Tomorrow (Taiwanese TV series)
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Tomorrow is a 2001 Taiwanese drama
starring Rainie Yang
, Shawn Yue
, Christine Fan
and Eddie Peng. It is based on Japanese
manga
series, , written by Fumi Saimon
. It was broadcasted in Taiwan on China Television (CTV)
(中視) in 2002.
Chen Mei, in her third year of high school, becomes acquainted with the members of the "Tomorrow Club", which includes: Kua Chu, Chu Shou, Hsin Hwa and Sung Kang. Chen Mei is attractd to Kua Chu. However due to her mother's illness, she loses contact with them. Then upon entering university she meets up with Kua Chu and members of the "Tomorrow Club". Though Kua Chu has a girlfriend, called Shih Huei, he still finds the courage to express his love for Chen Mei. At once, they fall passionately in love, but the reunion fails and they decide to break up. Chen Mei enters a relationship with Chu Shou, who has carried a torch for Chen Mei, but she still misses Kua Chu.
Coincidently, both Hsin Hwa and Sung Kang also harbour a secret love for Kua Chu. At one point, Sung Kang expresses his feeling to Kua Chu, he sleeps with Hsin Hwa. Kua Chu is pressured to withdraw from his school studies because he is discovered working as a waiter in a gigolo club. When Chu Shou discovers that Chen Mei doesn't love him, he breaks up with Chen Mei and works overseas. On Chu Shou's birthday, he drives Sung Kang out for relaxation. However, an accident happens along the way and Sung Kang dies. At the time, Hsin Hwa has Sung Kang's child.
Hsin Hwa returns to her hometown and gives birth to the baby while Chu Shou joins a forest photographic team overseas and Kua Chu furthers his studies in Japan, which now leaves him and Chen Mei in two different places. This long-distance love makes Chen Mei continually suspicions and Kua Chu becomes very discontented. In addition, Kua Chu meets Wei Ching in Japan, which causes Chen Mei to break up with Kua Chu when she realizes it.
Four years later, Chen Mei works as a secretary for the general manager of a company. Members of the "Tomorrow Club arrange a gathering to get together again. Kua Chu still goes with Wei Ching and Chen Mei goes with her supervisor, Chiu Ting. Wei Ching is a mature and intelligent girl, she discovers that Kua Chu still loves Chen Mei. She decides to break up with Kua Chu and let him go with Chen Mei. To take the opportunity to study overseas, Hsin Hwa decides to let Sung Kang's parents take care of Shiau-Liang. Kua Chu suddenly announces that he will adopt Shiau-Liang and proposes to marry Chen Mei ...
Tomorrow Original Soundtrack (愛情白皮書 電視原聲帶)
Track listing
Bonus tracks
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 Rainie Yang
Rainie Yang
Rainie Yang , born June 4th, 1984, is a Taiwanese singer, Golden Bell Awards actress and talk show host.-Career:Yang began her career in 2000, as a member of Taiwanese quartet girl group 4 in Love, where she was given the stage name of Rainie, matching the weather theme of each member. The group's...
, Shawn Yue
Shawn Yue
Shawn Yue is a Hong Kong actor and singer. A former model, he has starred in many films such as Jiang Hu and Infernal Affairs II and has established himself as a recognized face in Hong Kong cinema.- Background :...
, Christine Fan
Christine Fan
Christine Fan, also known as FanFan , was born 18 March 1976. She is an American-born Taiwanese singer and actress. She studied at Pomona College and the Harvard Extension School. In addition to singing, she was also the host of the variety show, Bang Bang Tang on Channel [V] in Taiwan and has...
and Eddie Peng. It is based on Japanese
Japanese language
is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...
manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...
series, , written by Fumi Saimon
Fumi Saimon
is a female Japanese manga artist and novelist. She is best known for the series Tokyo Love Story, which was adapted as a live-action television series. She won the 1983 Kodansha Manga Award for general manga for P.S. Genki Desu, Shunpei and the 1992 Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga for...
. It was broadcasted in Taiwan on China Television (CTV)
China Television
China Television Company, Ltd. was established on September 3, 1968 by the then-ruling Nationalist Party of the Republic of China . The party owned the majority stake of the network...
