Summer & Summer (traditional Chinese: 熱情仲夏; simplified Chinese: 热情仲夏; pinyin: rè qíng zhòng xià; lit. 'Passionate summer') is a 2007 Taiwanese television series starring Joe Cheng, Wu Xiong and Ethan Juan. It was based on the Japanese josei manga, ぴー夏がいっぱい (Rom. Pii Natsu ga Ippai or lit. Nice Summer), written by Yachi Emiko. It was produced by Comic Productions and directed by Wang Mingtai.
The series was first broadcast in Taiwan on the free-to-air Chinese Television System (CTS) from 11 March to 27 May 2007, every Sunday at 21:30 and on cable TV Gala Television (GTV Variety Show) from 17 March to 6 June 2007, every Saturday at 21:00. The first episode on CTS achieved an average rating of 1.30 and peaked at 2.68.
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Synopsis
Xia Ya chooses a hair salon that is a dollar cheaper than the others, leading to many unfortunate events. When her handbag is stolen along with all her money, she does not even have one dollar to call her parents for help. However, when she feels like all hope is lost, a male dressed like an angel gives her the dollar she needs. She falls in love with him immediately.
At school the next day, she becomes best friends with a new student, Ouyang Yu Yan. When Xia Ya sees Yu Yan talking to the angel, she discovers that he is actually her brother, Ouyang Lei, a model. He was having a photo shoot when he gave the dollar to Xia Ya.
Being the youngest of the family as well as a famous model, Lei is very spoiled and everyone lets him have his way. When Xia Ya yells at him for not looking at any of the love letters he has, he begins to develop an interest in her.
Because Xia Ya is willing to help others unconditionally, Lei begins to like her more and more.
Cast
Joe Cheng as Ouyang Lei
Tsai Yi-chen as Xia Ya
Ethan Juan as Zhou Qiao Shan
Zhang Yu Chen as Ouyang Yu Yan
Sandrine Pinna as Tina
Alien Huang as Chen Lang Zhu
Danson Tang as Tian Guang Zhen
Shin as Sean
Scott as Kali
Deng Jiu Yun (鄧九雲) as Mao Xiang Ling
Chen Wei Min (陳為民) as Jiang An Nu
Lee Lee-zen as Gui Long Shi
Guo Ching Chun as Ouyang's mother
Xia Jin Ting (夏靖庭) as Xia's father
Chen You Fang (陳幼芳) as Xia's mother
Hu Huan Wei (胡桓瑋) as Xia Jie
Ceng Zi Jian (曾子鑑) as Da Pang
Wu Zhen Ya (吳震雅) as Xiao Pang
Cai Ming Xun (蔡明勳) as Juan Mao
Chen Zhen Wei (陳振偉)
Chen Xiang Ling (陳香伶) as Pei Cen
Huang Tai An (ep02)
Zhang Bo Han (章柏翰) as Xia Ya's cousin
Ma Shi Li (馬世莉) as Cai Jie
Soundtrack
Summer & Summer Original Soundtrack (熱情仲夏 電視原聲帶) was released on 27 March 2007 by Avex Taiwan with songs by Xiao Yu, Shin, Mon, Joe Cheng, Wu Xiong and Tsai Han-tsen. It contains thirteen songs, of which eight are various instrumental versions. The opening theme song is "你要什麼就說" ("Just Say What You Want") by Xiao Yu (小宇), while the ending theme song is "Lei Le" or "Tired" by Shin.
Books
23 April 2007: Summer & Summer Photobook (熱情仲夏幕後紀實) - ISBN 978-957-565-775-8
15 March 2007: Summer & Summer TV Drama Novel (熱情仲夏電視小說) - ISBN 957-565-772-1
Promotion
On 17 February 2007, members of the cast appeared in a Chinese New Year television special along with the cast of Hanazakarino Kimitachihe and members of the Taiwanese band Fahrenheit. The show was a competition with a new year theme.