Name: Stand By Me (2021)
Genre: Romance, Costume & Period, Drama
Released: 2021-08-09
Rating: 8.9
Cast: Zhang Yu Xi, Cheng Yi, He Sheng Ming, Han Dong, Xuan Lu

Zhang Yu Xi is a Chinese model and actress. Born on January 29, 1993, she launched her career as a model after winning the 7th Ruili Cover Girl contest in 2009. She branched into acting in the 2013 television drama “Tang Dynasty Good Man.” Zhang Yu Xi has since appeared in a number of popular films and television dramas, including “My Little Princess” (2016), “Magic Star” (2017) and “I Cannot Hug You” (2017-2018). She also served on the cast of the television show “Fresh Man” (2015).

Zhang Yu Xi

Cheng Yi is a Chinese actor and singer who was born in Hunan Province, China, on May 17, 1990. He studied at the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing, and made his acting debut while still at college, appearing in the television series “Beauty World” (2011). He graduated in 2012, and then went on to make his film debut in “Haunting Love.” He appeared in the hit series “Noble Aspirations” in 2016, and followed up with the movie “The Big Rescue” (2018). He also played one of the lead roles in “Explore with the Note” (2019) – the follow-up to “The Lost Tomb” (2015). He made his solo music debut with the single “Goodbye to the Past” in 2017.

Cheng Yi

He Sheng Ming, also known as Mickey He, is a Chinese actor and singer who was born in Xiantao, Hubei Province, China. He relocated to Guangzhou, Guangdong Province in the early 1990s, where he co-formed the all-male, three-piece pop act China Power. The group debuted in 1996, and disbanded two years later. After the turn of the millennium, he turned his hand to acting and solo musical released, appearing first in the drama series “The Eliminators” (2001). His more recent acting credits include the dramas “Anti-terrorism Special Forces II” (2017) and “Love and Redemption” (2020).

He Sheng Ming

Han Dong is a Chinese actor. Born on November 11, 1980, he made his acting debut in the 1994 film “In the Heat of the Sun.” He has since made his career appearing mostly in television dramas, including the recent “The Deer and the Cauldron” (2014), “The Four” (2015), “A Scholar Dream of Woman” (2015-2016), “Chinese Paladin 5” (2016), “The Legend of the Condor Heroes” (2017) and “Love, Just Come” (2017).

Han Dong

Xuan Lu is a Chinese actress who was born on January 15, 1991, in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. She studied at the Beijing Dance Academy and the Central Academy of Drama and debuted in the late 2000s, appearing in the drama series “Girl Rushes Forward” (2009). In 2010, she starred in “The Dream of Red Mansions” and more recently has starred in hit drama titles such as “The Untamed” and “Arsenal Military Academy” (both 2019) – as well as “Dream of Chang’an” (2021).

Xuan Lu

Xi Xue

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In Tang Dynasty-era China, in the 9th Century CE, the Emperor is locked in a deadly power struggle with a group of formidable eunuchs who wield enormous power at court. He decides to strike back by ordering the death of their ringleader Qiu Shi Liang (He Sheng Ming). But the mission is botched. The eunuchs take revenge by ordering the death of the Emperor’s loyal first minister, along with his entire family. But his twin daughters, later to be known as Cheng Ruo Yun (Zhang Yu Xi) and Qiu Yan Zhi (Xuan Syun Lou), escape. The eunuchs now seize yet more power over the royal court, rendering the Emperor a mere puppet. But the minister’s two daughters have evaded detection – and move off toward very different fates…

Yan Zhi becomes part of Qiu Shi Liang’s household, and is secretly hell-bent on revenge. But her sister Ruo Yun has taken the other side, joining a group of military professionals that is enlisted by the new, young Emperor Li Yan (Cheng Yi). The Emperor is determined to rid the palace of the scourge of the eunuchs once and for all, and Ruo Yun pledges her life to help him do that – even if it means throwing herself in the path of danger. The duo starts to form a romantic bond as they get to know one another. But will the Emperor still trust her if he discovers her true identity – and her connection to his mortal foe?

“Stand By Me” is a 2021 Chinese drama series that was directed by Zeng Li Zhen, Zhao Li Jun, and Liu Guo Nan.

Stand By Me (2021)

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