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Back to 1989

2016 · 1 season

A gentle, nostalgic time-travel drama that blends light comedy with heartfelt family mystery and sweet romance.

Created by
Joyce Liu
Genres
Sci-fi & fantasy, Drama, Family
Starring
Marcus Chang, Ray Yang, Ivy Shao
Overview
A young successful young man has always felt something missing in his life because he never knew his father. At 26, Che Chen is already a successful assistant manager for an investment trust. But he was raised by his single mother Chen Mu and never knew the identity of his father, and that void has been nagging at him. But a freak accident sends Che back 27 years into the past, to the year before he was born. When he meets 22-year-old Zhen Zhen Ye, Che realizes that this naïve and trusting young woman is his mother's best friend! When Che realizes that anything he does in the year 1989 could alter his mother’s future, will he do anything to alter the course of his own life?

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Created by
Joyce Liu
Genres
Sci-fi & fantasy, Drama, Family
Starring
Marcus Chang, Ray Yang, Ivy Shao
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • love
  • fate
  • memory
Places
  • big city
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism6
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
sci-fi & fantasy, drama, family
Created by
Joyce Liu
Starring
Marcus Chang, Ray Yang, Ivy Shao, Tsai Huang Ru, Chang Chieh, Yorke Sun
Length
1 seasons, 34 episodes, 45 min each
Network
Sanlih E-Television
Country
Taiwan
Languages
Mandarin

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