Name: Love
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Released: 2012-02-13
Rating: 8.8
Cast: Ivy Chen, Ethan Juan, Mark Chao, Shu Qi, Amber Kuo

Ivy Chen is a Taiwanese actress and model. Born on November 12, 1982, she entered entertainment after she appeared as a contestant in the variety show “Guess” in 2002. She was signed by a talent agency and then began working as a model in commercials and music videos. She made her acting debut in a minor role in the 2006 television drama “Smiling Pasta.” Ivy Chen has since starred in many dramas, including “Black & White” (2009), “Butterfly & Sword” (2010), “Modern People” (2011), “Skip Beat!” (2011), “Girls” (2014), “Bad Sister” (2014) and “Let’s Get Married” (2015).

Ivy Chen

Ethan Juan is a Taiwanese actor. Born on November 8, 1982, he also goes by the names Ethan Ruan, Juan Ching Tien or Ruan Jing Tian. He also is known by his nicknames Xiao Tian, Si Xiao Hai, Ruan 7 Tian and Ruan GING Tian. He was first discovered in 2002 when he accompanied a friend to an audition. He began his career as a model and then made his acting debut in the 2004 television “Michael the Archangel’s Dance.” But it wasn’t until his role in the hit 2008 drama “Fated to Love You” that he became a star. Ethan Juan has starred in many other popular films and dramas, including “Hana Kimi” (2006), “Summer X School” (2007) and “My Queen” (2009) and “Legend of Fuyao” (2018).

Ethan Juan

Mark Chao is a Taiwanese actor and model. He was born in Taipei on September 25, 1984 and made his debut in the entertainment world in 2009. Since then, he has taken on roles in various films and television dramas, including “Love” (2012), “Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon” (2013), and “Eternal Love” (2017).

Mark Chao

Shu Qi is a Taiwanese actress. Born on April 16, 1976, in Taiwan, she moved to Hong Kong at the age of 17 to pursue an acting career. Shu Qi was a soft porn actress for a period of time before breaking into mainstream films and winning many acting accolades. Some of her recent credits include the films “The Last Woman Standing” (2015), “My Best Friend’s Wedding” (2016) and “The Adventurers” (2017). Shu Qi married Hong Kong director Stephen Fung in 2016.

Shu Qi

Amber Kuo is a Taiwanese singer and actress born in Taipei, Taiwan, on February 19, 1986. She first got a break in the entertainment industry when she appeared in 2006 music videos for singers Tank, Stefanie Sun, and Real. The following year she released her debut solo album “Invisible Superman.” She made her movie debut in “Au Revoir Taipei” (2010), and later the same year voiced the character Astrid in the Taiwanese version of “How to Train Your Dragon.” She starred in “Tiny Times 1.0” and “Tiny Times 2.0” in 2013, and also appeared in the subsequent installments in the series, “Tiny Times 3.0” in 2014, and “Tiny Times 4.0” in 2015. More recently, she has appeared in the movies “Lord of Shanghai” (2017) and “Always Miss You” (2019).

Amber Kuo

Eddie Peng is an actor and singer. Born on March 24, 1982, in Taiwan, he is of Hakka Chinese heritage. He also is known as Peng Yu Yen. Eddie Peng immigrated to Canada at the age of 13 and graduated from Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School in Vancouver and then attended the University of British Columbia as an economics major. He was discovered when he returned to Taiwan to attend his grandmother’s funeral and decided to discontinue his studies to pursue acting. He made his acting debut in the 2002 television series “Tomorrow.” He has since starred in many films and television dramas, including “Honey and Clover” (2008), “The Concerto” (2009), “My Sassy Girl” (2010) and “Sound of the Desert” (2014).

Eddie Peng

Zhao Wei is a popular Chinese actress, singer, film director and producer. Born on March 12, 1976, she made her acting debut in the 1996 film “Penitentiary Angel” and then gained overnight fame for her role in the 1998 hit television drama “My Fair Princess.” The series made her the youngest actress in 1999 to win a Golden Eagle Award for Best Actress, the first of many acting awards during her celebrated career. Zhao Wei is primarily known for her film roles, including the hits “Shaolin Soccer” (2001), “Red Cliff” (2008-2009), “Painted Skin” (2008), “Painted Skin: The Resurrection” (2012), “Dearest” (2014)&nbsp;and “Lost in Hong Kong” (2015). She released her first album in 1999 and has put out a total of seven music albums. She also made her directorial debut with the 2013 film “So Young,” which went on to become one of the highest-grossing films in China and brought her several Best Director awards. Zhao Wei served on the main jury for the 73rd Venice International Film Festival and the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival. She married Chinese businessman Huang You Long in 2008.

Zhao Wei

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Love comes in many forms, it shapes our lives in ways we can’t even begin to comprehend. Never was this truth more evident than when eight lonely souls, in search of the one who can make their life complete, find themselves entangled in an ever-evolving story of life and love.

Devoted to her family in every way, Yi Jia (Ivy Chen) is the ideal daughter. A member of her college cycling team and frequent helper at her family’s restaurant, she is everything her parents could ever hope for in a daughter. Unfortunately, she has no real personality of her own. Unexceptional in every way, Yi Jia blends in wherever she goes, an overlooked nobody who is often outshone by her flamboyant best friend, Xiao Min (Amber Kuo). Talented, confident, and assertive, Xiao Min is the exact opposite of Yi Jia, but that has never gotten in the way of their friendship. Even when Xiao Min starts dating the aspiring film director, Ah Kai (Eddie Peng), Yi Jia is always there to support her friend and is happy to count Ah Kai as a friend. But when Yi Jia finds herself caught up in an ill-fated love affair, this intrepid trio’s friendship is put to the test.

Meanwhile, successful entrepreneur and flippant playboy, Mark (Mark Chao) is in the process of moving to Beijing. As his feisty real estate agent, Xiao Ye (Zhao Wei), shows him some of the city’s most lavish homes, he finds himself strangely drawn to her. A single mother who takes no sass, Xiao Ye is nothing like the women he’s been chasing all these years. As he spends more time with her, he begins to wonder if he might have been looking for love in all the wrong places.

At the same time, wealthy businessman, Chao Ping (Doze Niu) and his materialistic mistress, Rou Yi (Shu Qi), are going through a rough patch in their relationship. After one particularly ugly fight, Rou Yi finds herself being rescued from Chao Ping’s rage by Xiao Kuan (Ethan Juan), an innocent soul with a friendly, boy-next-door personality. Offering her a place to escape her hectic life in the limelight, Rou Yi accepts Xiao Kuan’s hospitality and eventually his friendship. During their time together, Rou Yi has time to contemplate her life and begins to wonder if it isn’t time to make some serious life changes.

The story of eight souls interwoven by fate, “Love” is a 2012 Taiwanese-Chinese romance film directed by Doze Niu.

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