Saturday, 13 January 2018

Untouchable Lovers

Drama: Untouchable Lovers / Huang Feng Prison
Chinese Title: 凤囚凰 / Feng Qiu Huang
Broadcast Network: Hunan TV
Broadcast Website: iQIYI, Mango TV

Broadcast Period: January 14, 2018 - April 16, 2018

Air Time: Sunday to Monday 22:00 (two episodes every night)
Genre: Historical, Romance
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: 54
Director: Li Huizhu
Screenwriter: Zhou Mo
Production Date: 2018
Producer: Luo Rujia
Origin: China
Source: Adapted from the novel A Tale of Two Phoenixes by Tian Yi You Feng
Review: First Impressions
Watch Episodes On: Viki (eng subs)

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Synopsis and Plot Summary

A story about a woman who assumes the identity of a promiscuous princess and becomes embroiled in the mind games and politicking in the palace.

In AD464, Liu Zi Ye who is a harsh and cruel man is crowned as the King. His older sister Princess Liu Chu Yu is sensual, uninhibited and has numerous men under her care. Tian Ji Lou, which is the biggest clan in jianghu seeks to overthrow the violent regime. One day, when the princess was was out on a trip, she falls into a river and wakes up with a completely different personality, thus capturing the attention of Rong Zhi. The two fall in love, yet both have hidden agendas of their own.

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Fun Facts

Filming began January 2017.
Filming took place in Iceland and Hengdian World Studios.
Yu Zheng who is the producer also writes the screenplay and has a cameo in the drama.
Yang Rong was confirmed as the lead very early on to the delight of fans, which is why the sudden change in cast to Guan Xiao Tong resulted in some controversy. When filming began, Yang Rong expressed her support for the production by posting on weibo, "Feng Qiu Huang is a novel that I like very much. Director Li Hui Zhu is a director that I admire very much. Wishing Feng Qiu Huang good luck on the opening ceremony."
Merxat Mi Re was rumored to play the leading man opposite Yang Rong but the plan also fell through and Song Wei Long was announced as the lead instead. Even so, he still participated in the drama as another character.
To the disappointment of fans, Yu Zheng changed up the storyline to deviate from the source novel.
Actress Viann Zhang was casted to play Wang Yi Zhe which is a male character in the drama.
According to the novel,"When he became emperor, she told him, “Although your highness and I are of different sexes, we are the children of the same father. Why can you sleep with so many different women, while I must be only with my husband? This is so unfair! And after the Emperor Liu Ziye heard his elder sister’s words, he ridiculously thought it made sense. So he immediately corrected his “wrong ways” and painstakingly selected thirty handsome youths for her to enjoy." (Source: NovelUpdates)

Cast

	Gabrielle Guan Xiaotong as Liu Chuyu / Liu Chuxiu / Zhu Que
	Song Weilong as Rong Zhi
	Viann Zhang as Wang Yizhi
	Yang Mingna as Wang Xianyi
	Zhang Yijie as Liu Ziye
	Bai Lu as Le Yun / Huo Xuan
	Wu Jinyan as Feng Ting / Feng Taihou
	Wu Jiayi as Qing Yue
	Merxat Mi Re as Tuo Bayun
	Xu Kai as Shen Yu
	He Fengtian as Gu Huan / Tian Ji Ge Zhu
	Hong Yao as Huan Yuan

