Summer & Summer
Taiwanese television series
Summer & Summer (traditional Chinese: 熱情仲夏; simplified Chinese: 热情仲夏; pinyin: rè qíng zhòng xià; lit. 'Passionate summer') is a 2007 Taiwanese television series starring Joe Cheng, Wu Xiong and Ethan Juan. It was based on the Japanese josei manga, ぴー夏がいっぱい (Rom. Pii Natsu ga Ippai or lit. Nice Summer), written by Yachi Emiko. It was produced by Comic Productions and directed by Wang Mingtai.
The series was first broadcast in Taiwan on the free-to-air Chinese Television System (CTS) from 11 March to 27 May 2007, every Sunday at 21:30 and on cable TV Gala Television (GTV Variety Show) from 17 March to 6 June 2007, every Saturday at 21:00. The first episode on CTS achieved an average rating of 1.30 and peaked at 2.68.
Synopsis
Xia Ya chooses a hair salon that is a dollar cheaper than the others, leading to many unfortunate events. When her handbag is stolen along with all her money, she does not even have one dollar to call her parents for help.
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