Inborn Pair
Inborn Pair | |
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Genre | Romance Comedy |
Written by | Zhang Yuzhong |
Directed by | Feng Kai 馮凱 |
Starring | Annie Chen Chris Wang Puff Kuo Jennifer Hong |
Opening theme | Conductor |
Ending theme | I Don't Want to Leave You Alone |
Country of origin | Taiwan |
Original language | Mandarin |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 84 |
Production | |
Producers | Fang Xiaoren |
Production location | Taiwan |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | SETTV |
Original release | |
Network | SETTV |
Release | 13 December 2011 9 April 2012 | –
Related | |
Ti Amo Chocolate |
Inborn Pair (Chinese:
Synopsis
[edit]Two people who have had a couple of run ins, who never had much luck in love, found themselves betrothed by their families. They give in to a slight hope that because they had drawn the same fortunes, met coincidentally many times, and found one another interesting and attractive, that maybe just maybe they were meant to be. They misunderstand, confuse, frustrate, and hurt each other along the way. Slowly they lay down their fears and mistrust as they grow into a beautiful closeness and genuine fondness for one another. In the end, they believe that they were indeed fated and destined for one another, but the road to happily ever after is indeed a rocky one.
Plot summary
[edit]Song Yi Jie (Annie Chen) is a paralegal who is studying to obtain her legal practitioner license. She is a righteous girl who cannot tolerate the weak being bullied. When she sees an unfaithful husband at her law office refusing to divorce his wife because he wants to keep his good clean image, she volunteered her service by pretending to be his girlfriend in order to obtain evidence against the husband's infidelity.
Ke Wei Xiang (Chris Wang) is the General Manager and runs his family hotel corporation. He mistakes Yi Jie to be a cheater when he meets her at his hotel. The two get off on the wrong foot when she thinks he is a womanizer while he thinks she is a home wrecker. Wei Xiang is actually an obedient son who will listen and do everything his parents and grandmother tells him to do.
The two meet again when they find out they are betrothed to each other over a promise Wei Xiang's grandmother made to Yi Jie's grandfather years ago for saving her life from a robbery. No one agrees to this marriage not even them but in order to make their grandparents happy they hesitantly proceed with marrying each other, but the two eventually fall in love and make their marriage real.
Cast
[edit]Main cast
[edit]- Chris Wang as Ke Wei Xiang
- The General Manager of the Weihai Group, including the resort "Animal Planet". Betrothed to Yi Jie while still in the womb by his grandmother. A very considerate and kind person with a strong sense of familial piety and good business sense. Despite his career focused life, he hopes to find a true love. He comes into conflict with Yi Jie before discovering her identity when his plans to expand Animal Planet would require the demolition of the Song family house.
- Annie Chen as Song Yi Jie
- A legal assistant at a law firm in the process of obtaining her lawyer's license, she is career focused and less concerned with romance. While stubborn and brash, she has a strong sense of justice. Wants to become a lawyer to fulfill a childhood promise to her father who died in a car accident when she was young. Fiercely protective of her family home as the last memories of her childhood.
Supporting cast
[edit]- Tan Ai-chen
譚 艾 珍 as Ke Huang Rui Yin
- Ke Wei Xiang, Ke Wei Cheng and Ke Yan Ni's grandmother. Founder of the Weihai Group. Old friend of Song Jia Bao and architect of the arranged marriage.
- Jennifer Hong
洪 小 鈴 as Ke Yan Ni
- Oldest child and only daughter of the Ke family. Husband of Wang Ke Fan and friends with Song Yi Jie and Wu Jia Jia.
- Hsieh Kun-Da
謝 坤 達 as Ke Wei Cheng
- Youngest son of the Ke family.
- Chris Lee as Wang Ke Fan
- Ke Yan Ni's husband and Deputy Manager of the Weihai Group.
- Ai Wei
艾 偉 as Ke You Xin
- Ke Wei Xiang, Ke Wei Cheng and Ke Yan Ni's father.
- Yang Chieh-mei as Fang Xue Ru
- Ke Wei Xiang, Ke Wei Cheng and Ke Yan Ni's mother.
- Chen Bor-jeng
陳 博正 as Song Jia Bao
- Song Yi Jie's grandfather and Song Lin Hao Yun's father-in-law. Old friend of Ke Huang Rui Yin and the man who saved her from robbers.
- Yang Li-yin 楊麗
音 as Song Lin Hao Yun
- Song Yi Jie's mother and Song Jia Bao's daughter-in-law.
- Jenna Wang
王思 平 as Luo Yun
- Ke Wei Xiang's college classmate and business partner.
