Chinese Drama : The Long Ballad 长歌行

Year Released

2021

Genre

Action, Historical Fiction

 

No. of Episodes

 

49 - running time of 45 minutes per episode

 

Starring

 

Dilraba Dilmurat, Wu Lei, Zhao Lusi

Storyline

Yong Ning Princess, Li Changge (Dilraba Dilmurat) vows revenge against her uncle Li Shimin (Geng Le) when he killed all her families. She also has a love-hate relationship with her cousin Yong An Princess, Li Leyan (Zhao Lusi) because of this. 

She meets up with a lot of people on her way and ends up being in the grassland with Ashile Shun (Wu Lei). Changge wants Ashile tribe to help her with her revenge but she comes to realise that she only wants peace among the people whether it is the Tang Dynasty, grassland or desert.

My View

 

Some parts are draggy especially the Princess Yong An being kidnapped portion and Ashile Khatun's (Yang Ming Na) controlling the royals. I almost wanted to rate a 3 stars but overall the plot is well written. I like how the relationship between Ashile Shun and Ashile She-er (Wa Er) work out in the end.

Hao Du (Liu Yuning) is kind of adorable and he matches well with Princess Yong An.

Rating

4/5 Stars

 

Chinese Drama : Moonlight 月光变奏曲

Year Released

2021

Genre

Romantic Comedy

No. of Episodes 

36 - running time of 45 minutes per episode

Starring

Ding Yuxi, Yu Shuxin, Yang Shize, Ma Yinyin

Storyline

Chu Li (Yu Shuxin) dreams to be an editor and happens to be given a chance when she joins Yuan Yue Publishing. Her first author is young and promising Zhou Chuan (Ding Yuxi), then a once popular Jiang Yucheng (Yang Shize) and a trying to make a comeback Suo Heng (He Xinlin).

Coincidentally, Chu Li under nickname 'Monkey' and Zhou Chuan 'Mr. Fox' are web friends since young. Gu Baizhi (Ma Yinyin) used to be Jiang Yucheng's ex-girlfriend and former editor but they broke up due to misunderstanding. The four leads help each other overcome their fear, accompany each other when they need someone.

My View

Moonlight is pretty sweet and adorable romcom. The part where Jiang Yucheng is reading Liu Lao Shi's husband letter, those words are extremely touching and I cried so so much. Jiang Yucheng also mentions about He Shuhuan from Romance in the Rain drama from 20 years ago where he popped up from a box. That is funny too as I watched that drama upteen times.

Rating

4/5 Stars

Korean Drama : Money Heist: Korea - Joint Economic Area

Year Released

2022

Genre

Action, Crime

No. of Episodes

12- 1 hour 10 mins per episode for Season 1 & 1 hour per episode for Season 2

Starring

Yoo Ji-tae, Park Hae-soo, Kim Yoon-jin, Kim Sung-oh, Jeon Jong-seo

Storyline

A group of thieves led by 'Professor' (Yoo Ji-tae) take over a mint located at Joint Economic area between North and South Korea. Their aim is to trap innocent citizens and workers of the mint in order to stall time for them to print billions of dollars. Some want the money, and some are for political reasons.

My View

Understand this is a remake of Spanish Money Heist (La Casa de Papel) but I really enjoyed this drama. The wits of these thieves against the North and South Korean police department are truly amazing. 

Rating

5/5 Stars