The Seasons (1987)

Original title

季節

Genre

drama television series

Country

Hong Kong

Length

2 seasons, 216 episodes

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a long-running Hong Kong drama from the late 1980s, told in very short 15 minute episodes. Each installment ends with a flower being tossed into water, which gives the show a reflective and ritualistic feel.

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What happens

The Seasons (Chinese: 季節) was a 389-episode drama series that was shown during Enjoy Yourself Tonight on Hong Kong TV station TVB from 1987 to 1988. The show, being a section of the main program, Enjoy Yourself Tonight (EYT), meant that it was only 15 minutes long, a rarity in Hong Kong television drama programs. Another rarity is that each episode ends in the same shot: a flower being tossed into the water. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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