TV series

Once Upon a Dream
2025 · 1 season
A tense, emotionally charged costume drama about escaping a suffocating adoptive family and a dangerous bond, with a slow build toward self-determination.
- Created by
- Dai Qi
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Hu Yiyao, Zhang Jingyun, Deng Zhihao
- Overview
- After losing her family, Shen Qingtang is taken in by the powerful Pei family and raised as the heir Pei Congzhi’s adopted sister. Enduring years of mistreatment and emotional manipulation, she decides to escape the oppressive household and the dangerous bond with Pei Congzhi, determined to take control of her own fate.
- How it feels
- Melancholic, tense, romantic and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
- About
- Isolation, family, identity, obsession
- Content
- Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Dai Qi
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Hu Yiyao, Zhang Jingyun, Deng Zhihao











