Eighteen Springs
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Details
- Title: 半生緣 / Ban Sheng Yuan
- English title: Eighteen Springs (HK)
- Also known as: Half Life Fate
- Episodes: 35
- Genres: Romance
- Broadcast period: 2003-Oct
- Broadcast network: BTV-2 * / ATV
- Opening theme song: Ban Sheng Yuan (半生缘) by Ruby Lin
- Ending theme song: Ca Jian Er Guo (擦肩而过) by Ruby Lin
- Related TV series: Half a Lifelong Romance (2020)
Synopsis
Gu Man Zhen is a kindhearted but naive girl. Her innermost feelings are strong & resolute after experiencing numerous hardships. After graduating from college, she started working in an office at a factory. There, she met and mutually fell in love with her handsome and good-natured colleague Shen Shi Jun. In front of Man Zhen, Shi Jun is a silent, considerate lover. Due to false reports that Man Zhen already married someone else and had left the region, he fell into a state of depression and decided to marry another woman. Gu Man Lu is Man Zhen's older sister. She was once a famous prostitute in Shanghai who resorted to the profession at age 18 in order to support her family. However, her distressful experiences turned her into a cold and calculating person who would even use her younger sister. Man Lu's husband is Zhu Hong Cai, a venomous, opportunistic, and lazy womanizer who has his eyes on Man Zhen. He will resort to any means to get what he wants.
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Cast
- Ruby Lin as Gu Man Zhen
- Patrick Tam as Shen Shi Jun
- Jiang Qin Qin as Gu Man Lu
- Li Li Qun as Zhu Hong Cai
- Hu Ke as Shi Cui Zhi
- Jerry Chang as Xu Shu Hui
- Xing Min Shan as Zhang Yu Jin
- Zhang Dan Feng as Jie Min
- Fang Yuan as Dou Wen Xian
- Fang Zhou Bo as Zhang Lu Sheng
- Xu Xing as Shen Shi Jun's mother
- Zhang Lan as Gu Man Zhen's mother
- Wang Yi Xuan as A Bao
Production Credits
- Original writing: Novel Shi Ba Chun (十八春) by Eileen Chang
- Director: Hu Xue Yang (胡雪杨)
Notes
- Story setting: Shanghai during the 1930s