- Tao Chuan Zheng
陶 傳 正 as Luo So Sai
- Luo Yun's father and friend to Ke You Xin. President of a business partner to the Weihai Group.
- Yin Fu
茵 芙 as Wu Jia Jia
- Yan Ni and Yi Jie's friend.
- Chris Wu
吳 慷仁 as Zhao Dong Yang
- Song Yi Jie's college classmate and ex-boyfriend.
- Little Bin 迷你
彬 as Ke Xiao Sing
- Ke Wei Cheng's illegitimate son.
- Puff Guo as Li Er
- Li Tian's daughter, Ke Wei Cheng's girlfriend.
- Luo Bei An
羅 北 安 as Li Tian
- A triad boss and Li Er's father.
- Chen Yan Zhuang
壯 壯 /陳 彥壯 as Yu Neng Qian
- Ke Wei Xiang's personal assistant.
- Lin Xin Bei
林 欣蓓 as Jennifer (Ba Zhen)
- Head secretary at Weihai Group.
- Xie Qi Wen
謝 其文 as Qian Zhen Wu
- Lawyer at Da Tong law firm. Song Yi Jie's boss.
- Gao Ying Hsuan
高 英 軒 as Ceng Jian Ren
- Wu Jia Jia's ex-husband.
- Darren Qiu 邱凱
偉 as Huang Zi Ang
- Manager of a construction company partnered with the Weihai Group.
- Miao Ke-li as You-Chun (cameo)
Broadcast
[edit]Year | Country/Region | Channel | Timeslot | Episode premiere | Episode finale | Avg rating |
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2011 | Taiwan | SETTV | Monday to Friday 20:00 - 21:00 | December 13, 2011 | April 9, 2012 | - |
ETTV | Monday to Friday 21:00 - 22:00 | December 13, 2011 | April 9, 2012 | - | ||
2012 | Singapore | StarHub TV VV Drama | Monday to Friday 19:00 - 20:00 | March 26, 2012 | July 19, 2012 | |
Hong Kong | J2 | Monday to Friday 13:30 - 14:30 | February 9, 2012 | June 5, 2012 | ||
Malaysia | Astro Quan Jia HD | Monday to Friday 22:30 - 23:30 | November 30, 2012 | March 27, 2013 | ||
2015 | Thailand | Amarin TV | Monday to Friday 14:00 - 15:00 | June 15, 2015 | September 9, 2015 |
Soundtrack
[edit]Inborn Pair did not release an official soundtrack. However, there are songs used in the series. In particular, the series had six songs from different artists released in their respective albums. The opening theme song used is "Conductor" (
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer - Album | Length |
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1. | "Conductor" ( | Richie Jen | |||
2. | "I Don't Want to Leave You Alone" ( | Mayday | |||
3. | "Unopened Gift" ( | Victor | |||
4. | "I'm Sure" ( | Victor | |||
5. | "Not Your Fault" ( | Ding Dang | |||
6. | "One Person Is Impossible by" ( | Ding Dang |
Reception
[edit]Inborn Pair received positive reviews from audiences and garnered successful ratings, hitting above the 5.00 rating average on certain episodes. Right after Inborn Pair finished airing, the production team went into development for Sanlih's next romance idol drama. However, hoping to strike double-rating success, they decided to split Chen and Wang up to produce two different new dramas airing back to back on Thursday nights. Annie Chen was paired up with George Hu to film Love, Now, while Chris Wang was paired up with Ann Hsu to film Love Me or Leave Me. Both dramas are from the same writers as Inborn Pair and filmed at the same time. The staff who worked on the series were also split into two team to work on both new dramas since they were produced and filmed at the same time.[3]
Awards and nominations
[edit]Year | Ceremony | Category | Result |
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2012 | 47th Golden Bell Awards[4] | Best Supporting Actress in a Television Series Jennifer Hong |
Nominated |
Best Programme Marketing | Nominated |
References
[edit]- ^ (in Chinese)"
宥 勝 「真 愛 找麻煩 」三立華人電視劇開拍". MSN. Retrieved 2014-03-28. - ^ (in Chinese)"
陳 庭 妮宥勝 有 好感 吵架戲 演 得 肉 麻 " Archived 2013-12-28 at the Wayback Machine. China Times. Retrieved 2014-03-28. - ^ "SETTV splits Chen & Wang to film different dramas" Archived 2012-11-15 at the Wayback Machine. Liberty Times. Retrieved 2014-2-18 (in Chinese)
- ^ "Golden Bell Awards (2012)". YesAsia. Retrieved 2014-03-28.
External links
[edit]- SETTV Official website(in Chinese)
- ETTV Official website (in Chinese)
- Inborn Pair Official Facebook page (in Chinese)