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Idol Drama – It Started with a Kiss (E Tsuo Chu Chih Wen / 惡作劇之吻)

Story of Drama -
Hsiang-Chin Yuan (starred by I-Chen Lin) is a naïve, happy high school girl. After seeing Chih-Shu Chiang (starred by Yuan-Chang Cheng), the representative for freshmen, giving a speech, Hsiang-Chin unknowingly fell in love with him. After secretly admiring, she decided to confess to him in school, but was turned down by him. Because of her carelessness, she became the topic which everyone was teasing about. However, another bad thing happened right after Hsiang-Chin was rejected by Chih-Shu. Her new house was attacked by an earthquake and collapsed!

Hsiang-Chin and her dad (starred by Tsung-Sheng Tang) were about to live in the street. Luckily, Uncle A-Li (starred by Yung-Cheng Chang), a good friend of her dad in middle school, generously gave them a hand, inviting them to live with him. Hsiang-Chin didn’t know friendly Uncle A-Li is Chih-Shu’s dad! Those two people started a whole new life under the same roof…...

There is nothing which can get Chih-Shu, who is called Taiwan’s Number One, in trouble. Everything is under the control of him. However, the presence of Hsiang-Chin is like an uncontrolled tornado. She screws up his life. The bravery and silliness of Hsiang-Chin encourage him to think about his life and future. The love from Hsiang-Chin is also percolating into his heart……

(Translated from GTV. Without permission, do not plagiarize any content above.)

Cast -
Chiang, Chih-Shu: Yuan-Chang Cheng
Yuan, Hsiang-Chin: I-Chen Lin
Chin, Yuan-Feng: Tung-Cheng Wang
Pei, Tze-Yu: Wei-Ning Hsu
A-Li: Yung-Cheng Chang
A-Li’s wife: Yung-Hua Chao
A-Tsai: Tsung-Sheng Tang
Chiang, Yu-Shu: Po-Han Chang
Wang, Hao-Chien: Wei-Teng Wang
Tu, Chien-Chung: Chih-Wei Lai
Liu, Ya-Nung: Jung-Chia Liu
Lin, Chun-Mei: Pei-Ting Yang
A-Heng: Wen-Heng Wu
Cockroach: Ti-Chun Wang
Kung, Ling-Yang: Po-Cheng Chen
Wen, Chen-Kuai: Tsai-Ying Yao
Yang, Ta-Hsin: Red Capsule

Broadcast Date -
Taiwan: 09/25/2005 to 02/12/2006, 9:00 to 10:30pm, Sundays, on CTV

Official Web Site -
1. CTV: http://www.ctv.com.tw/event/2005/kiss/
2. GTV: http://www.gtv.com.tw/Program/S051420051001U/

Related Newspaper Reporting -
1. "Although it still lost Prince Turns to Frog, the first episode of It Started with a Kiss got a more-than-3 viewing rate. It won the other idol drams broadcast on FTV and CTS in the same period of time." – NTUA 09/29/2005
2. "Yuan-Chang Cheng and I-Chen Lin are the best screen couples voted by BBS." - The Great Daily News 01/08/2006
3. "GTV brought Korean soap operas into Taiwan five years ago. Now, its self-produced idol dramas, such as 'It Started with a Kiss', 'The Outsiders', and 'KO One', are going to be exported to Japan, Southeast Asia, and China from April of this year. It even attempts to fight back to Korea. Korean TV stations are interesed in 'It Started with a Kiss' after reading the screenplay." - (Apple Daily Taiwan 01/11/2006)
4. "It Started with a Kiss was the number one in viewing rate before Lunar new Year. I-Chen Lin went back to her grandma’s home in E-Land but was recognized by housewives in a temple." - Liberty Times 02/05/2005
5. "The last second episode of It Started with a Kiss gained a more-than-6% viewing rate. Not only was it the number one among the idol dramas being played, but also it was number 4 among all the TV shows played on Sunday." - MOL 02/08/2006
6. "Last week, 'It Started with a Kiss' got a more-than-6% viewing rate and a 10.81% among the ages from 15 to 24." - China Times 02/09/2006

posted by TwE @ 3:13 PM