''Mars'' () is a

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starring

Barbie Shu Barbie Hsu (; born 6 October 1976) is a Taiwanese actress, singer, and television host. She is best known for her leading role in the television series '' Meteor Garden'' (2001). Life and career Hsu was born in Taipei, Taiwan on 6 October 197 ...

(aka Da S) and

Vic Chou Vic Chou () is a Taiwanese actor and singer. He is a member of the Taiwanese boy band F4. Career F4 Chou rose to fame for his role as Hua Ze Lei in the highly popular Taiwan television series '' Meteor Garden''. At the conclusion of the series ...

of F4 who reunited since '' Meteor Garden'' and its sequel ''

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''. It is based on the

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shōjo manga is an editorial category of Japanese comics targeting an audience of adolescent females and young adult women. It is, along with manga (targeting adolescent boys), manga (targeting young adult and adult men), and manga (targeting adul ...

series, ''

Mars Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System, only being larger than Mercury. In the English language, Mars is named for the Roman god of war. Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin at ...

'' written by Fuyumi Soryo. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production and Chai Zhi Ping as producer and directed by Cai Yuexun.《戰神MARS》你是我世上惟一的依靠
Retrieved 2010-12-26 The series was broadcast in Taiwan in 2004 on free-to-air

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(CTS) and cable TV Gala Television (GTV) Variety Show/CH 28. It was the 2005 Most Popular Drama of the Year at the 40th

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, Taiwan. In 2016 it remade with the same name in Japan.

Synopsis

Chen Ling (陳零) and Chen Sheng (陳聖) (both by

) are twin brothers born out of wedlock, by a father who is their mother's brother-in-law, and has died in a racing incident. Their one childhood memory of their mother is that of a medicated cold bed-bound woman, whose only words were that "in this world Sheng is the only one Ling can rely on and Ling is the only one Sheng can rely on". One day Ling meets Qi Luo, an introvert and a gentle girl, in a park where he asks her for directions. She draws the directions for Ling on the back of one of her sketches of a mother and child. Ling seeing her quietly drawing on a park bench reminds him of Sheng and becomes attracted to her. When Ling saves Qi Luo from being sexually harassed by their English teacher, she starts to open up to him. In exchange for the finished painting of 'Mother and Child', Ling promises to protect her.

Cast

as Chen Ling and Chen Sheng *

Barbie Hsu Barbie Hsu (; born 6 October 1976) is a Taiwanese actress, singer, and television host. She is best known for her leading role in the television series '' Meteor Garden'' (2001). Life and career Hsu was born in Taipei, Taiwan on 6 October 197 ...

as Han Qi-luo * Hsiu Chieh-kai as An Da-ye *

Megan Lai Megan Lai (; born 5 December 1979) is a Taiwanese actress and singer who is best known for ''Bromance'', '' Miss Rose'', ''Meteor Garden II '' and ''Mars''. Life and career Early life and education Lai was born on 5 December 1979 in Yong ...

as Lai Qing-mei * An Jun Can as Fan Tong-dao * Xiao Xiao as Sha Zhi * Duo Ru Ru as Xiang Zi *

Chang Kuo-chu Chang Kuo-chu (; born 17 October 1948) is a Taiwanese actor. He was erroneously declared the winner of the 2007 Golden Bell Award for Best Supporting Actor, because his name was similar to awardee . Both were acknowledged as joint winners. His s ...

as Chong Zhi *

Leon Dai Leon Dai (, born 27 July 1966) is a Taiwanese actor and film director. His film '' Cannot Live Without You'' was Taiwan's submission to the 82nd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film. The film also won two awards at the 46th Golden Ho ...

as Ming Gao * Ying Cai Ling (應采靈) as Qi Luo's mother * Tang Zhi Wei as Qi Luo's stepfather * Lin Li Yang Ming Gao's friend *

Ding Ning Ding Ning (; born 20 June 1990) is a former Chinese table tennis player. She was the winner of women's singles in the 2011 World Table Tennis Championships. At the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, Ding won her second world title in w ...

as Chong Zhi's secretary *

Kingone Wang Kingone Wang (; born 5 May 1980) is a Taiwanese actor, singer and host. He was part of the boy band Comic Boyz and winner of Taiwanese Golden Bell Awards for Best Supporting Actor. He is the alumni of both National Chiao Tung University and ...

(cameo) as Ling and Sheng's biological father * Renzo Liu as Professor Shi * Guo Shi Lun * Huang Tai-an as Ah Jian *

Lee Lee-zen Lee Lee-zen (, born 6 January 1974) is a Taiwanese actor, television host and singer. He began his career in 1996 as a singer, and went on to make his acting debut in the television series ''Chrysalis '' (1999). Since then, he has starred in te ...

as Chen Chung-chih (youth)

Soundtrack

* Opening theme song: "零" (Ling)

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– Alan Kuo (柯有倫) * Ending theme song: "讓我愛你" (Rang Wo Ai Ni) et Me Love You- Vic Chou and Barbie Shu ''Mars Original Soundtrack'' (戰神MARS 電視原聲帶) * Released: 10 September 2004 * Label: Sony Music Entertainment (Taiwan) * Language: Mandarin * Format:

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* Genre:

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; with later influences coming from Japanese enka, Hong Kong's Cantopop, Taiwan's Hokkie ...

;Track listing # "零" (Ling)

- Alan Kuo (柯有倫) – opening theme # "讓我愛你" (Rang Wo Ai Ni) et Me Love You– Vic Chou and Barbie Shu (周渝民 and 徐熙媛) - ending theme # "白色戀曲" (Bai Se Lian Qu) hite Concerto– RaRa # "The Hardest Note" – Megan Lai (賴雅妍) # "說愛我" (Shuo Ai Wo) ay You Love Me– Liang Yi Zhen (梁一貞) # "明天" (Ming Tian) omorrow– Da Di Le Tuan (大地樂團) # "我可以" (Wo Ke Yi) Can– You Hong Ming (遊鴻明) # "零" (零的自我分裂之歌) ero – instrumental# "我可以" (達也的深情吶喊之歌) Can – instrumental# "讓我愛你" (綺羅的壓抑情感之歌) et Me Love You – instrumental# "說愛我" (晴美的渴望有愛版之歌) ay You Love Me – instrumental# "白色戀曲" (桐島的白色之歌) hite Concerto – instrumental

Book

* Mars Photobook (戰神MARS電視寫真書) –

International broadcast

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, it aired on Channel 3 on Friday to Sunday at 22:05 p.m. to 22:50 p.m., from October 15, 2004. and its re-run on Mondays to Thursdays at 2:15 a.m. to 3:00 a.m., from September 8 to October 27, 2015. This is the first rerun of this series in Thailand since its premiered 11 years ago.

References

External links

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CTS MARS homepage
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GTV MARS homepage
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Comic Ritz homepage
{{Authority control Taiwanese drama television series Chinese Television System original programming Taiwanese television dramas based on manga Television shows written by Mag Hsu 2004 Taiwanese television series debuts 2004 Taiwanese television series endings