Letter 1949 (2009)

Directed by

Chen Ming Zhang, Deng An Ning

Cast

Queenie Tai, Shen Hai Rong, Lin Yo Wei, Zhang Chen Guang, Huang Hong Sheng, Hawick Lau, Huang Xiao Li, Jack Lee

Length

12 episodes

How it feels

A Taiwanese journalist in 1948 falls for a Shanghai woman, but a jealous rival has him thrown into the harbor. She believes him dead, marries another man, and decades later discovers he is alive. With her granddaughter, she returns to Shanghai to reunite with him, stirring up old passions and family conflicts.

romanticmelodramaticbittersweetnostalgictenseemotionalheartbreakingyearning

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