Lovers Under the Rain is a 1986 Taiwanese television drama series based on Chiung Yao's 1964 romance novel Fire and Rain. Mainly set in 1960s Taipei, the story follows a young girl Lu Yi-ping as she plotted revenge against her father—formerly a warlord in Northeast China who had 9 wives before fleeing the Chinese Communist Revolution for Taiwan—and his entire household, including her kind half-sister Lu Ru-ping.

Lovers Under the Rain
Also known as
Traditional Chinese濛濛
Simplified Chinese濛濛
Hanyu PinyinYān Yǔ Méngméng
Based onFire and Rain
by Chiung Yao
Developed bySzu Chih-keng
Written by
  • Lin Chiu-yu
  • Chiung Yao
Directed byLiu Li-li
Starring
Opening theme"Yan Yu Mengmeng" (煙雨濛濛) performed by Chiang Shu-na
Ending theme"Mengmeng Yan Yu" (濛濛煙雨) performed by Frankie Kao
Country of originTaiwan
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes40
Production
Executive producers
  • Ho Hsiu-chiung
  • Huang Pao-chung
ProducerPing Hsin-tao
Cinematography
  • Chiao Chu-chung
  • Yao Chi-wei
  • Tu Chi-chung
EditorTseng Jung-lin
Running time45 minutes
Production companies
  • Yi Ren Communications Ltd.
  • Crown Magazine
Original release
NetworkChinese Television System
ReleaseAugust 11 (1986-08-11) –
September 19, 1986 (1986-09-19)
Related
Romance in the Rain (2001)

The second Chiung Yao adaptation starring Leanne Liu and Chin Han after the highly successful How Many Red Sunsets (1985), this drama proved even a bigger hit, capturing over 42% of the Taiwanese audiences.[1]

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