The history of the Phoenix Restaurant is closely intertwined with the stories of four women of different generations. It portrays the commonest marital problems and various kinds of stress suffered by women over the centuries.
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Charmaine Sheh Sze-Man
Ngai Yu-Fung / Wang Chi-Kwun / Bak Wai-Jan / Dai Sze-Ka
Joe Ma Tak-Chung
Yu Chi / Li Kat-Cheung / Dai Lap-Yan / Fong Ka-On
Sammul Chan
Wang Yuk-Leun / Sheung Yat-Kat
Kiki Sheung
Tung Dai-Hei
Elaine Yiu
Cheung Lei
Woo Fung
Wang Sin-Kei
Joel Chan
Bat Ha-Kau (Henry)
It's a gorgeous, spacious mansion, and four handsome, fifteen-year-old friends are allowed to live in it for free! There's only one condition—that within three years the guys must transform the owner's wallflower niece into a lady befitting the palace in which they all live! How hard can it be? Enter Sunako Nakahara, the agoraphobic, horror-movie-loving, pockmark-faced, frizzy-haired, fashion-illiterate recluse who tends to break into explosive nosebleeds whenever she sees anyone attractive. This project is going to take more than our four heroes ever expected: it needs a miracle!
Prince Wilhelm adjusts to life at his prestigious new boarding school, Hillerska, but following his heart proves more challenging than anticipated.
When Panu’s twin children Oley and Nene want Karaked, a teacher, to be their stepmom, the two start to play cupid. But their obstacles are General Samurjai, Karaked’s father who tries every way to intervene between Panu and Karaked and the twin’s maternal grandmother Khun Nuankae, who wants to take custody of the two children. So Panu must use his love and sincerity to prove to everyone.
Amid a bitter divorce over the luxurious Twilight Resort, Gun’s wife recruits Wimala to steal evidence that could cost her the case. Convinced by claims of abuse and desperate for money to treat her mother, Wimala agrees—unaware she is being drawn into a dangerous web of deception and betrayal.
A mysterious radio host with a psychology Ph.D. helps listeners navigate love's complexities, while hiding secrets that could unravel his own heart's hidden truth.
When strong-willed heiress Lin Jing and gentle inn employee Su Xiaomeng magically switch lives, they’re thrust into each other’s challenges. Lin Jing uses her sharp instincts to transform the struggling inn, while Su Xiaomeng brings warmth and sincerity to revive the Lvye Group. As their unexpected journeys unfold, both women begin to confront their pasts, open themselves to new possibilities, and discover where their true paths may lead.
Elite headhunter Li Weixi goes undercover as a sweet, unassuming secretary to expose CEO Jia He for a past betrayal. But Jia He sees through her disguise and keeps her close, turning their tense cat-and-mouse game into something far more complicated. As hidden truths and unexpected emotions surface, both are drawn into a collision of revenge, vulnerability, and redemption.
Jiang Wu has lived under the shadow of her father’s debts until she meets the mysterious and protective Jiang Yan—unaware he is actually undercover cop Lu Xiao. Years later, their paths cross again, and she discovers that his distance and secrecy were his way of keeping her safe, sparking a journey of rediscovery, trust, and enduring love.
Heartbroken after catching her boyfriend cheating, Song Yanzhi drunkenly spends the night with the cold and distant CEO Jiang Yancheng. When circumstances prevent him from marrying his fiancée, she steps in to impersonate the bride.
After being betrayed by her adoptive father, the formidable and beautiful assassin Qingmao is left for dead. In her final moments, she uncovers the truth that the mastermind behind her family's annihilation has been lurking nearby. Burning with vengeance, she bides her time for five years, reinventing herself as the enchanting songstress Liu Rumeng. Now, under this new identity, she sets her revenge plan in motion...
This is an older four episode light hentai anime that was originally released in 1995. The first two episodes were brought out in English under the title of "First Loves" and bears no relationship to the "Elf version Kakyuusei OAV" and "Kakyuusei TV series" that were released in 1997-1998 and 1999 respectively. First Loves/Kakyuusei OAV (1995) is mainly centered on Kakeru and his relationship with four girls from his high school. It focuses on one girl per episode - the cute and friendly Urara in the first, the forsaken tennis girl Rie in the second, the dog-owning painter Hikari in the third and the tough-fighting motorcycle girl in the final episode. Which girl will Kakeru choose to be with by the end of the fourth episode?
As a dynasty crumbles, Xie Queshan, a general now branded a traitor, captures Nanyi after she accidentally steals a secret message. Trapped within his household, the two uncover each other’s hidden identities and are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy. Forged through repeated brushes with death, their alliance deepens as they face the ultimate choice between loyalty to the realm and the feelings growing between them.
