Happiness as Flowers (2005)

Directed by

Gao Xi Xi

Cast

Sun Li, Deng Chao, Yin Tao, Xin Bai Qing, Li Xin Yu, Wang Yi Zhu, Yu Bin

Length

27 episodes

How it feels

In 1980s China, a naive dancer in an army troupe idolizes a tough soldier as her first love. She eventually marries a childish officer's son, but tensions rise when her husband grows jealous of her lingering feelings for the soldier. Their marriage begins to fall apart.

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