Genre: Romance, Republican, Triad
Broadcast Year: 2015
Episode: 45
Country: Mainland
Synopsis:
In the 1930s Shanghai city, Rong Jin Xiu arrived in Shanghai city in search of her half-sister and met triad leader, Zuo Zhen along the way. He is constantly there for her and taught her the ways of the world. Zuo Zhen fell in love with Rong Jiu Xiu, but she is in love with his good friend, Xiang Ying Dong. This woman, whom he wholeheartedly loves, had him made his life's most painful choice.
Starring Huang Xiao Ming, Joe Chen Qiao En (Also starring in Destined to Love You), Qiao Ren Liang, Lu Jia Rong, Qi Ji and Xie Jun Hao, etc.
Cruel Romance 锦绣缘 (Trailer / Soundtrack) is adapted from a Republican era novel, The Fate of Jin Xiu. Opening theme song, Fate by Huang Xiao Ming.
Character Introduction ~♥
Huang Xiao Ming as Zuo Zhen
He was in the reign of terror in the gang battle chief, people called him 'Er Ye'. Overbearing and affectionate, even in the most critical moment, Zuo Zhen will not lost his direction, while others are shock and stricken, he would have flee using the opportunity, reverse the whole situation and switch from passive to active.
However, he chose to love Rong Jin Xiu, who is in love with his blood brother.....from the time they met, there were numerous misunderstandings, will their love withstand until the end......
Joe Chen as Rong Jin Xiu
She is half-sister with Yin Ming Zhu, tracing all the way to Shanghai, but Ming Zhu is unwilling to acknowledge her, strand in the streets and in desperation, Rong Jin Xiu encounter Zuo Zhen, who saved her life. When Jin Xiu wakes up from a coma, she saw Xiang Ying Dong.
She remember his face from that moment onwards and thought he is the one who saved her, this lead to her admiration towards Xiang Ying Dong.....
Qiao Ren Liang as Xiang Ying Dong
People called him Master Yin, he is secretly in love with Ming Zhu, but no matter how much he likes her, she is his brother's woman, untouchable. He was being mistaken as the life saver of the girl his good friend loves, Rong Jin Xiu, and was admire by her.
What a love entanglements......he love his brother's woman, yet cannot love her. The one who love him is the girl his good friend loves, whom he also cannot love.
Lu Jia Rong as Yin Ming Zhu
Yin Ming Zhu was being chased out of the Rong family when she was merely twelve years old. Living on the streets, desperate and impoverished, facing despair and misery, she changed her surname to Yin.
Ming Zhu is stubborn and bears a deep resentment of her past, when she faced her half-sister, Rong Jin Xiu, she refuse to acknowledge their relationship and chased her out. She paid a price for everything she has today, she 'sold' her smile in exchange for survival, outsiders will never understand. She is the woman of Xiang Han Chuan.
Gallery ~♥
Awh what about Qi Ji as the Japanese villain? From what I saw in the trailer, Qi Ji (Japanese villain) wants to kill Yin Ming Zhu? *Sigh* The feeling of seeing your favorite actor *cough* *cough* QI JI as a bad villain. TT^TT
ReplyDeleteWhen i first watched this drama, i asked myself, why am i watching this? Too many scenes of 打打杀杀. However, i sat patiently through it, certain times fast forwarded those fighting scenes as it gets rather confusing at first, who is fighting who?? However, as the episodes unfold, i got rather mesmerised by the male lead. I have seen him in other dramas like in IP Man 2, Return of the Condor Heroes but it is in this drama that i think he acted really well. The role suits him. On a softer side, he is able to portray the romantic side of his role, despite being a 打打杀杀 person. Episode 24 is like the best episode you can find in the entire drama which featured the lovebirds sharing intimate moments. Before episode 24, it is very much a 1 sided love on his part as she has not yet discovered/realised her love for him. Good drama if you like action drama & if you can sit through those fighting scenes.
ReplyDeleteShare the same sentiment, I am not really a Huang Xiao Ming fan but fall in love with him in this drama. 晓明哥 is so charming as Zuo Zhen, lol! Its overall quite a good drama, just that it is a little dragging towards the end.
DeleteYup, me too. Not a fan of his although watched his drama before. I think it could be because he didnt have roles that really suited him. This one does & he did shine in this drama. Very charming, you don't get tired watching him. Nice built for the role too, esp the bed scene. Lol. As for the female lead, i preferred the original Jin Xiu, not the Jin Xiu who later could fight. The unable to fight JX is more captivating.
