Bull Fighting (TV series)
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Bull Fighting is a 2007 Taiwanese drama
starring Mike He
, Hebe Tien, and Lee Wei. The series was broadcast on free-to-air Taiwan Television (TTV)
(台視) from 18 November 2007 to 9 March 2008 on Sunday at 22:00 and cable TV Sanlih E-Television (SET)
(三立電視) from 24 November 2007 to 15 March 2008 on Saturday at 21:00.
TRIO is a famed group in the East Sun college known for their handsome, well-rounded and rich boys who also have talent in the game of basketball: Zhou Bi Shou, Xu Zhe Kai, and the leader, Shen Ruo He. All three are gorgeous and proud, and been there for each other since they were little. Confident, they know that they will win against the other college, and score the spot to place their team flag on.
Yi Sheng Xue (Hebe Tien) is a stubborn but naive daughter of a former triad leader, Wu Ye. She went to a temple to wish TRIO good luck during the infamous 13th street basketball game. As a young girl, she had been chased by hostile gang members, and had run frantically to the basketball court in desperation to avoid conflict. Coincidentally the very first 13th street basketball game was taking place. The members, seeing a young girl being persecuted, helped drive the gang members away, leading Sheng Xue into safety. Sheng Xue now takes the game seriously and watches it every year, cheering on the East Sun college.
This year, TRIO, representing East Sun, lost. Shen Ruo He (Mike He
) had almost hit Sheng Xue with his car earlier-causing mayhem amongst Sheng Xue's many bodyguards, especially Jin Zi Cong (Lee Wei). Secretly cutting a hole open in Ruo He's bag and poking a hole into his tire, Jin Zi Cong's bodyguard gang stole off, and an unaware Sheng Xue never knew about the two acts that her lifelong friends had done. After that, Sheng Xue chased after Ruo He, wanting him to feel the pain that she was feeling after losing to 9 years of famed wins during the 13th Street Basketball Tournament. She was in such disappointment that she transferred from her girl's college over to East Sun just to reprimand the cocky Ruo He, even though this act would defy her temperamental father.
However, Sheng Xue has no idea that Ruo He had to wear smaller shoes and run to the college-the aftereffects of the slit bag and cut tire. After some problems, such as Ruo He going to the doctor's office and being eavesdropped on by Sheng Xue, and Ruo He using TRIO's powers to harass Sheng Xue, Ruo He gets a call from his strict, businessman father. The call was actually an invitation to a date-a date that Ruo He never knew about. He storms off, angry, as Ruo He had been hurt in the past by his ex-girlfriend, whom left him for another man after she saw that Ruo He was obsessed with his father's work. Due to his rude demeanor as a retalition to his father's interfering of his love life, his father's construction company is at stake. The mother of the blind date is a great sponsor in his father's company, and demands the title deeds to 13th Street. As Ruo He's father's company is his flesh and blood, Ruo He promises to get the land title deeds of 13th street-which he soon learns is under Sheng Xue's name. Ruo He plans to have a fake relationship with Sheng Xue to score rights to the title deeds.
However, what will happen when Ruo He starts truly falling for Sheng Xue?
Bull Fighting Original Soundtrack (鬥牛要不要 電視原聲帶) - The album won Best Original Soundtrack at the 2009 HITO Radio Music Awards presented by Taiwanese radio station Hit FM.
Track listing
DVD
Taiwanese drama
Taiwanese Drama refers to dramatic programming of television programming extended stories usually dramatizing relationships through the general range of ten to forty one-hour episodes. They are produced in Taiwan and have gained increasing popularity in the Mandarin-speaking community...
starring Mike He
Mike He
Mike He was born 28 December 1983. He is a Taiwanese actor who started his career as a model before switching to acting. As of 2010, He is managed by HIM International Music.-Biography:...
, Hebe Tien, and Lee Wei. The series was broadcast on free-to-air Taiwan Television (TTV)
Taiwan Television
Taiwan Television Enterprise, Ltd. , commonly known as TTV is launched), is the first television broadcast station in Taiwan...
(台視) from 18 November 2007 to 9 March 2008 on Sunday at 22:00 and cable TV Sanlih E-Television (SET)
Sanlih E-Television
Sanlih Entertainment Television or Sanlih E-Television is a nationwide cable TV network operated in Taiwan that was founded in May 1983...
(三立電視) from 24 November 2007 to 15 March 2008 on Saturday at 21:00.
Cast
- Mike HeMike HeMike He was born 28 December 1983. He is a Taiwanese actor who started his career as a model before switching to acting. As of 2010, He is managed by HIM International Music.-Biography:...
