''Light the Night'' (), previously known as ''Blue Hour'', is a 2021 Taiwanese

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written by Ryan Tu and directed by Lien Yi-chi. The series stars

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Synopsis

Season 1

In 1988, teenagers find a dead body in the woods; months before, two madams at Light Bar struggle with the men in their lives.

Season 2

At the end of the second season of ''Light the Night'', Chiang Han is shown listening to a tape recorder that was handed over to him earlier by Rose. It had a recording of a woman panicking about another woman's death. Just as Chiang Han is on his way to meet Rose, he is hit by a speeding car and collapses on the road

Season 3

We learn that Rose came to work at Light after being released from prison, having taking the fall for her unscrupulous husband (Joseph Cheng). While serving time, Rose befriended Hana (Esther Liu), who also comes to work at Light upon her release.(strong sex scenes) The fact that ''Light the Night'' ends with Rose staring at Sue's body suggests that their relationship is going to remain very central in the second and third parts, and we certainly can't dismiss her as a suspect just because there are likelier candidates.

Cast

Main starring

as Lo Yu-nung a.k.a. Rose, the manager of 'Hikari' * Yo Yang as Pan Wen-cheng, a detective *

as Su Ching-yi a.k.a. Sue, the owner of 'Hikari' *

as Chiang Han, a famous television screenwriter *

as He Yu-en, a college student *

as Li Shu-hua a.k.a. Hana, a hostess of 'Hikari' * Cherry Hsieh as Chi Man-ju a.k.a. Ah-chi, a hostess of 'Hikari' * Nikki Hsin-ying Hsieh as Huang Pai-he a.k.a. Yuri, a hostess of 'Hikari' *

as Wang Ai-lien a.k.a. Aiko, a hostess of 'Hikari', Yu-en's classmate

Co-starring

* Cammy Chiang as Lin Ya-wen a.k.a. Yaya, an accountant and a hostess of 'Hikari' * Hu Wei-jie as Ting Chia-hao a.k.a. Hsiao-hao, a waiter of 'Hikari' * Nash Zhang as Li Chien-ta a.k.a. Ah-ta, a detective * Dora Hsieh as Yen Chiao-ju a.k.a. Mei-mei, a detective * Jim Liu as Wu Tsu-wei, Yu-nung and Shao-chiang's son

Guest-starring

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as Ma Tien-hua a.k.a. Hinoki, Ching-yi's sworn brother, a notorious gangster *

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as Wu Shao-chiang, Yu-nung's husband (part 1, 3) *

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as Henry, a host of 'Ciao' who is in love with Yu-ri * Kai Hsiu as Ko Chih-hao, a prosecutor * Lee Lee-zen as Hsu Kuo-piao a.k.a. Piao-ke, a gangster (part 1) * Kagami Tomohisa as Nakamura Masao, a customer of 'Hikari' * Chu Chung-heng as Sun Ming-chang, Wen-cheng's superior * Ken Lin as Feng, a television producer (part 1-2) * Lorene Jen as Hsiao Wan-jou, an famous actress (part 1-2) * Wu Kang-ren as Liu Pao-lung a.k.a. Pao-pao, the owner of 'Sugar', a cross-dressing hostess (part 2-3) * Wang Ching-ying as Su Mei-yu, Ching-yi's mother (part 2-3) * Yi Cheng as Chu Wen-hsiung, the neighbor of the Lo family, Mei-yu's ex-lover (part 2-3) *

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as young Lo Yu-nung (part 2-3) * Tseng Jing-hua as young Wu Shao-chiang (part 2-3) * Jean Ho as young Su Ching-yi (part 2)

Guest appearances

* Greg Hsu as Yu-en's classmate (part 1) * Shen Meng-sheng as Lo Chun-sheng, Yu-nung's father (part 1-2) * Moon Wang as Lo Hsieh Hsueh-ling, Yu-nung's mother (part 1-2) *

James Wen James Wen (; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ''Vûn Sin-hò''; born 22 February 1978) is a Taiwanese actor, former reporter and model. He is known for his supporting performance in Taiwanese drama ''My Queen'', for which he received one of his four Golden Bell ...

as Lo Li-nung, Yu-nung's elder brother (part 1) * June Tsai as Lo I-nung, Yu-nung's elder sister (part 1-2) * Ma Nien-hsien as Tsai Huo-wang, the owner of a

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as Ko Hsiu-chih, the owner of a barbershop (part 1-2) * Hans Chung as Kevin Cheng, the manager of 'Ciao' (part 1) * Chen Bor-jeng as Shu-hua's father (part 1, 3) * Fan Jui-chun as Ai-lien's mother (part 1, 3) * JC Lin as a student of mountain climbing club who found dead body (part 1) * Edison Song as a student of mountain climbing club who found dead body (part 1) * Ying Tsai-ling as Zhang Yi-fen, the dean of orphanage (part 2-3) * Kitamura Toyoharu as a customer of 'Hikari' (part 1) * Berry Kuo as a cake shop clerk (part 2) *

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as Chiung-fang, the ex-owner of 'Hikari' (part 2) * Chang Yung-cheng as president Fang, an advertisers who is Hsiao Wan-jou's boyfriend (part 2) * Austin Lin as magazine club senior (part 2-3) *

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a hostess of 'Hikari' (part 2) * Tang Chih-wei as Li Ssu-ching, a host of television program (part 2) *

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as a customer of 'Sugar' (part 3) * Ray Chang as Shu-hua's ex-boyfriend (part 3)

Supporting

* Chien Shao-feng as a student of mountain climbing club who found dead body (part 1) * Wang Yu-hsuan as a student of mountain climbing club who found dead body (part 1) * Wu Kun-da as Pai Lung, the owner of cafe (part 1)

Episodes

Production

Six female leads attended the press meeting held in Taipei on September 11, 2020. Also, unveiled their male actors line up on October 14, 2020. Over 250 million Taiwanese dollars were spent to produce the 24-episode series, which features extravagant sets and costumes. The original series planned to be broadcast only in

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, but the high-standard production and unique story themes attracted the attention of streaming platform

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, and finally they attained its overseas distribution rights for over 300 million Taiwanese dollars.

Release

''Light the Night'' Season 1 was released globally on November 26, 2021 on

. The series' first season was released in three parts. On November 22, 2021, a few days before the series premiere, the first two episodes of the first part was screened at the 58th Taipei

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Awards and nominations

Soundtrack

''Light the Night Original Soundtrack (OST)'' (華燈初上影集原聲帶) was released on January 1, 2022 by various artists. It contains a total of 9 tracks. The OST album is available for streaming on various music streaming platforms

References

External links

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