Drama: August Not The End
Chinese Title: 八月未央 / Ba Yue Wei Yang
| Broadcast Date: TBA |
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: 60
Director: Wang Xiaokang
Screenwriter: Wang Jingru
Origin: China
Related: Endless Summer
Source: Adapted from a novel of the same name by Annie Baobei
Chinese Paperback:
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Synopsis and Plot Summary
A story revolving around two friends who are as close as sisters. They fall in love with one man and experience the unpredictability of fate, facing life and death, meeting and separation, trust and betrayal in a heart-wrenching story involving matters of the heart.
Weiyang (Victoria Song), Lin Qiao (Feeling Pan), Chao Yan (Fu Xin Bo) and Shen Bayue (Rain) have been schoolmates from highschool to university. Weiyang and Lin Qiao are best of friends. Chao Yan is attracted to Weiyang, while Lin Qiao is attracted to Chao Yan. After graduation, Weiyang finds work at a publishing company. Lin Qiao tries to catch her big break by frequenting filming locations without much success. Chao Yuan works at a design company while Shen Bayue remains unemployed. When Shen Bayue was caught in the middle of a fight, he encounters Weiyang who ends up saving him by chance, thus beginning their story as he walks into her life.
Ending Spoilers
Fun Facts
- It is produced and distributed by Kangxi Pictures.
- Filming took place in Shanghai, China.
- Rain and members of the cast attended a press conference held on July 6, 2016. Victoria Song couldn't attend due to scheduling conflicts.
- Filming lasted around four months. Rain completed his scenes on October 22, 2016.
- It is part of the dramas that were affected by the Hallyu Ban, an unofficial ban that was in effect in China to restrict all forms of Hallyu aka Korean Wave due to the political disagreement between China and Korea over THAAD. On October 31, 2017, there were reports that both sides were making a move to mend diplomatic ties and news that the virtual ban has been lifted came days later. (Source: Sohu)
- It is the second collaboration between Rain and Victoria.
- Victoria Song and Rain first worked together for Any Dream, a Samsung advertisement in relation to the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Cast
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Rain as Shen Bayue |
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Victoria Song Qian as Wei Yang |
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Fu Xinbo as Chao Yan |
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Feeling Pan as Lin Qiao |
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Yang Qing as Wen Miaomiao |
Supporting Cast
- Pan Yutong
- Jin Guangmin as Li Xianfeng
- Zhou Ziyan as Tian Tian
- Sun Jialu as Shen Jingbei
- Tang Yumeng as Zhang Jingxian
- Li Honglei as Liu Jingli
- Zhang Ge
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