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It Started With A Kiss


It Started with a Kiss (Chinese: 惡作劇之吻; pinyin: Èzuòjù zhī wěn) is a Taiwanese drama starring Joe Cheng, Ariel Lin and Jiro Wang of Fahrenheit. It was based on the first 10 volumes of the Japanese manga series Itazura na Kiss (イタズラなKiss, Mischievous Kiss) written byKaoru Tada. It was produced by Comic Productions (可米製作股份有限公司) and directed by Chu Yu-ning (瞿友寧).
It was boardcasted on free-to-air China Television (CTV) (中視) from 25 September 2005 to 12 February 2006, every Sunday at 22:00 and cable TV Gala Television (GTV) Variety Show/CH 28(八大綜合台) on 31 September 2005 to 18 February 2006, every Saturday at 21:30 to 23:00.
It is the second live-action television adaptation following the Japanese adaptation also titledItazura na Kiss and followed by its sequel They Kiss Again in 2007 and South Korean adaptation Playful Kiss in 2010 broadcasted on MBC.

SYNOPSIS
Yuan Xiang Qin (Ariel Lin) is a bumbling, intellectually-challenged, naïve, but optimistic high school girl. Ever since she met Jiang Zhi Shu (Joe Cheng) at the freshman orientation, she's been in love with the genius with an IQ of 200. After two years of having a crush on him, she finally musters the courage to confess her love to him at school with a love letter. Zhi Shu is not impressed, and Xiang Qin is left humiliated publicly in front of their entire school.
That afternoon, the new house she has just moved into with her father collapses in a minor earthquake. She and her father are instantly left homeless because they lacked the foresight to pay for earthquake insurance. Fortunately, her father's old college friend extends a helping hand and invites both of them to live at his house. Little does Xiang Qin know that the kind Uncle Li is actually the father of Jiang Zhi Shu.
Because of this unexpected turn of events, Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin begin living their lives under the same roof. Zhi Shu's mother aspires to bring them together, coaxing Zhi Shu into tutoring Xiang Qin and taking numerous pictures of the
couple together. Zhi Shu remains cold towards Xiang Qin, thinking her to be one of the dumbest people he has ever met, and refuses to speak to her at school. Through the course of the series, Zhi Shu slowly warms up to Xiang Qin, who tries her hardest to do better in school for him, as they deal with romantic rivals, their futures, and their relationship.

CAST

ActorDrama characterManga characterRelationships
Ariel LinYuan Xiang Qin (袁湘琴)Kotoko Aihara
Joe ChengJiang Zhi Shu (江直樹)Naoki Irie
Jiro WangJin Yuan Feng (aka Ah Jin) (金元豐)Kinnosuke NakamuraZhi Shu's rival
Chang Yung ChengJiang Wan Li (aka Ah Li) (江萬利)Sigeki IrieZhi Shu's father
Cyndi ChawJiang Zhao Zi (aka Ah Li's wife) (阿利嫂)Machiko IrieZhi Shu's mother
Tang Tsung ShengYuan Cai (Ah Cai) (袁有才)Shigeo AiharaXiang Qin's father
Zhang Bo HanJiang Yu Shu (江裕樹)Yuuki IrieZhi Shu's brother
Petty YangLin Chun Mei (林純美)SatomiXiang Qin's best friend
Candice LiuLiu Ya Nong (劉雅儂)JinkoXiang Qin's best friend
Tiffany HsuPei Zi Yu (裴子瑜)Reiko MatsumotoXiang Qin's rival
Jason WangWang Hao Qian (王皓謙)SudouZhi Shu's college friend
Aaron YanAh Bu (阿布)RyoChun Mei's boyfriend
Bianca BaiBai Hui Lan (白惠蘭)Sasuiko
REFERENCE
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It_Started_With_a_Kiss_(TV_series)