Name: Sweet Sixteen
Genre: Melodrama, Romance
Released: 2016-08-05
Rating: 8.5
Cast: Joo Won, Lu Shan, Han Geng, Kris Wu, Zhang Yao

Joo Won is a South Korean actor and singer. Born on September 30, 1987, as Moon Jun Won, Joo Won was given his stage name by his father when he entered college because the Korean words sounds like “God’s willing.” Joo Won debuted as a musical actor, joining a performance group for a children’s show in 2006. He then acted in a variety of musical theater productions, and his performance in “Spring Awakening” caught the attention of his future management agency. Joo Won branched out into television with his role in the 2010 drama “King of Baking,” and the series’ high ratings garnered him starring roles in future dramas, including “Bridal Mask” (2012), “7th Grade Civil Servant” (2013), “Good Doctor” (2013), “Tomorrow Cantabile” (2014), “Yong Pal” (2015) and “My Sassy Girl” (2017).

Joo Won

Qu Wei Ran

Lu Shan is a Chinese actress. Born on July 25, 1989, she made her acting debut in the 2012 film “Hale of Fire,” which brought her a special performance award at the 2012 China Image Film Festival. She has since appeared in the television dramas “Nirvana in Fire” (2015) and “Full House” (2016) as well as the film “Sweet Sixteen” (2016).

Lu Shan

Shu Ya Wang

Hang Geng is a Chinese singer and actor. He was born on February 9, 1984 in Mudanjiang, Heilongjiang, China and made his debut in the entertainment world in 2005 as a member of SM Entertainment’s idol group, Super Junior. He made his debut as an actor in 2009 and has since appeared in various films and television dramas, including “So Young” (2013), “Sweet Sixteen” (2016), and “The Wasted Times” (2016).

Han Geng

Tang Xiao Tian

Kris Wu is a Chinese Canadian singer and actor. He is a former member of the popular K-pop group EXO and its Mandarin subgroup EXO-M. He was born on November 6, 1990, in China and then immigrated to Vancouver, British Columbia, in Canada with his mother when he was 10. Kris Wu participated in an audition for a Korean entertainment company in Vancouver when he was 18 and moved to South Korea in 2008 to become a trainee after passing the auditions. He debuted as a member of EXO in 2012 but then filed a lawsuit to terminate his contract in 2014. Since leaving the group, Kris Wu went on to find tremendous success with his solo music career and films, winning numerous acting awards. His films “Mr. Six” (2015) and “Journey to the West: The Demons Strike Back” (2017) hit No. 1 at the box office and are among the highest-grossing Chinese films of all time. Kris Wu also made his Hollywood debut in the 2017 film “xXx: Return of Xander Cage” with Vin Diesel. In 2014, Kris Wu was the youngest celebrity to get a wax figure at Madame Tussauds Shanghai and is considered one of the most influential Asian stars working today.

Kris Wu

Xia Mu

Zhang Yao is a Chinese singer and actress who was born in Beijing, China, on November 18, 1980. In 2000, she won a talent contest screened by TV network CCTV. She released her debut EP, entitled “House of Love,” in May 2002. She began acting in 2008, and has appeared in a wide variety of films and television dramas since, including “Oh My General” (2017), “Somewhere Winter” (2019), “God of Lost Fantasy” (2020), “You Are My Hero” (2021), and “The Crack of Dawn” (2022).

Zhang Yao

Beijing Ruyi Xinxin Film Investment

Who will she choose: the man who has always loved her, the man who hurts her, or the man who will do anything for her?

Shu Ya Wang (Lu Shan) has been lifelong friends with Tang Xiao Tian (Han Geng), and two fall in love. While in high school, Ya Wang’s family takes in Xia Mu (Kris Wu), a boy several years younger, who has been through a traumatic childhood. Although Ya Wang grows fond of Xia Mu like a younger brother, Xia Mu develops romantic feelings for her as he grows older.

After finishing college, Ya Wang and Xiao Tian become engaged, and Ya Wang goes to work for a landscape development company. When Ya Wang meets Qu Wei Ran (Joo Won), the CEO of another company that does business with Ya Wang’s company, he becomes interested in her to the point of making her uncomfortable. When Wei Ran drugs and assaults Ya Wang after a company event, will an angry Xia Mu throw his life away to protect her?

“Sweet Sixteen” is a 2016 Chinese-South Korean film directed by Jo Jin Kyu.

Sweet Sixteen

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