Hu Ge is a Chinese actor and singer. Born on September 20, 1982, he also goes by the name Hugh Hu. He began his entertainment career at the age of 14 when he hosted the show “Sunny Youth” on Shanghai Educational Television. He then had a breakthrough role in the 2004 television series “Chinese Paladin,” for which he also performed two soundtrack songs. Hu Ge has starred in many popular films and television series since then, including “Shangri-La” (2010), “Refresh 3+7” (2013), “Nirvana in Fire” (2014), “Good Times” (2015) and “Go! Goal! Fighting!” (2016).

Hu Ge

After the death of her older sister, Yuan Zhilan (Deng En Xi), Yuan Zhihua (Zhou Xun) is left with nothing more than a letter and an invitation to her sister’s 30-year high school reunion. Deciding to attend the reunion in her sister’s stead, Zhihua runs into Yin Chuan (Qin Hao), a currently struggling novelist and the boy on whom Zhihua once harbored a secret crush. With her older sister always stealing the spotlight, Yin Chuan had never bothered to pay much attention to Zhihua, until now.

Connecting with Yin Chuan in a way she never could in high school, Zhihua begins a series of correspondence with her childhood crush, all while pretending to be her deceased sister. As the two connect through old-fashioned letters, they begin to understand the underlying stories that brought each of them to where they are now.

As old memories are re-lived, new feelings are evoked, bringing hearts and lives together in ways neither of them could ever imagine.

A story of love and loss, heartbreak and healing, “Last Letter” is a 2018 romantic drama film directed by Shunji Iwai.

Last Letter

The Last Team ❤️

Dragon TV

What can lure a retired coach back into the game? Mu Qi (Hu Ge) is a retired soccer coach who is having financial problems because of his past gambling habit. When he is asked to come back to the sport and coach the Yan Cui Ying High School’s losing soccer team, it doesn’t take too much arm-twisting to take the job. There, Mu Qi meets the passionate Pei Duo (Maggie Jiang), a math teacher who has been coaching the soccer team but sorely needs help whipping the group of misfits into shape. When Mu Qi and Pei Duo can’t agree on their philosophy for coaching the team, is there any hope of turning the losing team around and making it to the annual championships? “Go! Goal! Fighting!” is a 2016 Chinese drama series directed by Li Guo Li.

Go! Goal! Fighting!

The Goalkeepers

Mu Qi

In ancient China, a feudal war breaks out between the Northern Wei and Southern Liang dynasties. The Liang commander general, Lin Xie (Zheng Sheng Li), and his young son, Lin Shu (Hu Ge), lead the Chiyan Army to battle, soundly defeating the Wei forces. However, weakened from the battle, the entire army is slaughtered under the Emperor’s (Ding Yong Dai) orders, after political rivals convince him the Lin family is conspiring with Crown Prince Qi (Ji Chen), to start a rebellion. Enraged by this act of supposed treason, the Emperor orders the entire Lin family’s execution.

Barely escaping with his life, Lin Shu survives the massacre but, weakened by poison during battle, doesn’t get far. Falling under the care of Lin Chen (Jin Dong), the master of Langya Hall saves the ailing boy but, reacting to the medicine that saves him, his appearance is forever changed. 

Over the next twelve years, Lin Shu devotes himself to the establishment of the Jiang Zuo Alliance. In the process he becomes leader among the people and with his altered appearance, takes on the name Mei Changsu. When an opportunity arises, which allows him to return to the capital, he takes it, hoping to use this chance to prove his family’s innocence and help his childhood friend, Prince Jing (Wang Kai), take the throne.

Disguised as Su Zhe, Lin Shu becomes an imperial strategist who appears to support Prince Yu (Victor Huang) while secretly working to help take down the Crown Prince and set Prince Jing on the throne. Caught up in the chaotic and dangerous world of imperial politics, Lin Shu discovers the identity of those who framed his family and the conspiracy that changed his life forever. When the time is right, Lin Shu confronts the Emperor with the truth of what happened all those years ago, a truth so profound, it will alter the course of history forever.

Now dubbed in English, this popular 2015 historical drama is based on the novel, “Nirvana in Fire”, written by Hai Yan, and was directed by Kong Sheng and Li Xue.

Nirvana in Fire (English-Dubbed Version)

Mei Changsu

Beijing TV, Dragon TV

Ancient China is being torn apart by a bitter feudal that pits the Northern Wei dynasty against the Southern Liang. With help from the Liang general and his formidable 19-year-old son Lin Shu (Hu Ge), the Liang secure a famous victory over the Wei. But treachery – rather than rewards – await the Lin family. A treacherous plot undermines the family, and many members are ruthlessly massacred.

Lin Shu escapes, but is poisoned. With his life in danger, a healer gives him an antidote that radically reduces his strength and robs him of his fighting powers. The antidote also leaves him looking very different. He assumes the name Mei Chang Su and begins on the long path to revenge. The journey brings him into contact with the Emperor’s son and unfavored Prince Jing (Wang Kai), whose brothers are locked in a vicious battle for the Imperial throne. He is also reunited with Mu Ni Huang (Liu Tao), a fearsome female general who does not want to be married off to a controlling husband. Will Lin Shu get what he is after? And will the truth of his identity ever come to light?