Yu Qing Luo gives birth to a son named Nan Nan. Seven years later, she becomes a renowned physician with unorthodox skills. She sets out to find Yang Xiu Cheng, Nan Nan's father. On her journey, she comes across a man named Ye Xiu Du, the prince of Feng Cang Kingdom. As Ye Xiu Du resembles Yang Xiu Cheng, Yu Qing Luo grew to resent him. However after several encounters, she realizes it was just a co-incidence and began to open up to him. At the same time, Yu Qing Luo's skills and talent attracted unwanted attention and she gets swept up in conflicts. Yu Qing Luo and Ye Xiu Du work together to defeat the opponents.
Chhanchhan is an Indian comedy drama TV series which premiered on 25 March 2013 and aired on Sony Entertainment Television India and Sony Entertainment Television Asia from Monday to Thursday. The show was also called Modern Bahu during pre-production and stars Sanaya Irani, Supriya Pathak, and Anuj Sachdeva.
A rebellious girl, Lin Qiqi, escapes her emotionally distant home and forms an unexpected bond with Lin Nanyi, the lead singer of the band Twelve Nights, along with new friends Baobao Lan and You Nuo. As they clash, grow, and chase shared dreams, Lin Qiqi discovers the belonging and purpose she has been missing.
Interactive film reviewer, He Yihuan, entered the VR world and became the bloodwife of Xuan Ming, the ancient night tribe. She must break through the five great demon tribulations and prevent Xuan Ming from turning into a world-destroying demon before she can return to reality.
Shi Fake, the pampered daughter of a high-profile family, encounters Lu Chi, a rugged and versatile second-generation bandit who has come down from the mountains searching for his little sister.
Cheng Yao, aspiring to be a lawyer, joins a top law firm and moves into an apartment near work—only to discover her housemate is her new boss, Qian Heng. Initially harsh and suspicious, Qian Heng puts her through rigorous training, believing she got the job through connections. As Cheng Yao proves her talent and determination, she changes his impression, and a reluctant admiration slowly turns into romance.
Lin Xi, a rising star in the translation world, reunites with her ex-boyfriend, tech executive Xiao Yicheng, eight years after their breakup. Forced to work together on a major business deal, old feelings resurface as they confront the past and rediscover their shared dream of serving their country on the global stage.
Upstairs: the wealthy, aristocratic Bellamys. Downstairs: their loyal and lively servants. For nearly 30 years, they share a fashionable townhouse at 165 Eaton Place in London’s posh Belgravia neighborhood, surviving social change, political upheaval, scandals, and the horrors of the First World War.
A multigenerational family saga centered around one woman who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head to head with some of the most powerful and deceitful players in the city.
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.
Belgravia, 1871. When Lord Frederick Trenchard meets Clara Dunn, their courtship is full of passion. But after they marry, the scandalous world of high society and a long-buried family secret threaten to unravel their happiness.
The rivalries, romances, hopes and fears of the residents of the fictional Midwestern metropolis, Genoa City. The lives and loves of a wide variety of characters mingle through the generations, dominated by the Newman, Abbott, Baldwin and Winters families.
An exuberant drama set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, centering on Nina Proudman and her struggle to deal with her fabulously messy family, her hunt for a decent love life and her tendency to overthink and fly off into fantasy.
Dublin, 1868. The Guinness family patriarch is dead, and his four children — each with dark secrets to hide — hold the brewery's fate in their hands.
An intoxicating love story set in England's first department store in the 1870s. The Paradise revolves around the lives of the people who live and work in the store, each bound in their own way by the power of the world they live in, and the pasts that follow them there. A love story, mystery, and social comedy all in one.
Wealth, lust, and betrayal set in the backdrop of Regency era England, seen through the eyes of the powerful Bridgerton family.
The story of the penniless Mary Thorne, who grows up with her rich aunt/cousins at Greshamsbury Park estate.
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
The trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.
Dickensian intertwines the realm of fictional characters in Charles Dickens’ novels—including Scrooge, Fagin and Miss Havisham—in half-hour episodes, as their lives intertwine in 19th century London. The Old Curiosity Shop sits next door to The Three Cripples Pub, while Fagin’s Den is hidden down a murky alley off a bustling Victorian street.
Set in England in the early 19th century, Pride and Prejudice tells the story of Mr and Mrs Bennet's five unmarried daughters after the rich and eligible Mr Bingley and his status-conscious friend, Mr Darcy, have moved into their neighbourhood. While Bingley takes an immediate liking to the eldest Bennet daughter, Jane, Darcy has difficulty adapting to local society and repeatedly clashes with the second-eldest Bennet daughter, Elizabeth.
An unconventional relationship in a world on the cusp of change; a star newsreader and an ambitious bisexual reporter join forces in a ruthless 1986 newsroom, as events unfold that will change their lives.
Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it in the wild but beautiful Cornish landscape.
Count Alexander Rostov finds himself going from riches to rags following the Russian revolution. A Soviet tribunal banishes him to the attic room of an opulent hotel, where, oblivious to the world outside, he discovers the true value of friendship, family and love.
A group of fun-loving American girls burst onto the scene in tightly corseted 1870s London, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash. Sent to secure husbands and status, the buccaneers' hearts are set on much more than that.