ReplyDeleteI think Chen Qiao En is quite a lively actress but I don't really like the character of Jin Xiu in this drama as I find her a little irritating at times, especially when she doubt Zuo Zhen and thought he is the one who killed her parents. And I do agree that the original Jin Xiu is better than the one who can fight later on. As for 晓明哥, well...do I need to say more? he is just soooo man! lol! I think this character really suits him, hope he will take up more similar roles in future.
DeleteYup...HXM sooo man,lol
DeleteYes i definitely agree that the script for this part is badly written. How could she doubt ZZ when after all he had done for her. Did you watch 新上海滩? HXM is the male lead but the story itself is very heartbreaking. Sigh!
ReplyDeleteNope, I did not watch that...is it a good ending? I always try to stay away from anything heart breaking, lol! Anyway, I might watch his new movie, Silent Separation (My Sunshine), co-star with Yang Mi. It will release in May, hopefully its good.
DeleteNope, shanghai bund or (new) shanghai bund doesn't have a good ending, or should I say the lovebirds didn't end up together. The story itself is sad.
ReplyDeleteSigh! I'm not a fan of Yang Mi. I find her very plastic, so is her acting skill (pardon me for saying that, just a personal opinion).
No worries, everyone has different opinions. I am quite keen on the movie because I have read the novel as well as watched the drama (Starring Wallace Chung and Tiffany Tang). Oh, new shanghai sounds bad, I don't like anything sad. -.-
DeleteMaybe you want to check out a movie starring HXM, the Crossing. I came across it by accident on youtube. Perhaps still filming.
ReplyDeleteBut don't you think that the drama is quite abrupt in its ending? C drama tend to make their ending anti climax! Whatever happened to the much anticipated wedding of Zuo Zen & Jin Xiu? At least give a ring (sigh)! I miss the part about their baby. What happened actually? Overall it's a nice drama & because both Zuo Zen & Jin Xiu really blend in well as a couple.
ReplyDeleteI don't really like the abrupt ending too, kind of draggy towards the end as well. Maybe they should consider edit their script slightly, lol! But I think the great chemistry of Chen Qiao En and Huang Xiao Ming is worth watching, so still pretty good after all.
DeleteI hope Zuo Zen & Jin Xiu win the Onscreen Couple Award. It's not in every drama you find the leads have great chemistry.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately such a nice drama went downhill after episode 30. Couldn't the scriptwriter have a better write up instead of having Jin Xiu misunderstand/leave Zuo Zen based on an assumption. Is there a change of makeup artiste, Jin Xiu suddenly looked so much older after their kiss in the rain. Having 'married' to Zuo Zen doesn't have to make her look 'old' overnight. There are so many 'cut' scenes, especially the abrupt ending which left people hanging....am watching because of the male lead & female lead. Both look compatible, like a real couple. I like Shi Hao character, who would have guess that he is Zuo Zen most trusted 兄弟. He always appeared calm & quiet but it was later revealed that Zuo Zen would assign him to do the most dangerous & difficult tasks because Zuo Zen trusted him the most. It was so sad when he put Tang Hai over his shoulders & carried him back to Zuo Zen. I think generally still a nice drama except for the ending & the misunderstanding which left Zuo Zen wifeless for 2 years.
ReplyDeleteanyone know the brand of huang xiaoming wear his sun glasses ?
ReplyDeleteLuckily this Rong Jin Xiu role was not given to Angelababy. Many would expect it since she is the gf of Huang Xiao Ming who acts as Zuo Zen. However, if this role was given to her, I think we can really call it CR as her acting skills unmatched with Chen Qiao En. Already we have so much to rant about this drama bad editing & bad ending, we don't need to rant about bad acting skills from leads.
ReplyDeleteI managed to watch the 'jiang xi' TV version vs the 'hunan' TV version, there were some scenes in the 'jiang xi' version that we did not see in the 'hunan' version.
ReplyDeleteSIL, did you manage to read news...the 2nd lead in the drama (Kimi) recently passed on. WHINE
ReplyDeleteYep, I read about Qiao Ren Liang (Kimi). I was very shocked. Due to depression :(
DeleteChen Qiao En is very sad, as she and Kimi were good friends.
Yup, remembered seeing a photo of CQE posing with a big teddy - a gift from Kimi, when they were filming CR. And these crazy people who bombarded her (weibo), just because she didn't write anything in her weibo abt Kimi. Recently DC was also bombarded also just because he didnt write anything abt WPQ divorce case. Crazy people isn't it...surely if it's your good friend, you won't write abt it in your weibo for the world to read.
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