrote the previous post, "Si Xi" was officially announced and an official Weibo account was step up.  When the project was announced some time ago and no actors had been attached to it yet, the working title was “Those Days” (十月人生). The Chinese title has since changed to 四喜, and there doesn’t seem to be an official English title for the drama yet.

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Chinese drama: 四喜 (Si Xi) begins production

 #TongYao #童瑶 #四喜 #CDrama #黄明昊 #HuangMinghao #蒋欣 #JiangXin

While this has yet to be officially announced, it seems pretty confirmed that Tong Yao will be taking a leading role in this series. I’m basing this on a few Weibo posts that featured Huang Minghao at the ceremony marking the start of production for this drama series.

According to this article, the series is based on the novel “有喜” (You Xi) by 清扬婉兮 (Qing Yang Wan Xi). Tong Yao will play Shen Mingzhu. Mingzhu lives in the old town of Nanxi with her adoptive parents, who run a small restaurant. Mingzhu’s boyfriend, Feng Jianqi (played by Fu Xinbo), comes from an affluent family and faces opposition from his family due to their different social statuses. The two lovers end up getting married due to an unexpected pregnancy.

Monday, September 16, 2024

Hong Kong movie: Cesium Fallout 焚城 release announcement

 #TongYao #HongKongCinema #CesiumFallout #焚城 #AndyLau #BaiYu #KarenMok

Tong Yao’s management officially announced via Weibo today that she will be making a guest-starring appearance in the film.

The trailer actually looks more than decent, which makes me hopeful that it might be a fun movie to watch. I’m likely to watch this in the cinema simply because Tong Yao is in it. She hasn’t appeared in a film in years, and there is no clear indication that she’ll make a return to it. So I wouldn’t want to pass on an opportunity to see her on the big screen.

Thursday, June 27, 2024

Chinese Drama: 足迹 (Zu Ji) - confirmed; videos Eng subtitled

 #TongYao #童瑶 #足迹 #CDrama

This confirmation is as solid as it gets. Tong Yao herself confirmed her role in this series through two Weibo posts on the morning of June 25th. Afterward, I checked to see if an official Zu Ji Weibo account had been set up, and indeed, it has. There is no official English title at the time of writing.

Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Chinese Drama: 足迹 (Zu Ji) - quietly begins production?

#TongYao #童瑶 #足迹 #CDrama
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As a general practice, I avoid linking actors Tong Yao or Sun Li to drama series that have not been officially announced. I made an exception for Tender Light, confident that its production had concluded before I chose to write about it. However, 足迹 (Zu Ji) seems to be a confirmed project, although I maintain some reservations, as the supporting information is not as conclusive as it was for Tender Light.

Wednesday, May 29, 2024

CDrama: With Love With You 有你的时光里 - Wrap SP (Eng subtitled)

#有你的时光里 #WithLoveWithYou #TongYao #童瑶 #ZhouYiran #周依然 #LiZefeng #李泽锋 #ZhangZixian #张子贤

"Always make choices that are true to yourself, no matter when."

I had intended to write about this as soon as they announced the wrap-up of the series on May 7th, but I was deeply immersed in Tender Light and busy writing a review as the series neared the end of its release, so I didn’t have the time. Now that I’ve found a moment, I’ve translated and subtitled the Wrap-Up Special into English which you can watch below.