Supporting Cast

Rosy Zhao Lusi as Ma Xueyun
Wang Maolei as Ma Zhongliang
Li Chunai as Hong Xiu
Gao Yuer as Fen Dai
Fu Mei as Lan Ruo
Liu Zequn as Tian Rujing
Wang Yizhe as Wang Ze
Zhang Yixi as You Lan
Liu Enshang as Liu Yu
Lin Jing as Qi Taifei
Zheng Long as Hua Yuanren
Shi Yunpeng as Ta Bahong
Chen Haoming as Qin Gu
Xu Li Qiu Sha as Bi Xi
Kimi Yang Minyong as Pan Gonggong
Lu Siyu as Zhao Xiang
Golden Gao as Mo Xiang
Chen Peng Wan Li as Qi Heng
Zhang Chaoren as Yue Jiefei
Tian Yuan Zuo Yang as Yu Ren
Ye Shengtong as Baili Li Liu Sang
Xiang Hao as Zong Yue
Li Zonglin as Hua Cuo
Li Zhongyu as Shen Youzhi
Jia Chuanxi as Yan Zhi
Zhu Jian as He Ji
Sky Li as Xiao Bie
Jiang Peng as Liu Xiuren
Yang Hongwu as Chen Qingzhi
Wang Xiuze as Lin Mu
Wu Shuang as Yue Ya
Tan Xu as Peng Ge
He Junshuang as Si Majun
Liu Guhao as Yu Wenya
Ye Keren as He Ye
Yi Yong as Yang Cishi
Ding Ding as Liu Gugu
Wang Jianguo as Zhao Qi
Tan Jianchang as Wang Yang
Ren Xihong as Huo Chao
Lu Zhuo as Liu Se
Gong Zheng as Shou Jizhi
Lu Chenyue as Zhu Que (7 years old)
Zhao Yiqin as Jiang Yan
Yang Chunrui as Ting Weizheng
Wei Yu as Liu Cishi
Liu Xiu as Yu Sigong
Chen Jingyu as Wu Changshi
Shi Jingzi as Liu Yingmei
Sun Yifan as Pei Shu
Zhang Nan as Zhong Niannian
Geng Liming as Ya Nu
Geng Shu as Jiang Chanzhi
Liu Zeyu as Jing Shitong
Zhao Shunran as Guan Canghai
Huang Junbin as Liu Chang
Wang Lei as Prince
Chen Zhengyang as He Xi
Wu Ze Jin Xi as Young Beggar
Shan Yingzhe as Chen Bai
Ma Yimei as Fen Dai (7 years old)
Cheng Guodong as Tian Ci
Lang Peng as He Jue
Xu Wangzi as Xiao Shami
Chen Ye as Feng Tai
Yan Zilun as Xue Zhao
Guan Guan as Wan Ren
Zhou Jiwei as Xue Xian
Yu Yao as To Bayu
Wang Shiyu as He Shan
Luo Siwei as Yan Ren
Sukie Li Xinbo as Xiang Ming
Chang Xiaoyu as Yu Luo
Chang Yuan as Wan Yi
Qu Yang as Cheng Yong
Chai Yu as Princess
Lin Jingxian as Xiao Qie
Li Jiacheng as Fu Ma
Meng Qin as Chen Meiren
Du Yilong as Ji Ran
Xia Tian
Li Geyang
Wang Yiran as Shen Guangzuo
Wang Yuqi as He Mai
Chen Yalan as Wang Zhenfeng
Mo Xiaoman as Zhao Gugu
Cao Gaobo as You Lang
Liu Junda as Wang Lin
Zhang Bowen as Tuo Bahong
Zhang Haifeng as Qin Yuan
Wei Zhihao as Liu Ziye (12 years old)
Guo Ziming as Liu Ziluan (7 years old)

Episode Ratings

Hunan TV
Date	Episode	CSM52 Cities (%)			CSM Nationwide (%)
Date	Episode	Ratings	Audience Share	Ranking	Ratings	Audience Share	Ranking
2018-01-14	1-2	0.795	5.924	5	0.480	4.340	4
2018-01-15	3-4	0.656	5.223	8	0.540	5.180	5
2018-01-21	5-6	0.776	5.296	6	0.640	5.210	6
2018-01-22	7-8	0.752	5.524	7	0.530	4.820	7
2018-01-29	9-10	0.827	5.974	6	0.620	5.190	7
2018-02-04	11-12	0.668	4.726	5	0.650	5.310	6
2018-02-05	13-14	0.740	5.529	6	0.730	6.090	7
2018-02-11	15-16	0.867	5.345	3	0.830	5.590	4
2018-02-12	17-18	0.891	5.984	3	0.770	5.540	5
2018-02-18	19-20	0.788	4.974	2	0.740	5.210	3
2018-02-19	21-22	0.714	4.464	4	0.880	6.190	4
2018-02-25	23-24	0.684	4.630	6	0.710	5.640	5
2018-02-26	25-26	0.646	4.464	4	0.730	5.800	5
2018-03-04	27-28	0.602	4.526	6	0.490	4.620	6
2018-03-05	29-30	0.790	6.692	6	0.500	5.280	8
2018-03-11	31-32	0.681	4.890	6	0.460	4.280	7
2018-03-12	33-34	0.659	5.868	7	0.440	5.120	9
2018-03-18	35-36	0.654	5.038	6	0.410	4.240	8
2018-03-19	37-38	0.700	5.637	6	0.430	4.430	10
2018-03-25	39-40	0.671	5.117	4	0.450	4.260	7
2018-03-26	41-42	0.613	3.354	8	0.380	4.190	10
2018-04-01	43-44	0.585	4.755	6	0.360	3.730	8
2018-04-02	45-46	0.738	6.483	3	0.370	4.230	10
2018-04-08	47-48	0.591	5.042	7	0.330	3.540	10
2018-04-09	49-50	0.734	6.494	7	0.400	4.340	8
2018-04-15	51-52	0.719	5.913	4	0.330	3.430	9
2018-04-16	53-54	0.768	7.174	5	0.390	4.470	9
Average	1 - 54	0.715	5.372		0.540	4.825