FILM DIRECTOR’S TV DRAMA ATTEMPT
Hong Kong-based director and Oscar nominee Wong Kar-wai’s maiden attempt to produce a TV drama has caused a sensation.
The 30-episode Blossoms Shanghai, adapted from a novel of the same name, not only became one of the most popular dramas during the New Year period but also fueled local tourism. Penned by Shanghai-born writer Jin Yucheng, the novel won the Mao Dun Literature Prize, one of China’s highest literary honors, in 2015. It follows protagonist A Bao’s entrepreneurial journey and reveals how the lives of young people in the megacity changed during economic reforms of the early 1990s.
Wong, also born in Shanghai, is famous for his, which took him six years to produce, he continued this style, showing the charm of the metropolis.