(中視) in 2002.
Synopsis
The story of "Tomorrow" describes high school gymnast Chen Mei who was injured during practice and was helped by a stranger (Kua-Chu), thus begins a love and friendship story lasting 8 years.Chen Mei, in her third year of high school, becomes acquainted with the members of the "Tomorrow Club", which includes: Kua Chu, Chu Shou, Hsin Hwa and Sung Kang. Chen Mei is attractd to Kua Chu. However due to her mother's illness, she loses contact with them. Then upon entering university she meets up with Kua Chu and members of the "Tomorrow Club". Though Kua Chu has a girlfriend, called Shih Huei, he still finds the courage to express his love for Chen Mei. At once, they fall passionately in love, but the reunion fails and they decide to break up. Chen Mei enters a relationship with Chu Shou, who has carried a torch for Chen Mei, but she still misses Kua Chu.
Coincidently, both Hsin Hwa and Sung Kang also harbour a secret love for Kua Chu. At one point, Sung Kang expresses his feeling to Kua Chu, he sleeps with Hsin Hwa. Kua Chu is pressured to withdraw from his school studies because he is discovered working as a waiter in a gigolo club. When Chu Shou discovers that Chen Mei doesn't love him, he breaks up with Chen Mei and works overseas. On Chu Shou's birthday, he drives Sung Kang out for relaxation. However, an accident happens along the way and Sung Kang dies. At the time, Hsin Hwa has Sung Kang's child.
Hsin Hwa returns to her hometown and gives birth to the baby while Chu Shou joins a forest photographic team overseas and Kua Chu furthers his studies in Japan, which now leaves him and Chen Mei in two different places. This long-distance love makes Chen Mei continually suspicions and Kua Chu becomes very discontented. In addition, Kua Chu meets Wei Ching in Japan, which causes Chen Mei to break up with Kua Chu when she realizes it.
Four years later, Chen Mei works as a secretary for the general manager of a company. Members of the "Tomorrow Club arrange a gathering to get together again. Kua Chu still goes with Wei Ching and Chen Mei goes with her supervisor, Chiu Ting. Wei Ching is a mature and intelligent girl, she discovers that Kua Chu still loves Chen Mei. She decides to break up with Kua Chu and let him go with Chen Mei. To take the opportunity to study overseas, Hsin Hwa decides to let Sung Kang's parents take care of Shiau-Liang. Kua Chu suddenly announces that he will adopt Shiau-Liang and proposes to marry Chen Mei ...
Cast
- Rainie YangRainie YangRainie Yang , born June 4th, 1984, is a Taiwanese singer, Golden Bell Awards actress and talk show host.-Career:Yang began her career in 2000, as a member of Taiwanese quartet girl group 4 in Love, where she was given the stage name of Rainie, matching the weather theme of each member. The group's...
as Yuan Cheng Mei - Shawn YueShawn YueShawn Yue is a Hong Kong actor and singer. A former model, he has starred in many films such as Jiang Hu and Infernal Affairs II and has established himself as a recognized face in Hong Kong cinema.- Background :...
as Ou Yang Gua Ju - Eddie Peng as Qu Shou Zhi
- Christine FanChristine FanChristine Fan, also known as FanFan , was born 18 March 1976. She is an American-born Taiwanese singer and actress. She studied at Pomona College and the Harvard Extension School. In addition to singing, she was also the host of the variety show, Bang Bang Tang on Channel [V] in Taiwan and has...
as Ji Xing Hua - Raymond Li as Zhao Song Gang
- Sunnie Huang as Xiao Rou
- Jiang Zu Ping
Music
- Opening theme song: "啟程" Qi Cheng [Journey] by Christine FanChristine FanChristine Fan, also known as FanFan , was born 18 March 1976. She is an American-born Taiwanese singer and actress. She studied at Pomona College and the Harvard Extension School. In addition to singing, she was also the host of the variety show, Bang Bang Tang on Channel [V] in Taiwan and has...
