The Way We Were (2018)
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Details
- Title: 归去来 / Gui Qu Lai
- English title: The Way We Were
- Genre: Drama, legal, political
- Episodes: 50
- Broadcast network: Dragon TV, Beijing TV
- Broadcast period: 2018-May-14 to 2018-Jun-10
- Original soundtrack: The Way We Were (2018) OST
Synopsis
Xiao Qing is an exchange student in the US. The daughter of a heroic prosecutor back home, she takes extreme pride in her father’s work. Her dad is an incorruptible arbiter of justice, and Xiao Qing lives her life with the same principles. Shu Che is Xiao Qing’s classmate. Unlike Xiao Qing's father, Shu Che’s dad is a little less pure. As a government official, Shu Che’s dad has taken part in quite a few shady deals. With these deals, he has opened many doors for his son. But Shu Che doesn’t want any part of that. When Xiao Qing and Shu Che meet, they fall in love. But when their fathers clash in a legal battle, the lovers’ relationship is forever changed. As they struggle between their duty and their love, the two realize that they can never again be the way they once were. (Source: DramaFever)
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Cast
- Main Cast
- Tiffany Tang as Xiao Qing
- Luo Jin as Shu Che
- Yu Ji Wei as Ning Ming
- Xu Ling Yue as Miao Ying
- Wang Tian Chen as Cheng Ran, Miao Ying's younger brother
- Ma Cheng Cheng as Lu Ka
- Supporting Cast
- Wang Zhi Wen as Shu Wang, Shu Che's father
- Shi Ke as Yu Wen, Shu Che's mother
- Shi Jing Ming as He Yan, Xiao Qing's father, a honest and upright prosecutor
- Zhang Kai Li as Xiao Yun, Xiao Qing's mother
- Zhang Xi Lin as Cheng Wei, Miao Ying's father
- Qu Shan Shan as Liu Caiqi, Shu Wang's lover
- Gao Li Wen as Monica, Xiao Qing's landlord
- Lily Ho as Catherine, Xiao Qing's roommate and Benjamin's girlfriend
- Kent Leung as Benjamin, Xiao Qing's roommate and Catherine's boyfriend
- Shan Ming Kai as Assistant Wang, Shu Wang's assistant
- Chen Nan Fei as Kang Yaohui
- Ren Zheng Bin as Lu Ka's father
- Tian Min as Lu Ka's mother
- Wang Ji as Monica's mother
- Tan Feng as Li Guo Sheng
- Ye Feng as Chun Tian
- Tan Yang as Ning Ming's father
- Zhang Yi Xin as Ning Ming's mother
- Lu Shu Ting as Ning Ming's grandfather
- Sun Yi as Peng Yi, Shu Che's working partner
- Xu Kai Cheng as William
- Qiao Da Wei as Andy
- Zhang Shu Wei as Annie
- Li Ya Tian as Chen Yaoming
- Lu Jian Min as Li Guoliang
- Jiang Jun as Xiao Yi
- Zeng Hong Sheng as Boss Hao
- Qin Feng as Japanese restaurant boss
Production Credits
- Screenwriter: Gao Xuan (高璇), Ren Bao Ru (任宝茹)
- Producer: Wang Tong
- Director: Liu Jiang
Notes
- Principal photography began on 20 June 2017 and took place in various locations in the United States including Stanford University, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Las Vegas.
- Filming also took place in Beijing, Cambodia and Canada. The series wrapped up on December 6 of that same year.