(賀軍翔) as Shen Ruo He 沈若赫 - Hebe Tien as Yi Sheng Xue 伊勝雪
- Lee Wei (李威) as Jin Zi Cong 金子聰
- Liang Zhe (亮哲) as Zhou Bi Shou 周必守
- Huang Pai Jun (黃柏鈞) as Xu Zhe Kai 徐哲凱
- Godfrey Gao (高以翔) as Tank 坦克
- Ding Chun ChengDing Chun ChengDing Chun Cheng , English name: Sphinx Ting) is a Taiwanese actor and male model. TV series and music videos. He has earned the title "fashion 4" due to his fashion experience with Godfrey Tsao,Victor and Gaby. They even made a show for YKsuit in winter of 2008. In 2009, the four published a book...
(丁春誠) as Roma - Cao Wei Xuan (曹維軒) as Mu Yu 木魚
- George Zhang (張兆志) as Run Yi 潤乙
- Zhang Li Ren (張力仁) as Ah Jia 阿嘉
- Jian Chang (檢場) as Yi Chuan Wu 伊全武
- Cyndi Chaw (趙詠華) as Gao Jie Mei 高潔美
- Ai Wei (艾偉) as Shen Guo Shen 沈國琛
- Tan Ai Zhen (譚艾珍) as Mrs. Shen 沈老夫人
- Xie Qi Wen (謝其文) as Sausage vendor 香腸伯
- Hu Kang Xing (胡康星) as Bi Xiao Xiu 畢小修
- Peggy Zheng (曾珮瑜) as Liang Yu Qin 梁羽親
- Lin Shou Jun (林秀君) as President He 賀總裁
- Wang De Sheng (王德生) as Butler Shi 石管家
- Ke Huan Ru (柯奐如) as He Qian Na 賀千那
- Chen Wei Han (陳威翰) as Jia Bao Bei 賈寶貝
- Wang Xin Yi (王心宜) as Mei Fei 梅妃
- Zhang Yong Zheng (張永正) as Uncle Louie
- Wang JuanWang JuanWang Juan is a female Chinese judoka who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the Middleweight event.-Major performances:*2001/2005 National Games - 2nd/1st -70 kg class;...
(王琄) as Bo Luo Shen 菠蘿嬸 - Qian De Men (乾德門) as School doctor
- Zhu De Gang (朱德剛) as Guan Fu Lu 官福祿
- Judy Zhou (周定緯) as Michael
- Chen Han Dian (陳漢典) as 失業路人
- Lene LaiLene LaiLene Lai is an actress, model and pageant winner in the Republic of China . She is most well known for her role as the 2nd Runner up for Miss Asia Pageant 2008.- Brief Bio :...
(賴琳恩) as 學校秘書
Synopsis
It started as a 3-on-3 basketball competition between two rival colleges; an annual event in which the winner would control the 13th Street basketball court for the following year. To everybody's surprise, the 9-year reigning champion, TRIO lost this year... and it was all because of one girl named Yi Sheng Xue. Now, this game has a new purpose.TRIO is a famed group in the East Sun college known for their handsome, well-rounded and rich boys who also have talent in the game of basketball: Zhou Bi Shou, Xu Zhe Kai, and the leader, Shen Ruo He. All three are gorgeous and proud, and been there for each other since they were little. Confident, they know that they will win against the other college, and score the spot to place their team flag on.
Yi Sheng Xue (Hebe Tien) is a stubborn but naive daughter of a former triad leader, Wu Ye. She went to a temple to wish TRIO good luck during the infamous 13th street basketball game. As a young girl, she had been chased by hostile gang members, and had run frantically to the basketball court in desperation to avoid conflict. Coincidentally the very first 13th street basketball game was taking place. The members, seeing a young girl being persecuted, helped drive the gang members away, leading Sheng Xue into safety. Sheng Xue now takes the game seriously and watches it every year, cheering on the East Sun college.
This year, TRIO, representing East Sun, lost. Shen Ruo He (Mike He
Mike He
Mike He was born 28 December 1983. He is a Taiwanese actor who started his career as a model before switching to acting. As of 2010, He is managed by HIM International Music.-Biography:...
) had almost hit Sheng Xue with his car earlier-causing mayhem amongst Sheng Xue's many bodyguards, especially Jin Zi Cong (Lee Wei). Secretly cutting a hole open in Ruo He's bag and poking a hole into his tire, Jin Zi Cong's bodyguard gang stole off, and an unaware Sheng Xue never knew about the two acts that her lifelong friends had done. After that, Sheng Xue chased after Ruo He, wanting him to feel the pain that she was feeling after losing to 9 years of famed wins during the 13th Street Basketball Tournament. She was in such disappointment that she transferred from her girl's college over to East Sun just to reprimand the cocky Ruo He, even though this act would defy her temperamental father.