- Ending theme song: "有你真好" You Ni Zhen Hao [Good To Have You] by Rainie YangRainie YangRainie Yang , born June 4th, 1984, is a Taiwanese singer, Golden Bell Awards actress and talk show host.-Career:Yang began her career in 2000, as a member of Taiwanese quartet girl group 4 in Love, where she was given the stage name of Rainie, matching the weather theme of each member. The group's...
and Christine FanChristine FanChristine Fan, also known as FanFan , was born 18 March 1976. She is an American-born Taiwanese singer and actress. She studied at Pomona College and the Harvard Extension School. In addition to singing, she was also the host of the variety show, Bang Bang Tang on Channel [V] in Taiwan and has...
Tomorrow Original Soundtrack (愛情白皮書 電視原聲帶)
- Label: Decca Records Taiwan
- Released: 2 August 2002
- Language: MandarinStandard MandarinStandard 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: Studio albumStudio albumA studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
(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
- "愛情萬歲～我們的序曲" (Viva Love - Our Song version) by Chang Chung Li - instrumental
- "明曰～通往明天的旅行" (Tomorrow - Journet version) by Chang Chung Li - instrumental
- "啟程" Qi Cheng [Journey] by Christine FanChristine FanChristine Fan, also known as FanFan , was born 18 March 1976. She is an American-born Taiwanese singer and actress. She studied at Pomona College and the Harvard Extension School. In addition to singing, she was also the host of the variety show, Bang Bang Tang on Channel [V] in Taiwan and has...
- opening theme - "啟程演奏版～成美與掛居的邂逅" (Journey) by Chang Chung Li - instrumental
- "大學生～成美的第一個步伐" (University Student) by Chang Chung Li - instrumental
- "明日～不要哭" (Tomorrow Is Another Day!) by Chang Chung Li - instrumental
- "愛情萬歲～複雜的N角關係" (Viva Love - It's Complicated version) by Chang Chung Li - instrumental
- "明日～掛居的失眠夜" (Tomorrow - Insomnia version) - instrumental
- "悲傷～再見了，松崗!" (Wound - Goodbye version) - instrumental
- "悲傷～星華的回憶與想念!" (Wound Memory version) by Chang Chung Li - instrumental
- "啟程演奏版～擦乾眼淚的約定" (Journey - Tears version) by Chang Chung Li - instrumental
- "明日～瞿守的默默守候" (Tomorrow - Silently version) - instrumental
- "說再見" (Saying Goodbye) by Rainie YangRainie YangRainie Yang , born June 4th, 1984, is a Taiwanese singer, Golden Bell Awards actress and talk show host.-Career:Yang began her career in 2000, as a member of Taiwanese quartet girl group 4 in Love, where she was given the stage name of Rainie, matching the weather theme of each member. The group's...
- "有你真好" You Ni Zhen Hao [Good To Have You] by Rainie YangRainie YangRainie Yang , born June 4th, 1984, is a Taiwanese singer, Golden Bell Awards actress and talk show host.-Career:Yang began her career in 2000, as a member of Taiwanese quartet girl group 4 in Love, where she was given the stage name of Rainie, matching the weather theme of each member. The group's...
and Christine FanChristine FanChristine Fan, also known as FanFan , was born 18 March 1976. She is an American-born Taiwanese singer and actress. She studied at Pomona College and the Harvard Extension School. In addition to singing, she was also the host of the variety show, Bang Bang Tang on Channel [V] in Taiwan and has...
- ending theme - "有你真好演奏版～ 謝謝你，明日會的伙伴們!" (Good To Have You - Thank You version) - instrumental
Bonus tracks
- "愛情萬歲加長版" (Viva Love extended version) by Chang Chung Li - instrumental
- "明日原味版" (Tomorrow extended version) by Chang Chung Li - instrumental
- "啟程鋼琴演奏版" (Journey Piano version) - instrumental
Books
- Tomorrow Diary (愛情白皮書Diary) by Yan Feng Zhu published on 26 April 2002 by Jian Duan
- Tomorrow TV Drama Novel (愛情白皮書電視小說) by Zhong Ling published on 1 January 2002 by Sharp Point
- Tomorrow Book (愛情白皮書 - 戀人絮語) by Zhong Ling published on 1 January 2002 by Sharp Point
- Tomorrow Book (愛情白皮書－偶像應援書) by Zhong Ling published on 18 August 2002 by Jian Duan