Tuesday, 3 May 2022

Women Wrestling

Drama: Women Wrestling
Chinese Title: 瓦舍之素舞遥 / Wa She Zhi Su Wu Yao

Broadcast Date: April 16, 2022

Air Time: Daily 12:00 (2 eps) with 6 more eps on premiere for VIP, starting Apr 25, Mon-Wed (2 eps) (See Viewing Calendar)
Genre: Comedy, Historical, Short Drama, Sports
Language: Mandarin
Episodes: 27
Director: Zhang Bo
Screenwriter: Wang Hebin
Production Company: Tencent Pictures, Tencent Weishi
Origin: China
Related: A Puppetry
Watch Episodes On: Youtube

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Synopsis and Plot Summary

Zhou Yao is a young lady obsessed with wrestling. After she becomes a main suspect to a bizarre case, she becomes determined to find the mastermind.

Washe culture during the Song Dynasty are very lively. Zhou Yao (Liu Yongxi) is a young miss who likes to disguise herself as a man and secretly goes to the largest washe in the capital, run by her father Zhou Zihai, to seek entertainment. Because of her mother's background, Zhou Yao seems to have a special gift and interest in wrestling.

Due to a fight for power and profit between her father and her second uncle, Zhou Yao loses both her parents in a fire. Second uncle Zhou Zishan takes over all the property of the Zhou family and drives Zhou Yao out with the excuse that her existence in and of itself is a disgrace due to her mother's past. Zhou Yao who finds herself becoming the main suspect in a bizarre case gets into women's wrestling. How will she rescue the trapped women? Can she find the mastermind behind the scenes?

Fun Facts

It is the first in the 3-part "Washe" short dramas that also include "A Puppetry" and "An Old Magic!".
Episodes are around 6 minutes long.
The boot ceremony was held on October 13, 2021.
It was announced on November 14, 2021 that filming for all three short dramas have been completed.

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