Heroin Web Series
| Addicted Web Series | |
|---|---|
| Also known as |
Heroin Web Series |
| Simplified | 上瘾 |
| Mandarin | Shàngyǐn |
| Genre | Drama, Romance, School Life |
| Based on | Are You Addicted? by Chai Jidan |
| Written by | Chai Jidan |
| Directed by | Ding Wei |
| Starring |
Huang Jingyu Xu Weizhou Lin Fengsong Chen Wen |
| Theme music composer | Chai Ji Dan, Xu Weizhou |
| Opening theme | If Hai has Yin(海若有因) |
| Ending theme | Walk Slowly (慢慢走) |
| Composer(s) | Mr.Long, Xu Weizhou |
| Country of origin | China |
| Original language(s) | Mandarin |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 15 |
| Production | |
| Location(s) | Beijing, China |
| Running time | 21~25 minutes per episode |
| Release | |
| Original network | 上瘾网络剧-官方频道 (Youtube) |
| Original release | 29 January 2016 – 23 February 2016 |
Addicted (also known as "Heroin" or "Addiction") is a 2016 web drama based on the Boys' love novel "Are You Addicted?" written by Chai Jidan. The shooting of the drama started on November 30, 2015 in Beijing, China and was wrapped up on December 23, 2015. It was an extremely low budget film starring a set of new actors.
The series aired three episodes for its first airing, followed by its regular three episodes a week airing in late January 2016, and began gaining in popularity. At the start of its fourth week of airing, all episodes of the drama were taken off air from major Chinese video streaming websites by China's SARFT and were no longer accessible.[1][2][3][4][5][6] A few days later, all remaining three episodes of the first season were uploaded via their official channel on YouTube, making it available for viewers outside of mainland China.
Plot
Ever since he was young, Bai Luo Yin (Xu Weizhou) has been living with his careless (but loving) father, Bai Han Qi, and his grandmother. When he turned 16 years old, his biological mother Jiang Yuan re-married. Her new husband is a high ranking military official, Gu Wei Ting.
Because of his mother’s death, Gu Wei Ting’s son, Gu Hai (Huang Jingyu), has been harboring a deep grudge towards his father. Due to the random hand of fate, the two step-brothers with wildly conflicting emotional backgrounds have been placed in the same class at a Beijing high school, without knowing each other's background at first. With time, they slowly developed a special feeling, each in a different way. Their classmates, You Qi and Yang Meng, have been instrumental in the relationship.[7]
Characters
- Huang Jingyu (黃景瑜) as Gu Hai
- Xu Weizhou (许魏洲) as Bai Luo Yin
- Ling Fengsong (林枫松) as You Qi
- Chen Wen (陈稳) as Yang Meng
- Song Tao (宋涛) as Bai Han Qi (Bai Luo Yin's father)
- Wang Dong (王东) as Gu Wei Ting (Gu Hai's father)
- Liu Xiao Ye (刘晓晔) as Jiang Yuan (Bai Luo Yin's mother)
- Wang Yu (王宇) as Gu Yang
- Lou Qing (娄清) as Jin Lu Lu
- Zhou Yutong (周雨彤) as Shi Hui
References
- ↑ "China's Censors Take Another Gay-Themed Web Drama Offline". blog.wsj.com. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
- ↑ "China takes down gay online drama: report". www.dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
- ↑ "Chinese Censors Have Taken a Popular Gay Drama Offline and Viewers Aren't Happy". time.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ↑ "China bans depictions of gay people on television". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ↑ "WATCH: The Show That Has China Banning All Gay Couples From TV". www.advocate.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ↑ "China cracks down on Online Television". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
- ↑ "[ENG SUB] Addicted Web Series". justblthings.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2016-02-29.
External links
- (Chinese) Addicted Web Series' Official Weibo
- The Official Addicted Web Series Official Channel on Youtube
- (Chinese) Addicted Web Series Fanpage on Facebook
- (English) Addicted Web Series English Fanpage on Facebook