Scripted series · Hunan Television
Never-Ending Summer
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Bao Shangen
Zhou Wan
29 eps
Daniel Zhou
Lu Xixiao
29 eps
Zhao Yingbo
Jiang Yan
29 eps
Xu Yuanyina
Gu Meng
29 eps
Ke Chun
Luo He
29 eps
Fu Weilun
Jiang Fan
29 eps
Yang Qiyuan
He Wenhui
29 eps
Sun Jian
Teacher Zhou
4 eps
Chen Chao
Teacher Zhang
4 eps
Zhu Guoyu
Doctor Chen
5 eps
Du Sun Yuyu
Young Zhou Wan
4 eps
Ge Si
Uncle Kang
4 eps
Tang Yinuo
Disciplinary Teacher
3 eps
Yang Senhuan
Huang Ping
8 eps
Ma Yan
Boss Fang
5 eps
Zeng Qiusheng
Grandpa Lu
5 eps
Mao Minzhuo
Aunt Chen
4 eps
Liu Xiaodi
Lu Dongyue's Secretary
2 eps
Feng Wei
Father He
1 eps
Gao Feng
Professor Qin
2 eps
Zhang Jingming
Child from Orphanage
1 eps
Liu Jiahe
Child from Orphanage
1 eps
Hao Sijun
Child from Orphanage
1 eps
Liu Yiru
Child from Orphanage
1 eps
Zhang Yisheng
Child from Orphanage
1 eps
Zou Gang
Uncle Li
1 eps
Yang Muyi
Uncle Li's Child
1 eps
Huang Yi
Guo Xiangling
13 eps
Fang Fang
Huang Xuefen
12 eps
Yuan Ran
Jiang Wensheng
8 eps
Wang Ce
Lu Zhongyue
9 eps
Li Yuan
Lu Qiyuan
7 eps
Huang Tingting
Shen Lan
2 eps
Ruan Yunji
Young Jiang Yan
1 eps
Cui Yixin
Young Lu Xixiao
1 eps
Huang Erchun
Xue Qin
2 eps
Li Tianye
Guest Role
1 eps
Zhang Wenjun
Third Brother
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Never-Ending Summer actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Never-Ending Summer reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
To save her gravely ill grandmother, top student Zhou Wan approaches her mother's stepson, Lu Xixiao, for funds. They fall for each other over the summer after graduation but are torn apart by misunderstandings in reality. Ten years later, they reunite at work. Though Lu Xixiao harbors resentment, his love for Zhou Wan remains. As they uncover the truth behind a "factory accident," they resolve their differences and reunite.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Direction
- Huang ChangzuoDirector
- Hsu Chao-jenDirector
Where to watch
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