''They Kiss Again'' () is a 2007 Taiwanese

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starring

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and Danson Tang. It is the sequel to '' It Started with a Kiss'' which is based on the

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manga series ''

Itazura na Kiss 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 beca ...

'' (イタズラなKiss, ''Mischievous Kiss'') written by

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. 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'' in 2010 broadcast on MBC.

Synopsis

'' It Started with a Kiss'' ended with odd couple Zhi Shu (

) and Xiang Qin (

) getting married in characteristically comical fashion, and the sequel picks up the story with their honeymoon and married life. Xiang Qin is as ham-fisted as ever, creating many funny situations as she learns the ropes of being a wife and tries hard to become a good nurse and work alongside her genius husband. Aspiring

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Zhi Shu meets some obstacles at school when he encounters both academic and romantic rivals who are determined to over-rule him. As Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin struggle with their professional ambitions, they also struggle with their personal relationship. Many times, Zhi Shu's coldness and harshness drives Xiang Qin to tears and she tries to run away. Zhi Shu learns to understand and deal with his jealousy when Xiang Qin's nursing fellow student Yang Qi Tai ( Figaro Ceng) becomes too close. He also tries to push Xiang Qin to higher ambition and independence. Zhi Shu soon learns to love Xiang Qin and forgive her bumbling ways, and Xiang Qin tries harder to become a better wife and nurse to her husband. Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin are not the only ones having problems with their relationship. Xiang Qin's childhood friend Ah Jin (

) deals with the unwelcome affections of Christine (

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), an English exchange student who latches onto him against his will. Xiang Qin's friend, Chun Mei (

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), gets pregnant by her boyfriend, Ah Bu (

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), but his wealthy, highbrow mother is desperate to keep them apart. Zhi Shu's younger brother Yu Shu (Zhang Bo Han) deals with his own first love and their story remarkably resembles that of Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin.

Cast

Main cast

as Jiang Xian Qin (袁湘琴) - Kotoko Aihara in the manga and Jiang Zhi Shu's wife *

as Jiang Zhi Shu (江直樹) - Naoki Irie in the manga and Yuan Xiang Qin's husband *

as Jin Yuan Feng (aka Ah Jin) (金元豐) - Kinnosuke Ikezawa in the manga and Yuan Xiang Qin's friend

Supporting cast

* Chang Yung Cheng as Jiang Wan Li (aka Ah Li) (江萬利) - Zhi Shu's father * Cyndi Chaw as Jiang Zhao Zi (aka Ah Li's wife) (阿利嫂) - Zhi Shu's mother * Tang Tsung Sheng as Yuan Cai (Ah Cai) (袁有才) - Xiang Qin's father * Zhang Bo Han as Jiang Yu Shu (江裕樹) - Zhi Shu's brother * Petty Yang as Lin Chun Mei (林純美) - Xiang Qin's best friend * Candice Liu as Liu Ya Nong (劉雅儂) - Xiang Qin's best friend * Ann Hsu as Pei Zi Yu (裴子瑜) - Zhi Shu's friend * Jason Wang as Wang Hao Qian (王皓謙) - Zhi Shu's college friend *

as Ah Bu (阿布) - Chun Mei's boyfriend

Extended cast

* Danson Tang (唐禹哲) as Ouyang Gan (歐陽幹) *Billie Wang as Ah Bu (阿布)'s mother *Guan Cong (關聰) as Zhi Shu (直樹)'s grandfather * Senda Aisa (千田愛紗) as Mary (瑪麗) *Kitamura Toyoharu as Qing Yu (青宇) *Gu Xuan Chun as Ah Qiao (阿巧) *

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as Wang Hao Qian (王皓謙) *Ma Nian Xian (馬念先) as Du Ze Sen (杜澤森) *

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(邱勝翊 / 王子) as Ah Nuo (阿諾) / Nobu *Guan Jia Yun (關嘉芸) as Zhang Jun Ya (張君雅) *

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(陸明君) as Jun Ya (君雅)'s mother *Zhu De Gang (朱德剛) as Zhang Xi Hen (張熙恆) *Lin Yu Feng (林裕豐) as Xiang Qin's uncle *Hu Pei Ying (胡珮瑩) as Zhao Qing Shui (趙清水) * Figaro Ceng (曾少宗) as Yang Qi Tai (楊啟太) * Cai Yi Zhen as Luo Zhi Yi (羅智儀) *Jiang Pei Zhen (江佩珍) as Zhang Ni Na (章妮娜) *Xiu Jie Kai (修杰楷) as Zhou Chuan Jin (周傳津) *Li Er (黎兒/粼筱蓉) as Xu Qiu Xian (許秋賢) *Lin Jia Yu (林珈妤) as childhood Lin Hao Mei (林好美) * Summer Meng (孟耿如) as teenage Lin Hao Mei (林好美) *Cong Yang (崇洋) as teenage Jiang Yu Shu (江裕樹) *

(瑞莎) as Christine Robinson (克莉斯汀) *

(鄭元暢) as Alvin—Christine's Fiancé *Liu Rong Jia (劉容嘉) as Liu Nong (流濃) *Ken Zhong as Li Shu Ning (李述宁)

Soundtrack

''They Kiss Again Original Soundtrack'' (惡作劇2吻電視原聲) was released on December 28, 2007, by various artists under

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.They Kiss Again Original soundtrack album info
28 December 2007. Retrieved 2010-12-15 It contains eleven songs, in which three of them are instrumental versions of some songs. The opening theme song is "Xing Fu He Zhuo She" or "Happiness Cooperative" by

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, while the ending theme song is by

entitled "Ni" or "You".

Track listing

Awards and nominations

References

External links

CTV They Kiss Again official homepage

GTV They Kiss Again official homepage
{{Itazura na Kiss China Television original programming Gala Television original programming 2007 Taiwanese television series debuts 2008 Taiwanese television series endings Taiwanese television dramas based on manga Itazura na Kiss Sequel television series