It Started With A Kiss (TV Series)
''It Started with a Kiss'' () is a Taiwanese drama starring Joe Cheng, Ariel Lin and Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit. It was based on the first 10 volumes of the Japanese manga series '' Itazura na Kiss'' (イタズラなKiss, ''Mischievous Kiss'') written by Kaoru Tada. It was produced by Comic Productions (可米國際影視事業股份有限公司) and directed by Chu Yu-ning (瞿友寧). It started filming 6 August 2004 and wrapped 9 June 2005. It was broadcast on free-to-air China Television (CTV) (中視) in Taiwan from 25 September 2005 to 12 February 2006, every Sunday at 22:00 and cable TV Gala Television (GTV) Variety Show/CH 28 (八大綜合台) 31 September 2005 to 18 February 2006, every Saturday from 21:30 to 23:00. ''It Started with a Kiss'' was a huge success, together with its sequel ''They Kiss Again'', both locally and internationally, pinning it as the truest and one of the most successful adaptations of the manga. Due to the extreme popularity received by th ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Romance Film
Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey through dating, courtship or marriage, marriage is featured. These films focus on the search for romantic love as the main plot focus. Occasionally, romance lovers face obstacles such as finances, physical illness, various forms of discrimination, psychological restraints, or family resistance. As in all quite strong, deep, and close romantic relationships, the tensions of day-to-day life, temptations (of infidelity), and differences in compatibility enter into the plots of romantic films. Romantic films often explore the essential themes of love at first sight, young and mature love, unrequited love, obsession, sentimental love, Spirituality, spiritual love, forbidden love, platonic love, sexual and passionate love, sacrificial ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Manga
are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. The term is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning. Outside of Japan, the word is typically used to refer to comics originally published in Japan. In Japan, people of all ages and walks of life read manga. The medium includes works in a broad range of genres: action, adventure, business and commerce, comedy, detective, drama, historical, horror, mystery, romance, science fiction and fantasy, erotica ( and ), sports and games, and suspense, among others. Many manga are translated into other languages. Since the 1950s, manga has become an increasingly major part of the Japanese publishing industry. By 1995, the manga market in Japan was valued at (), with annual sales of 1.9billion manga books and manga magazines (also known as manga anthologies) in Japan (equivale ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kiss Me (TV Series)
Kiss Me may refer to: Film * ''Kiss Me'' (1929 film), a French silent comedy film * ''Kiss Me'' (1932 film), a French comedy film * ''Kiss Me'' (2011 film) or ''With Every Heartbeat'', a Swedish drama film * ''Kiss Me'' (2014 film), an American romantic drama film Music Albums * ''Kiss Me'' (album), Japanese title for ''Mambo No. Sex'', by E-Rotic, 1999, or the title song * ''Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me'', by the Cure, 1987 Songs * "Kiss Me" (C. Jérôme song), 1972 * "Kiss Me" (Empress Of song), 2023 * "Kiss Me" (Indecent Obsession song), 1992 * "Kiss Me" (Olly Murs song), 2015 * "Kiss Me" (Sixpence None the Richer song), 1998 * "Kiss Me" (Tin Tin song), 1982, later recorded solo by Stephen Duffy * "Kiss Me", written by Noël Coward from the operetta '' Bitter Sweet'' * "Kiss Me", by Cassie from '' Cassie'', 2006 * "Kiss Me", by the Del-Vikings, 1968 * "Kiss Me", by Dermot Kennedy, 2022 * "Kiss Me", by EC2, 1990 * "Kiss Me", by Ed Sheeran from '' +'', 2011 * "Kiss Me" ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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They Kiss Again