“Nirvana in Fire” is a 2015 Chinese drama series that was directed by Kong Sheng and Li Xue.

Nirvana in Fire

Lang Ya Bang

Lin Shu / Mei Chang Su

Set during the Japanese occupation of China, a young man is kidnapped by a powerful organization and trained to become a spy. Ming Tai (Hu Ge) is a naïve youngest brother of the Ming family, but his skills are recognized by Wang Tian Feng (Liu Yi Jun), the leader of the powerful Kuo Min Tang organization, and trained to become a spy. Partnered with Yu Man Li (Song Yi), Tai is given the code name “Scorpion” and sent to become an underground spy for the Communists. Tai’s adopted oldest brother, Ming Lou (Jin Dong), also is a powerful secret agent who has ties to the Kuo Min Tang, the Communists and the New Government, but his true loyalties are a mystery. Ming Cheng (Wang Kai) serves as his brother’s trusted sidekick. Sister Ming Jing (Liu Min Tao) tried to shield Tai from the dangerous political arena but to no avail. Can Tai work together with his brothers to somehow bring down their enemies and help end the Japanese occupation? “The Disguiser” is a 2015 Chinese dramas series directed by Li Xui. It is based on the novel “The Spy War on Shanghai Beach” by Zhang Yong.

The Disguiser

Gone with the Shirt Team

Dragon TV, Anhui TV, Hubei TV

Seven friends living in the same apartment building deal with their own uneven paths to personal happiness. Xiao Xian (Chen He) and Yi Fei (Lou Yi Xiao) find that their careers are going great but their relationship with each other is not progressing as smoothly. Zi Qiao (Sun Yi Zhou) has mended his relationship with Mei Jia, but how will he react when he realizes that Mei Jia is pregnant? As Guan Gu (Wang Chuan Jun) and You You (Deng Jia Jia) prepare to get married, but the Japanese Embassy has a record of Guan Gu already being married at the age of 18, and his wife of record shows up at the apartment out of the blue. Zhan Bo (Jin Shi Jia) has worked hard to get over his relationship with Wan Yu, but what will he do when he finds out that Wan Yu is being forced to marry someone else? Zhang Wei (Li Jia Hang) returns to the apartment after working in another city. Will these friends be able to find the right roads to maturity and happiness? “iPartment Season 4” is the fourth season of a Chinese drama series.

iPartment Season 4

Di Nuo

Hunan TV

Can they put their differences aside for the greater good? Chen Jing Chou (Jiang Jin Fu) is a playful, childish descendant of the Chen Dynasty. Yu Wen Tuo (Hu Ge) is the descendant of the rival Northern Zhou Dynasty who is on a mission to recover his fallen empire. When Jing Chou’s shifu (master) is placed into a frozen limbo by Satan, Jing Chou and Wen Tuo join forces to hunt down 10 mystical weapons that can close the Gates of Hell and banish the evil demons from the human world. Joining them on this epic journey are Tuo Ba Yu’er (Liu Shi Shi) and Du Gu Ning Ke (Tiffany Tang). Can the bickering group put their personal feelings aside for the good of humanity? “Xuan Yuan Sword 3 Legend - Rift of the Sky” is a 2012 Chinese drama series produced and directed by Lee Kwok Lap. It is adapted from “Xuan-Yuan Sword,” a role-playing game series.

Xuan Yuan Sword - Rift of the Sky

Sword Fanatics Team

KMTV-1

When their husbands are killed by the Song Army, two pregnant women escape to foreign lands and both give birth to boys who are very different from each other. 

Guo Jing (Hu Ge) is a strong but dull-headed young man who grows up on the Mongolian prairie. Yang Kang (Justin Yuan) is a smart and skilled you man who is raised as the son of Wanyan Hong Lie (Guo Liang), a successor of the Jin Empire. 

The worlds of these two men collide when their respective martial arts masters make a secret pact, while their lives are further complicated by the love of two women, Huan Rong (Ariel Lin) and Mu Nian Ci (Liu Shi Shi). When Guo Jing and Yang Kang both learn the truth behind their fathers’ deaths, which one will choose the road of martial arts enlightenment and which will choose to descend into the darkness of evil and destruction? 

“The Legend of the Condor Heroes” is a 2008 Chinese drama series directed by Lee Kwok Lap. It is based on a wuxia novel written by Louis Cha, which is the first part of the Condor Trilogy. It was followed by The Return of the Condor Heroes and The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber, both of which were also adapted into television dramas.

Legend of Condor Heroes

(the future MEI DAXIA..!)

Guo Jing

In the 980s, former Later Han general Yang Ye pledges allegiance to Emperor Taizong of the Song dynasty. Yang leads his family and followers to defend Song from invaders of the Khitan Liao Dynasty. Having served Song for years, the Yangs are viewed as an honorable, courageous, and patriotic clan that protects the nation from foreign invasion.

Unfortunately, at the Battle of Golden Beach, the Yangs fall into a conspiracy trap, which concludes with the death of Yang Ye and four of his sons, and another son becoming a prisoner-of-war. Yang's last two surviving sons, Yang Yanzhao and Yang Yande, must continue their family's legacy to bring peace and prosperity to Song, in addition to seeking vengeance on the conspirators.

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