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Eddie Peng

Sakura Ryohei (1941)
Sakura was a young Japanese pilot who coincidentally met Hao Yan and fell in love with her. Though he realized their love was forbidden, he couldn't bring himself to leave Hao Yan. Before Sakura left for the war, he pledged that he would return safely to marry her and give her happiness. Alas, Sakura was defeated in his mission and before his demise, he held Hao Yan's embroidered fragrance bag tightly and promised that he'd use the fragrance of the Kikyo flower to identify her in his next life…


Jin Cheng Tian (present)
Cheng Tian possessed a keen sense of smell since childhood, thus the pet name "Gou Gou" (Puppy). Born to an artistic father and wealthy mother, Cheng Tian led a very sheltered and comfortable life, giving him an optimistic and naïve outlook in life. Since moving to Seoul, Cheng Tian started to have recurring dreams filled with fragrances. After meeting Xiang Zhi, he become inexplicably attracted to the familiar fragrance from her body and fell deeply in love with her. Thus began 10 years of a bitter and painful love story…



Qiu Ci Xuan

Quan Hao Yan (1941)
At age 18, Hao Yan, whose Korean family ran a medicine store, was engaged and about to be married to Shan Zhi from a neighboring village. She accidentally bumped into Zuo Cang and fell in love with him at first sight. Their love affair was opposed violently by her family and Shan Zhi, causing her much misery. After news about Zuo Cang was lost in the war, pregnant and haunted by guilt over Shan Zhi's death, she committed suicide by hanging herself.

Yin Xiang Zhi (present)
Growing up in a single family, Xiang Zhi had an independent but stubborn personality. Because her father died of liver disease during her childhood, Xiang Zhi felt compelled to project a tough figure to protect her mother and younger brother. Through helping her crush, senior Po Cheng Jun, to film a movie, she got acquainted with Cheng Tian and Song Xin, who was her best friend Qing You's junior. She was initially attracted to Cheng Jun's talent and creativity, only to realize she was falling for the younger Cheng Tian. Terrified of her true feelings and the junior/senior relationship stigma, Xiang Zhi rejected Cheng Tian and chose Cheng Jun. A few years later, disappointed by Cheng Jun's infidelity she bumped into Cheng Tian in Taiwan, and their rocky path of love continued once more. Xiang Zhi had an addiction to alcohol, and this was an omen of a deathly illness in the future….


Ben Bai

Ze Tian Da Jie (1941)
Zuo Cang's fellow pilot in the Japanese army. He supports the love between Zuo Cang and Hao Yan. Ze Tian is like an older brother to Zuo Cang, giving advice and comforting him. He supports Zuo Cang and Hao Yan's love and tells Zuo Cang not to give up hope surviving the war. He reminds Zuo Cang of his promises to Hao Yan.

Song Xin (present)
Song Xin was Cheng Tian's childhood friend and came from a wealthy family. Like Cheng Tian, Song Xin was very cheerful and talkative. He transferred to Seoul to study and met Qing You, his senior in university. Song Xin was smitten with the sweet Qing You and began to pursue her. He was always there to support Cheng Tian through all his ups and downs. After his elder brother become comatose, his father forced him to take over the family business and thus put a lot of mental pressure on Song Xin. On another hand, Song Xin's father objected his relationship with Qing You and this put a strain on their relationship. The presence of Wang Yi En further complicated the matter and created a tragedy….


Li Xi Zhen

Cui Qing You
Cui Qing You was a gentle and kind-hearted Korean girl. She was Xiang Zhi and Mei Zhen's best friend. Qing You had unique talent in making ceramics and carried an artistic, elegant quality. She fell in love with Song Xin and was willing to commit 6 years of long-distance relationship with Song Xin. Later, she abandoned her family and career to follow Song Xin to Taipei, but was disappointed because Song Xin's family did not accept her because of her family background. In order to please his father, Song Xin agreed to work at the company and frequently left Qing You alone in the unfamiliar environment. Qing You silently waited upon Song Xin night and day, increasingly frustrated in their relationship as days went by. Song Xin began to take her for granted and his suspicious relationship with Yi En distressed Qing You. On the eve before Song Xin planned to propose to Qing You, he got drunk and had a one night stand with Yi En. Qing You found out and in a fit of sadness decided to end her life, giving Song Xin no chance to make amends.


