Light the Night

Light the Night

Details

• Title: 華燈初上 (华灯初上) / Hua Deng Chu Shang
• English title: Light the Night
• Also known as: Blue Hour
• Genre: Drama, mystery, suspense, thriller
• Episodes: 24 (3 parts of 8)
• Broadcast network: Netflix
• Broadcast period: 2021-Nov-26 (Part 1), 2021-Dec-30 (Part 2), 2022-Mar-18 (Part 3)
• Original soundtrack: Light the Night OST

Synopsis

Set in the 80s about the lady boss of a Japanese-themed hotel, "Light," and the ladies under her.

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Cast

Main Cast

• Ruby Lin as Lo Yu Nung / Rose (manager of Light)
  • Gingle Wang as young Lo Yu Nung
• Tony Yang as Pan Wen Cheng (detective)
• Cheryl Yang as Su Ching Yi / Sue (owner of Light)
  • Jean Ho (何思靜) as young Su Ching Yi
• Rhydian Vaughan as Chiang Han (screenwriter for the local TV station)
• Derek Chang as Ho Yu En
• Esther Liu as Li Shu Hua / Hana
• Cherry Hsieh as Chi Man Ju / Ah Chi (one of the older hostesses at Light with a gambling addiction)
• Nikki Hsieh as Huang Pai Ho / Yuri
• Puff Kuo as Wang Ai Lien / Aiko

Light

• Cammie Chiang as Lin Ya Wen / Yaya
• Hu Wei Jie as Ting Chia Hao / Hsiao Hao
• Kagami Tomohisa as Nakamura Masao (part 1)
• Tang Yu Chi as Chiung An / Joanne (part 2)
• Vivian Hsu as Chiung Fang
• Chuan Chen Yen (權貞妍) as Lucy
• Celia Chang (張東晴) as Akiko

People around Rose

• Jimmy Liu as Wu Tsu Wei (Rose's son)
  • Edward Jhu as young Wu Tsu Wei
• Joe Cheng as Wu Shao Chiang
  • Tseng Jing Hua as young Wu Shao Chiang
• Yi Zheng as Chu Wen Hsiung (Lo family neighbor)
• Shen Meng Sheng as Lo Chun Sheng (Rose's father)
• Ma Nien Hsien as Lo Hsieh Hsueh Ling (Rose's mother)
• James Wen as Lo Li Nung (Rose's older brother) (part 1)
• June Tsai as Lo I Nung (Rose's older sister)

People around Pan Wen Cheng

• Nash Zhang as Li Chien Ta / A Ta (detective sergeant)
• Chu Chung Heng as Sun Ming Chang (chief of police)

People around Su Ching Yi

• Wallace Huo as Ma Tien Hua / Hinoki (Su Ching Yi's sworn brother)
• Jane Wang as Su Mei Yu (Su Ching Yi's mother)

People around Chiang Han

• Ken Lin as Lin Yu Feng (Chiang Han's boss)
• Lorene Jen as Hsiao Wan Jou
• Dora Hsieh (謝雨芝) as Yen Chiao Ju / Mei Mei (Chiang Han's subordinate)

People around Ho Yu En

• Greg Hsu as Ho Yu En's classmate (part 1)
• Chen Kuan Yuan (陳貫原) as Ho Yu En's classmate (part 1)
• Lin Yu as Ho Yu En's classmate (part 1)
• Lin Bo Hong as magazine reporter (Ho Yu En's senior) (part 2-3)

People around Li Shu Hua

• Lee Lee Zen as Hsu Kuo Piao / Piao Ko
• Chen Bo Zheng as Li Shu Hua's father
• Ray Chang as Li Shu Hua's ex-boyfriend (part 3)
• Huang Chin Feng (黃金鳳) as Li Shu Hua's mother
• Huang Rou Ming (黃柔閩) as Sister Chien (Li Shu Hua's bully)
• Lin Yan (林嫣) as Sister Chien's follower

People around Chi Man Ju

• Chen Tsung Yueh (陳宗岳) as Chi Man Ju's father
• Kuo Hsiao Mei (郭筱梅) as Chi Man Ju's mother

People around Huang Pai Ho

• Wang Po Chieh as Henry

People around Wang Ai Lien

• Ray Fan (范瑞君) as Wang Ai Lien's mother
• Matsuno Takashi (松野高志) as Mr. Kobayashi

Chung Shan Police Station

• Xiu Jie Kai as Ko Chih Hao (criminal prosecutor)
• Chang Shao Yu (張劭宇) as glasses boy (police officer)
• Chen Chun Kai (陳俊愷) as Chun Kai (police officer)
• Chuang Yue (莊岳) as police officer (part 1)

Special Guest Appearance

• Wu Kang Ren as Liu Pao Lung / Baby
• Heaven Hai as Ko Hsiu Chih
• Hans Chung as Cheng Kai Wen
• Ying Tsai Ling (應采靈) as Chang Yi Fen (part 2-3)
• Kuo Wen I (郭文頤) as cake shop clerk (part 3)
• Zhang Yong Zheng as President Fang
• Tang Zhi Wei as Li Szu Ching (part 2-3)
• Tsai Chang Hsien as customer of Sugar (part 3)
• Wang Yu Xuan as student (part 1)
• JC Lin as student (part 1)
• Edison Song as student (part 1)

Other

• Steven Jian (簡劭峰) as student (part 1)
• Wu Kun Da (吳昆達) as Pai Lung (part 1)
• Fang Ting (方亭) as Pai Lung's wife (part 1)
• Cheng Yu Hsiang (鄭宇翔) as public relations officer
• Lo Tzu Cheng (羅梓誠) as Brother Piao's gangster (part 1)
• Chan Shih Kai (粘詩楷) as tattoo man (part 1)
• Jacky Liu

Production Credits

• Production Company: TVBS Media Inc.
• Director: Lian Yi Qi
• Screenwriter: Du Zheng Zhe
• Producer: Ruby Lin, Dai Tian Yi

Notes

• A movie version titled Light the Night: Before Sunset is in pre-production.

External Links

• Chinese Wikipedia
• English Wikipedia
• Baidu Baike