''They Kiss Again'' () is a 2007 Taiwanese television series starring Joe Cheng, Ariel Lin, Jiro Wang and Danson Tang. It is the sequel to '' It Started with a Kiss'' which is based on the Japanese manga series ''Itazura na Kiss'' (イタズラなKiss, ''Mischievous Kiss'') written by Kaoru Tada. It was produced by Comic International Productions ( 可米國際影視事業股份有限公司) and directed by Chu Yu-ning ( 瞿友寧). It started filming 26 March 2007 and wrapped 19 January 2008. It was first broadcast in Taiwan on free-to-air China Television (CTV) from 16 December 2007 to 27 April 2008, every Sunday at 22:00 to 23:30 and cable TV Gala Television (GTV) Variety Show/CH 28 on 22 December 2007 to 3 May 2008, every Saturday at 21:30 to 23:00. It is the third live-action television adaptation following the Japanese adaptation also titled ''Itazura na Kiss'', its prequel '' It Started with a Kiss'' in 2005 and followed by a South Korean adaptation '' Playful Kiss'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Itazura Na Kiss (TV Asahi)
is a Japanese '' shōjo'' manga series written and illustrated by Kaoru Tada. ''Itazura na Kiss'' was first serialized and published in 1990 by Shueisha through ''Bessatsu Margaret'' magazine. It became successful very quickly and became the manga series that Tada became known for in Japan. The manga became so popular that three live TV series have been made so far in 1996, 2005, and 2010, with a sequel of the 2005 drama in late 2007. In 2013, a remake of the Japanese live TV series, called ''Mischievous Kiss: Love in Tokyo'', was made. Despite its success, the manga was never completed due to the unexpected death of the author from a cerebral hemorrhage. However, the manga series continues to be published with the permission of the artist's widower. The manga has sold 35 million copies, making it one of the best-selling manga series of all time. A drama CD series was released in 2005–2006 and a 25-episode anime adaptation aired in 2008. In an interview, the author's ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Lara Veronin
Lara Veronin, also known as Lara Liang ), is a Taiwanese-American singer. Career Nan Quan Mama Lara was born in California, United States in 1988, and she moved back to Taipei, Taiwan with her older sister, Esther Veronin, and her parents in 2001, where she graduated from Taipei American School in 2006. Having participated in music performances and music groups from a young age, Veronin was discovered in 2005 by Taiwanese pop star Jay Chou and became the female frontman in Chou's second iteration of his band project: "Nan Quan Mama". That same year, Lara also skyrocketed to fame when she released a duet with Jay Chou titled "Coral Sea" (). In Nan Quan Mama, Veronin acted not only as a performer but often also as songwriter and/or lyricist, where she collaborated often with bandmate Chase Chang (Chinese:張傑, p=Zhāng Jíe) on creating tracks. During this time, Veronin also made her first forays into acting, having starred in 2006 Taiwanese drama series ''Engagement for Lov ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Standard Mandarin
Standard Chinese ( zh, s=现代标准汉语, t=現代標準漢語, p=Xiàndài biāozhǔn hànyǔ, l=modern standard Han speech) is a modern Standard language, standard form of Mandarin Chinese that was first codified during the Republic of China (1912–1949), republican era (1912–1949). It is designated as the Languages of China, official language of mainland China and a major language in the United Nations languages, United Nations, Languages of Singapore, Singapore, and Languages of Taiwan, Taiwan. It is largely based on the Beijing dialect. Standard Chinese is a pluricentric language with local standards in mainland China, Taiwan and Singapore that mainly differ in their lexicon. Hong Kong written Chinese, used for formal written communication in Hong Kong and Macau, is a form of Standard Chinese that is read aloud with the Cantonese reading of characters. Like other Sinitic languages, Standard Chinese is a tone (linguistics), tonal language with topic-prominent langua ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Mandopop
Mandopop or Mandapop refers to Mandarin popular music. The genre has its origin in the jazz-influenced popular music of 1930s Shanghai known as Shidaiqu; later influences came from Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Taiwan's Hokkien pop, and in particular the campus folk song folk movement of the 1970s. "Mandopop" may be used as a general term to describe popular songs performed in Mandarin. Though Mandopop predates Cantopop, the English term was coined around 1980 after " Cantopop" became a popular term for describing popular songs in Cantonese. "Mandopop" was used to describe Mandarin-language popular songs of that time, some of which were versions of Cantopop songs sung by the same singers with different lyrics to suit the different rhyme and tonal patterns of Mandarin. Mandopop is categorized as a subgenre of commercial Chinese-language music within C-pop. Popular music sung in Mandarin was the first variety of popular music in Chinese to establish itself as a v ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bianca Bai
