''Imperfect Love'' () is a 2020 Chinese drama television series directed by Liu Bao and starring
Zhou Xun
Zhou Xun (, born 18 October 1974) is a Chinese actress and singer. She is regarded as one of the Four Dan Actresses of China. She gained international fame for her roles in '' Suzhou River'' (2000) and ''Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress'' ...
,
Kara Hui,
Angie Chiu
Angie Chiu (; born 15 November 1954) is a Hong Kong actress, and was the third runner up in the 1973 Miss Hong Kong pageant.
Early life
In 1954, Chiu was born in Hong Kong. In 1971, Chiu graduated from Shung Tak Catholic English College and l ...
and
Huang Jue. The series is a remake of the award-winning
2010 Japanese TV series ''Mother''. It airs on
Tencent Video and
IQIYI from March 27 to April 4, 2020.
Plot
The drama is shot from the perspective of women and tells a story about finding light in the darkness and embracing hope in motherhood.
Lin Xu Zhi (
Zhou Xun
Zhou Xun (, born 18 October 1974) is a Chinese actress and singer. She is regarded as one of the Four Dan Actresses of China. She gained international fame for her roles in '' Suzhou River'' (2000) and ''Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress'' ...
) is a woman who doesn't have a past. She was adopted and is still scarred from being abandoned by her birth mother. She meets and befriends 7-year-old Mu Lian Sheng (Chen Sinuo), who she quickly realizes is being abused at home by her mother and mother's boyfriend. One night, she finds Lian Sheng tied up alone in a closet, after a fire breaks out in Lian Sheng's house. Xu Zhi takes the girl into her own care, and they flee from
Dalian
Dalian () is a major sub-provincial port city in Liaoning province, People's Republic of China, and is Liaoning's second largest city (after the provincial capital Shenyang) and the third-most populous city of Northeast China. Located on the ...
to
Beijing
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. In caring for the young girl, two broken souls find solace in each other.
Cast
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Zhou Xun
Zhou Xun (, born 18 October 1974) is a Chinese actress and singer. She is regarded as one of the Four Dan Actresses of China. She gained international fame for her roles in '' Suzhou River'' (2000) and ''Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress'' ...
as Lin Xu Zhi
*Chen Sinuo as Mu Lian Sheng / Lin Xiao Ou
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Huang Jue as Tian Fang
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Kara Hui as Yuan Ling
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Angie Chiu
Angie Chiu (; born 15 November 1954) is a Hong Kong actress, and was the third runner up in the 1973 Miss Hong Kong pageant.
Early life
In 1954, Chiu was born in Hong Kong. In 1971, Chiu graduated from Shung Tak Catholic English College and l ...
as Zhong Hui
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Chin Shih-chieh as Li Ze
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Tong Yao
Tong Yao (; born 11 August 1985), also known as Tanya Tong, is a Chinese actress, best known in film for portraying Chen Shu in ''A Big Deal'' (2011), May in '' Snowfall in Taipei'' (2012) and Annie Yang in '' To Love Somebody'' (2014), and has ...
as Gao Shan
*Qu Gaowei as Guo Yue
*Cai Yatong as Mu Jing
*Chiang Yunlin as Shang Wu
*Zeng Yixuan as Lin Zhi Yan
*Chen Yizan as Xiao Oo Zhi
*Liu Baisha as Lin Guo Zhi
*Kang Fuzhen as Jiang Guo Dong
*Yang Bo as Hao Ping
*Sheng Gang Shuai
*Guo Tiecheng as Guo Jian Min
*He Yuhe as an office clerk
*Sun Lei as
*Zhao Yali as Su Kui
*Ma Weifu as Lao Zhou
*Hai Yitian as a lawyer
*Lin Zilin
*Chi Peng as Aunt Song
Awards and nominations
Broadcast
References
External links
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2020 Chinese television series debuts
2020 Chinese television series endings
2020 web series debuts
2020 web series endings
Chinese television series
Chinese drama television series
Chinese television series based on Japanese television series
Chinese web series
Mandarin-language television shows
Television series by Tencent Pictures
Television series by Tencent Penguin Pictures
Tencent original programming