TOP ANIME 2017 FALL TV
Pictures from Sound of the Desert, a 2014 Hunan TV drama.Īnother beautiful drama starring Liu Shi Shi in the female lead role! Yes, I do have a weakness for this actress, but trust me, she is truly remarkable - and fits historical dramas perfectly! Sound of the Desert also has Hu Ge as one of the two main male leads, making the cast of this drama almost perfect for me (only my beloved Wallace Huo is missing, or it would be the most perfect drama cast ever!) Plus, a romantic fourth wheel was smartly dropped into this love mix, introducing one of my favourite male characters in historical dramas ever - Ye Xian, the leader of a Mongol tribe. For the first time in my years of drama watching history, I was seriously wondering who she would choose in the end. I feel that the love triangle in this drama, although it has some classic features, is really unpredictable and different. The drama is set in the Ming dynasty, which is visually more pleasing compared to the horrible half-bald hair styles featured in Qing dynasty dramas. The drama follows a young and smart doctoress that fights against the prejudice of society and her surroundings to become the best and most dedicated doctor. Come on, guys! Give this drama some love. For some reason, this drama encountered a lot of criticism and is somehow not that appreciated by international viewers (see its relatively low rating here on MyDramaList). The Imperial Doctress had all the ingredients to become one of my favourites dramas. Liu Shi Shi and Wallace Huo play the main roles, there is a love triangle (or even love square!) involving royals, the images were beautiful, and the story dynamic. Images from Imperial Doctress, a 2016 JSTV drama. There are so many historical Chinese dramas out there that it may be a bit confusing if you are new to the Asian drama world - the available choices are truly overwhelming! To minimize this struggle, let me now introduce you to a Selection of my Top 5 Favorite Chinese Historical Romance Dramas. I also don't like it when the drama starts diverging too much from the main plot, or if the main plot is not romantic enough (sorry, Nirvana in Fire). I hate when dramas start dragging with unnecessary additions or secondary characters (too many harem fights kills the drama for me). As for the stories, they are usually hit or miss for me. These actresses have an immaculate, almost surreal classical beauty, and it is such a pleasure to see them on screen in their beautiful costumes. There are some Chinese actresses that I love that often appear in historical dramas and very rarely in modern ones, such as Liu Shi Shi. Sometimes they overuse digitally created images, but sometimes it's just thanks to the beautiful filming locations and costumes. Chinese historical dramas are often more visually stunning. I previously wrote a post on my favorite Korean Historical Dramas, and I can't really tell whether I prefer Korean or Chinese historical dramas. And as I can't resist a good romance, of course, I had to fall for historical dramas. People love each other the same way all over the world, and throughout history. This reminds us that the world may have changed, but love is still the same.
The love lines of historical dramas are often the most modern aspect of these dramas. Characters have life-death dilemmas, noble families seek ultimate power through all means, society is unfair, but people still love each other. In historical dramas, everything feels more intense and strangely more real.
Everything is more intense in a historical drama, and that is what I am looking for: Passion. Historical dramas have all that and so much more. I enjoy beautiful settings and images, sophisticated clothes and costumes and of course good looking characters.
I attach a great importance to the cinematographic aspects of dramas. I didn't want to embark on longer dramas, and I thought I would never fully grasp the historical context and be able to enjoy historical dramas. I started watching historical dramas relatively late compared to other types of dramas.