Damien Lau

Jin Zhi Zhong
Jin Zhi Zhong has always been the figure of respect for Cheng Tian. He is mature, controlled, sensible, and totally different from his domineering wife. Zhi Zhong is a gifted ceramist and lectures the art classes in university. He once had an affair with his student Shen Qiao Ying twenty years ago and this has left an unforgettable memory for him. As fate has it, Zhi Zhong bumps into Qiao Ying in Seoul and stirs back the old memories between them. Zhi Zhong now faces one of the hardest decisions in his life….

Shen Shi Hua

Shen Qiao Ying
Qiao Yin is Xiang Zhi's aunt. When she was studying ceramics with Zhi Zhong, she fell in love with him and they had a passionate love affair. Knowing that Zhi Zhong won't leave his family, Qiao Ying chose to suddenly disappear. After Jian Zhi was born, Qiao Ying gave him to her sister to raise as her own child. Many years later, Jian Zhi and Zhi Zhong met by fate, causing Qiao Ying to hesitate whether she should tell the truth about Jian Zhi's identity and resume her love story with Zhi Zhong.



Oh Seo Gyu

Lee Seo Jik (1941)

Po Cheng Jun (present)
Cheng Jun was Xiang Zhi's senior who worked as a assistant director. Because of his talent and good looks, Xiang Zhi had a crush on him. However, maybe because of influence from a past life, in this life Cheng Jun had a playboy personality and was unable to stay faithful in love. After 6 years, Cheng Jun began to pressure Xiang Zhi to marry him though he had an on-going affair with Xiang Zhi's best friend, Mei Zhen. That was the last straw for Xiang Zhi. Cheng Jun was regretful but realized that Xiang Zhi feelings were moved by Cheng Tian during her last visit to Taipei. Thus, in a moment of selfishness, he lied to Cheng Tian that Xiang Zhi was pregnant and they were going to marry according to plan after all. His action caused Cheng Tian's world to collapse and Xiang Zhi felt confused why Cheng Tian never contacted her for a year after that….


Xu Wei Lun

Wang Yi En
Yi En was Cheng Tian's mother god-daughter who had a crush on Cheng Tian. Cute and intelligent, Yi En was adored by the Jin family, with the exception of Cheng Tian himself. This was because Cheng Tian saw Yi En as petty, conceited and domineering; just like a carbon copy of his mother. Yi En was too obsessed to become Cheng Tian's wife, though Cheng Tian repeatedly reminded her that he only saw her as a little sister. After she found out that Cheng Tian was in love with Xiang Zhi, she became increasingly jealous and started to pester Song Xin for news about Cheng Tian. Her domineering behavior aroused the suspicion of Qing You therefore Cheng Tian warned both Song Xin and Yi En to stay away from each other. Yi En decided to irritate Cheng Tian by harassing Song Xin more often. When she saw Cheng Tian and Xiang Zhi kissing on national television, Yi En got drunk and seduced Song Xin for a one night stand.

Ming Zhi Yan


Xu Mei Zhen
Shy and yearning for love, Mei Zhen was good friends with Xiang Zhi and Qing You. During her university years she had a crush on Cheng Tian, but was kindly rejected by him. Seeing that Cheng Tian loved Xiang Zhi deeply, she tried to convince Xiang Zhi to accept him only to be hurt at Xiang Zhi's insensitive retaliation about her own crush on Cheng Tian. After repeatedly being hurt in relationships, Mei Zhen's personality began to change into a flirtatious woman who never committed any long term relationships. Soon, Mei Zhen became engaged in a secret affair with Xiang Zhi's fiancé, Cheng Jun….



Li Xin

Li Min
Cheng Tian's mother who came from a rich and noble family. Prideful and domineering, Li Min relationship with Zhi Zhong has always been cold as she never forgave his affair with Qiao Ying. Afraid of the outside world's view, she chose to hide her resentment in her heart when she discovered that Zhi Zhong was seeing Qiao Ying again. Her hatred for Qiao Ying also extended to Xiang Zhi, thus she was against Cheng Tian and Xiang Zhi's relationship.



Thomas Gao

Yin Jian Zhi
Growing up under the protective care of his mother, aunt and sister made Jian Zhi into a shy, introverted young man. During his university years he moved to Taipei to stay with his birth mother Qiao Ying and there he met his father, Zhi Zhong, with whom he shares similar talent in ceramics. Jian Zhi was shocked and confused after he discovered his real identity. He couldn't understand why his mother abandoned him and his father didn't dare to acknowledge him.