Year of the Rain

Year of the Rain

Xiao-Lin village after Morakot typhoon
Also known as 那年，雨不停國
Genre TV series
Created by Vanness Wu
Developed by Yu Bei Hua
Written by Xia Kang Zhen
Wu Zhi Yu
Li Yi Fang
Zhao Quan
Directed by Chen Hui Ling 陳慧翎
Starring Jian Man Shu 簡嫚書, Zhang Shu Hao 張書豪, Zhang Jie 張捷, Ke Shu Qin 柯淑勤
Wu Peng Feng 吳朋奉, Xie Qiong Nuan 謝瓊煖, Su Bing Xian 蘇炳憲
Theme music composer Su Sheng Yu 蘇聖育
Opening theme Yu Mei Ting Guo (雨沒停過) by Soft Lipa (蛋堡)
Ending theme A Thousand Wind（千風之歌）by Jimmy Hung (洪天祥)
Composer(s) Soft Lipa (蛋堡)
Country of origin  Republic of China
Original language(s) Taiwanese Mandarin
No. of episodes 6 episode
Production
Executive producer(s) Zhou Yi Quan (周毅銓)
Producer(s) Vanness Wu (吳建豪), Jimmy Hung (洪天祥), Tu Bai Feng (涂百鋒)
Location(s)  Taiwan New Taipei City Gongliao District
Cinematography Chen Guo Long (陳國隆)
Editor(s) Wu Zi Ying (吳姿瑩)
Running time 50 minutes
Production company(s) Public Television Service
Release
Original network Taiwan Public Television Service Foundation
Picture format NTSC
Audio format AC3
First shown in  Taiwan
Original release May 15 (2010-05-15) – May 29, 2010 (2010-05-29)
Chronology
Related shows Autumn's Concerto
External links
Website www.pts.org.tw/year_of_the_rain/
Production
website		 www.sagprod.com/Site/tc/Home.html

Year of the Rain (Chinese: 那年，雨不停國) is a 2010 Taiwanese television series. The director of the TV series is Chen Hui Ling. It is co-produced by Vanness Wu.

Introduction

Year of the Rain is the first TV series about the Typhoon Morakot disaster that happened in August, 2009 in Taiwan. It was directed by the director of Autumn's Concerto - Chen Hui Ling and produced by famous singer/actor - Vanness Wu. This was her first production. The main actors are Jian Man Shu and Zhang Shu Hao. It also features Liu Shui-Chi, Isa Hsieh, Yu An-shun and Ding Qiang.

Year of the Rain was created by the production team of Autumn's Concerto. There are 6 episodes.

Castt

Main Characters

Actors/Actresses Roles Introduction
Jian Man Shu Lin Yu Jing Female lead
Bryan Chang Zhang Fu Hai Male lead
Zhang Jie Zhou Ming Huang The keyboard player of the band.
Ke Shu Qin Wang Xiao Ling Lin Yu Jing's mother. She left her when she was young. She came back when Lin Yu Jing lost her father and her grandmather. Lin Yu Jing knew that her mother's life was a mess and she wanted to help her. But Wang Xiao Ling knew that she couldn't give Lin Yu Jing a good life, so she decided to change herself before she met Lin Yu Jing again.
Wu Peng Feng Lin Jian Wen Lin Yu Jing's uncle.
Xie Qiong Nuan Li Xiu Ling Lin Yu Jing's aunt.
Su Bing Xian Lao Ai The coach of the band.

Other Characters

Actors/Actresses Roles Introduction
Linda Liu Chen Mei Fang Zhang Fu Hai's mother.
Ding Qiang Zhang Jia Hong Zhang Fu Hai's father.
Zhang Pei Jie Zhang Fu Hai's sister.
Wang Man Jiao Grandma Lin Yu Jing's grandmother.
Yu An-shun Liu Zheng Fa Wang Xiao Ling's boyfriend.
Wang Nian Yu Lin Jian Hong Lin Yu Jing's father.
Lin Jun Yong Chen Ying Jun The leader of the band.

Awards and nominations

Awards

2010: 45th Golden Bell Awards:

Nominations

2010: 45th Golden Bell Awards:

Other

OST

  1. Open (Soundtrack)
  2. Rush Memory (Soundtrack)
  3. Father's song -Piano solo (Soundtrack)
  4. Leaving (Soundtrack)
  5. Yu Mei Ting Guo (Theme Song)
  6. Hao Xiang
  7. Oh Love
  8. A Thousand Wind

DVD

  1. Name: Year of the Rain 3 DVD+ CD
  2. Issuing Company: Public Television Service
  3. Date: 2010/08/13
  4. Category: Video
  5. Total disc: 4
  1. Running Time: 531 minutes
  2. Director: Chen Hui Ling
  3. Main Characters: Jian Man Shu, Zhang Shu Hao, Zhang Jie, Ke Shu Qin, Wu Peng Feng, Xie Qiong Nuan, Su Bing Xian
  4. Capacities: 2 discs of DVD5, 1 disc of DVD9, 1 CD
  5. Subtitles: Chinese
  6. Audio: Dolby 5.1

Songs

  1. Title
  2. Open
  3. Rush Memory
  4. Dropping Silence
  5. Father's Song (Quartets version)
  6. Water Girl
  7. Little Stars (Big Band version)
  8. Conflict
  9. Father's Song (Piano Solo)
  10. Mother
  11. Mother and Girl
  12. Memory
  13. Pray
  14. Encounter
  15. Leaving
  16. Fruit Store
  17. Father's Song (Sax and Strings)
  18. Father's Song (Big Band)
  19. A Thousand Winds (Big Band)
  20. Coda

Film Locations

References

    1. Year of the Rain Official Site
    2. Lighthouse San-Diao-Jiao
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