Name: The Forbidden Flower
Genre: Melodrama, Romance
Released: 2023-02-13
Rating: 9.3
Cast: Jerry Yan, Xu Ruo Han, Tang Zeng, Zhao Yuan Yuan, Ma Si Chao

Jerry Yan is a Taiwanese actor who is best known for being one of the “F4,” the four stars of the popular Taiwanese dramas “Meteor Garden” (2001) and the sequel “Meteor Garden II” (2002) who went on to perform together and release three studio albums. Born on January 1, 1977, as Liao Yang Zhen, he also has had a successful acting solo career as both a singer and actor outside of the F4. Jerry Yan has appeared in the popular television dramas “The Hospital” (2006), “Hot Shot” (2008), “Down With Love” (2010) and “My Splendid Life” (2011).

Jerry Yan

Xu Ruo Han is a Chinese actress. She was born on February 27, 1998, in Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, and made her acting debut in 2020. Since then, she has appeared in a variety of films and television dramas, including “Almost Love” (2022).

Xu Ruo Han

Tang Zeng is a Chinese actor. He was born on October 13, 1985, and made his acting debut in 2011. Since then, he has appeared in a variety of television dramas, including “The Story of Xing Fu” (2021).

Tang Zeng

Zhao Yuan Yuan is a Chinese actress who was born in Weifang, Shandong Province, China, on May 9, 1991. In 2007, she graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy, where she majored in Dance. She made her debut in the period drama series “The Patriot Yue Fei” in 2013 and has since gone on to appear in drama titles such as “Sword Dynasty” (2019), “Love Is Sweet” (2020), and “Love at Night” (2021).

Zhao Yuan Yuan

Ma Si Chao, or Kido Ma, as he’s also known, is a Chinese actor. He was born on July 9, 1998 and made his acting debut in 2016. Since then, he has appeared in various films and television dramas, including “I Don’t Want to be Friends with You” (2020) and “Fox in Fuso” (2020).

Ma Si Chao

Yu Xiang

Chen Zhou Fei

He Ran (Xu Ruo Han) is an eighteen-year-old aspiring painter from a wealthy and conservative family. Her life goes into a tailspin one day when she hears a man’s voice and becomes completely besotted with him. She tracks him down and eventually discovers that the voice belongs to the despondent middle-aged horticulturist Xiao Han (Jerry Yan). That doesn’t stop the duo from embarking on a steamy love affair, but romance threatens to burn bright and fast: He Ran is suffering from a health condition that may prove fatal. Will this romance end in happiness – or tragedy? This 2023 Chinese drama series was directed by Chen Zhou Fei.

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