Love Is Payable

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Love Is Payable
Vietnamese VHS cover
Also known as
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Literal meaningYou Are Sentimental at Heart
Hanyu PinyinNóng Běn Duō Qíng
Written byBo Hua
Directed by
Starring
Opening theme"Duo Qing Ren" (多情人) performed by Mindy Quah
Ending theme"Ditu" (地圖) performed by Chiang Yu-heng
ComposerChen Ming-chang
Country of origin
  • Taiwan
  • China
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes40
Production
ProducerYoung Pei-pei
Cinematography
  • Lin Ho-lung
  • Hsiao Bi-tsun
Running time45 minutes
Production companies
Original release
NetworkFormosa Television
ReleaseJuly 23, 1997 (1997-07-23)
Related
Entangling Love in Shanghai (2010)

Love Is Payable is a 1997 Chinese-language period romance television series produced by Young Pei-pei, set in the Shanghai International Settlement during the Second Sino-Japanese War (which was policed by British and Americans before 1941 even after Shanghai fell to the Japanese in 1937). The series was filmed in Tianjin and Shanghai and first broadcast on Taiwan's Formosa Television.

Originally, Anita Mui was the first choice to play Xiangxue'er, and Stephen Chow was the first choice for the role of Bai Lang. However, they were unavailable, so Carina Lau and Steven Ma were cast instead.

In 2010, Young Pei-pei produced a remake, titled Entangling Love in Shanghai in English (the Chinese title remains the same).

Cast[edit]

Awards and nominations[edit]

# Award Category Individual Result
34th[1] Golden Bell Awards Best Television Series Does not appear Nominated
Best Supporting Actor Lee Li-chun Nominated
Best Sound Effect Hu Lianzhong, Huang Gaoping Nominated
Best Lightning Lin Helong, Chen Zelin Nominated

References[edit]

  1. ^ "88年電視金鐘獎入圍名單" [List of Nominees for 1999 Television Golden Bell Awards]. Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development (in Chinese).