However, Sheng Xue has no idea that Ruo He had to wear smaller shoes and run to the college-the aftereffects of the slit bag and cut tire. After some problems, such as Ruo He going to the doctor's office and being eavesdropped on by Sheng Xue, and Ruo He using TRIO's powers to harass Sheng Xue, Ruo He gets a call from his strict, businessman father. The call was actually an invitation to a date-a date that Ruo He never knew about. He storms off, angry, as Ruo He had been hurt in the past by his ex-girlfriend, whom left him for another man after she saw that Ruo He was obsessed with his father's work. Due to his rude demeanor as a retalition to his father's interfering of his love life, his father's construction company is at stake. The mother of the blind date is a great sponsor in his father's company, and demands the title deeds to 13th Street. As Ruo He's father's company is his flesh and blood, Ruo He promises to get the land title deeds of 13th street-which he soon learns is under Sheng Xue's name. Ruo He plans to have a fake relationship with Sheng Xue to score rights to the title deeds.
However, what will happen when Ruo He starts truly falling for Sheng Xue?
Music
- Opening theme song: "鬥牛要不要" Dou Niu Yao Bu Yao (Do You Want To Bull Fight) - Tank (Taiwanese singer)Tank (Taiwanese singer)Tank is the stage name of Taiwanese singer-songwriter Lǚ Jiàn Zhōng. Tank is currently signed to HIM International Music. Tank's debut album, Fighting 生存之道 was released on February 23, 2006. His latest album, "The 3rd Round", was released on May 31, 2009.-Biography:Tank was born in Taitung, Taiwan...
- Ending theme song: "最近還好嗎" Zui Jing Hai Hao Ma? (How Are You Lately?) - S.H.E.
Bull Fighting Original Soundtrack (鬥牛要不要 電視原聲帶) - The album won Best Original Soundtrack at the 2009 HITO Radio Music Awards presented by Taiwanese radio station Hit FM.
- Artist: Various artists
- Released: 7 December 2007
- Label: HIM International MusicHIM International MusicHIM International Music is a Taiwanese independent record label and artist management company established in 1999. It was previously known as Grand Music International Inc....
- Language: MandarinStandard ChineseStandard Chinese, or Modern Standard Chinese, also known as Mandarin or Putonghua, is the official language of the People's Republic of China and Republic of China , and is one of the four official languages of Singapore....
- Format: SoundtrackSoundtrackA soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...
(CD+DVD) - Genre: MandopopMandopopMandopop is a colloquial abbreviation for "Mandarin popular music." It is categorized as a subgenre of commercial Chinese-language music within C-pop. Mandopop was the first variety of popular music in Chinese to establish itself as a viable industry. As the name implies, Mandopop features songs...
Track listing
- "鬥牛要不要" Dou Niu Yao Bu Yao (Do You Want To Bull Fight) - Tank (Taiwanese singer)Tank (Taiwanese singer)Tank is the stage name of Taiwanese singer-songwriter Lǚ Jiàn Zhōng. Tank is currently signed to HIM International Music. Tank's debut album, Fighting 生存之道 was released on February 23, 2006. His latest album, "The 3rd Round", was released on May 31, 2009.-Biography:Tank was born in Taitung, Taiwan...
(opening theme) - "最近還好嗎" Zui Jing Hai Hao Ma? (How Are You Lately?) - S.H.E. (ending theme)
- "叫" (Yell) - Zheng Nan (鄭楠)
- "愛來過" (Love Was Here) - S.H.E.
- "困兽" (Trapped Beast) - Judy Zhou (周定緯)
- "來不及" (Too Late) - Hebe TianHebe TianTien Fu-Chen , more commonly known as Hebe, was born on 30 March 1983 in Hsinchu City, Taiwan. She is a Taiwanese singer, actress, TV program hostess, and most notably a member of Taiwanese Mandopop girl group S.H.E. She is the second child in her family. After living in Hsinchu for eighteen years,...
- "背影" (Back) - Yoga LinYoga LinYoga Lin was born on 1 July 1987. He is a Taiwanese Mandopop singer and the winner of One Million Star, Season 1 , a reality TV singing competition in Taiwan. During the competition, he once contemplated quitting due to the elimination of his good friend, Eddie Tsai...
- "放牛 Party" (Cattle Grazing Party) - Zhang Jia Wei (張家瑋)
- "一觸即發" (On The Verge) - instrumental
- "When I Think of You" - instrumental
- "極道千金" (Gangster Daughter) - instrumental
- "最近還好嗎" (How Are You Lately?) - instrumental
- "對峙" (Standoff) - instrumental
- "逗牛" (Bull Teasing) - instrumental
- "危機" (Crisis) - instrumental
- "迷幻青春" (Magical Youth) - instrumental
- "挑釁" (Provoke) - instrumental
- "戰爭之後" (After the War) - instrumental
- "愛的鬥牛" (Bullfighting of Love) - instrumental
- "球場下雪了" (It's Snowing in the Ball Court) - instrumental
DVD
- 18 mins of Bull Fighting behind-the-scene footage