''Wan-chun'' (or ''Wanjun'') is a 1990 Taiwanese television series produced by
Ping Hsin-tao and his company Yi Ren Communications Co. () in conjunction with
Chinese Television System
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, based on
Chiung Yao
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's (Ping's wife) 1964 novellette ''
Wan-chun's Three Loves'', which is set in
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Beijing
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.
This is the first Taiwanese TV series filmed in mainland China, and as such suffered from red tape by Taiwan's
Government Information Office
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History
In April 1947, the R ...
. Despite receiving prior approval, the production was accused of "cooperating with Chinese communists", "receiving mainland funds", and "featuring mainland actors in excess" (even though most actors were from Taiwan). Chiung Yao refused to comply with censorship demands to delete scenes that "featured mainland actors in excess", and only after the interventions of politician
Jaw Shaw-kong
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was the series allowed to air. (Chiung Yao and Ping Hsin-tao's company was however fined for several violations.)
Cast
*Yu Hsiao-fan as Hsia Wan-chun
**Jin Ming as Hsia Wan-chun (child)
*Chang Pei-hua as Chou Po-chien
**Cai Yuanhang as Chou Po-chien (child)
*
Hsu Nai-lin
Hsu Nai-lin (; born 17 September 1959) is a Taiwanese television host, actor and singer.
Career
Hsu acted in the TV serials ''Deep Garden'' (1987), ''Wan-chun'' (1991), ''Qing qing he bian cao'' (青青河邊草, 1991) and '' Reaching for t ...
as Chou Chung-kang
**Dong Yang as Chou Chung-kang (child)
*
Sze Yu
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as Chou Shu-hao
**Li Yeyi as Chou Shu-hao (child)
*
Chin Su-mei as Yen-hung
**Cui Shangqi as Yen-hung (child)
*Wang Yu-ling as Tsui Shang-chi
*Liang Hsiu-chi as Tsui Shang-lun
*
Fan Hung-hsuan
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as Chou Tsung-ting
*
Lee Lee-feng
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Name
Given name
* Lee (given name)
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as Chang Yu-chin
*
Tseng Che-chen as Lan Hsuan
*Kwan Yi as Grandma
*
Lee Yu-lin as Wang Wen-chu
*Tu Su-chen as Lee Ming-fang
*
Liu Yueh-ti as Wang Hsiao-fang
*Chen Shufang as Mother Yu
*
Song Zuying
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Early life
Song was born in Guzhang County, part of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hunan. She is of Miao ethnicity, and studied at the Department of Music a ...
as Anu
*Yue Yueli as Tsui Ping-cheng
References
1990 Taiwanese television series debuts
1990 Taiwanese television series endings
Chinese Television System original programming
Mandarin-language television shows
Television shows based on works by Chiung Yao
Television shows set in Beijing
Television shows filmed in Hunan
Television series set in the 1910s
Television series set in the 1920s
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