The time before lunar new year may not have been the best time to release Born to be Alive, the Tibetan plains era drama with a strong homeland security and environmental conservation themes. CCTV released the drama at the end of January and in its two week run that just finished this weekend, the viewership was pretty mid for a … Continue reading →
C-actress Yang Zi and her concerted foray into more serious topic dramas continue, she did Flourished Peony/In the Name of Blossom last year, and on deck is The Mo (Family Business) maybe releasing early next year. But she just finished filming Born to be Alive (Life Tree) and the first teaser trailer is out and it looks award season fodder … Continue reading →
Filming has commenced for the CCTV and iQiyi C-drama Born to be Alive (Chinese title Life Tree) starring Yang Zi with special male lead guest star Hu Ge. It’s filming in the Tibetan Plateau in Western China and tells the story of a girl who was adopted and grew up in that region and becomes a police officer patrolling the … Continue reading →
So the Chinese title is more memorable if you ask me, it’s called Tree of Life and I’ve written about it before as a drama that was going to Yang Zi as the female lead. But she’s since moved on to Family Business as her next drama and now this drama, which has the English title Born to be Alive, … Continue reading →