Bianca Bai (; born 23 October 1982) is a Taiwanese actress and model. Bai graduated from Shih Hsin University and started her career as a model with Catwalk Modeling Agency before becoming an actress. She was nominated in 2010 for Best Actress at the 45th Golden Bell Awards The Golden Bell Awards () is an annual Taiwanese television and radio production award presented in October or November each year by the Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development, a division of Taiwan's Ministry of Culture (Taiwan), M ... for her role in ''Shining Days''. In June 2016, Bai gave birth to a boy. Retrieved 2016-07-29 Filmography Television series Film
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Chase Chang
Nan Quan Mama () is a Taiwanese music group. The name is a phrase in Mandarin to explain having strength while being gentle as a mother. They are closely tied with the well-known artist Jay Chou, but it was revealed after Lara and Chase Chang went solo that the name came from Jay's pen name when he was in high school when he started writing songs, and it was meant to mean 'Nan Quan's Mother', so it was actually a metaphor for Jay's mother. The group was nominated for ''Best Singing Group'' at the 19th Golden Melody Awards in 2008. GIO, Taiwa19th Golden Melody Awards winners list 16 October 2008. Retrieved 2011-06-12 Each of the members contribute to composing their songs, and also sing together in most of their songs, although some of their songs are composed and sung solely by one of the members, such as the song "Crystal Dragonfly" (水晶蜻蜓) which was composed and sung by Lara. As of June 2006, they are the official spokespeople for Motorola in Taiwan. Members Current * Dev ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Aaron Yan
Aaron Yan (, born Wu Keng-lin on 20 November 1985) is a Taiwanese people, Taiwanese actor, singer, television host and businessman. He was also one of the members of Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit (Taiwanese band), Fahrenheit. Life and career 1985–2005: Early life and career beginnings Yan was born as Wu Keng-lin in Taipei, Taiwan on 20 November 1985. When he was very young, he and his family moved to Connecticut, United States, where he lived for five years, and then moved back to Taiwan. In 2004, Yan posted some of his pictures on a public blog and was scouted by Taiwanese management company, Comic Productions. In August 2004, he made his acting debut in Taiwanese drama, ''I Love My Wife''. In 2005, after signing with Comic Productions and HIM International Music, Yan starred in Taiwanese dramas, ''It Started with a Kiss (TV series), It Started with a Kiss'' and ''KO One''. 2005–2011: Fahrenheit In December 2005, he formed a boy band named Fahrenheit (Taiwanese b ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Wang Shih-hsien
Wang Shih-hsien (; born 11 February 1968) is a Taiwanese singer and actor. Career As a singer, Wang won Best Taiwanese language performer at the 16th Golden Melody Awards. Wang has been nominated multiple times, including in 2008 and 2011, when he lost to Sodagreen and Huang Wen-hsing Huang Wen-hsing (; born 2 June 1979) is a Taiwanese Hokkien pop singer and actor. He was named the Best Taiwanese Male Singer at the 2011 Golden Melody Awards. He has appeared in several television series, including ''Love or Bread ''Love or Br ..., respectively. Wang starred in Niu Chen-zer's '' Monga'' and has also appeared in the television series '' The Unforgettable Memory'', '' The Spirits of Love'' and '' Night Market Life''. Personal life Wang is married and has two children. Discography Filmography Film Television series References External links * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Wang, Shih-hsien 1968 births Living people Taiwanese Buddhists Taiwanese Hokkien pop singers ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |