Miniseries · GagaOOLala
Smile After Tears
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Dennis Chang
Zhang Junjia
12 eps
Kai
He Yankai
12 eps
Brian Cheng
Zheng Diaoqin
12 eps
Eason Zhang
Xiao Yuchen
12 eps
Chen Po-che
Du Chengwei
12 eps
Lin Shu-yun
Gu Yitong
12 eps
Ah Ben
Jun Wei
12 eps
Lawrence Liu
A Mao
12 eps
Chou Ling
Junjia's aunt
12 eps
Lin Shuai-fu
Junjia's uncle
12 eps
JUN
Classmate
12 eps
Prince Chiu
Ferryman
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Smile After Tears actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Smile After Tears reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
After a tragic accident tears them apart, a cheerful student finds healing and unexpected love through the boy who stayed beside him.
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Writing
- 梨馡Writer
- Xiao YiweiWriter
Direction
- Ann LuDirector
- Chiang Ping-chenDirector
Where to watch
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