Underplayed Gems

Star Knows My Heart (1983)

Star Knows My Heart poster
Country
Taiwan
Length
40 episodes
The 3D catalogue: film cases on wooden shelves, with the cat sitting at the counter next to its greeting.

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A mother sends her five children to different families after her husband dies, knowing she will also die soon. Years later, the children reunite and decide to leave their adopted homes to form a new family together.

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What happens

Star Knows My Heart (Chinese: 星星知我心; pinyin: Xīngxīng Zhī Wǒ Xīn) (1983) is a popular 40-episode TV series produced by Taiwan Television. It is about a woman who, after her husband dies, sends her five children to five families before dying herself. The five children meet again, leave their adopted families and form a new family. Star Knows My Heart 2007 (星星知我心2007) is a 60-episode TV series produced by Taiwan Television, rewriting the plot. The five children are raised by different families, and the elder sister takes care of her brothers and sisters. The TTV network re-aired the original series during the same year that the 2007 sequel premiered, dubbing the original in Taiwanese Hokkien from the Standard Chinese. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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