Lost Romance () is a 2020 Taiwanese romantic-fantasy television series created and produced by Sanlih E-Television. Starring Marcus Chang and Vivian Sung, it tells the story of an editor in a publishing company who magically finds herself transported into the pages of a romance novel – and comes face-to-face with the man of her dreams. The series premiered on Sundays at 10:00 p.m. on TTV in Taiwan from June 7, 2020, to October 18, 2020, and aired on Saturdays at 10:00 p.m. on cable television SET Metro from June 13, 2020, to October 24, 2020. The series was filmed as it aired. It is available for streaming internationally on Rakuten Viki, Vidol, and Netflix with multilingual subtitles for the global viewers.
DailyView ranked Lost Romance as the “Most Popular Taiwanese Drama of the Year.” It is also one of the highest-rated Taiwanese dramas on Viki, with a score of 9.6 out of 10. The behind-the-scenes clips were broadcast at the end of each episode under the name Encountering Romance Every Second. (Chinese: 遇見浪漫的每一秒).
Cast
Main cast
Marcus Chang as He Tianxing/Situ Aoran Vivian Sung as Zheng Xiao'en Simon Lian as Duanmu Qingfeng/Chen Qing
Supporting cast
Kelly Liao as He Mingli Jason Hsu as He Tianjian/Situ Moran Snowbaby Tsai as Ling Chuchu/Chu Chu Tang Zhi Wei as Hu Chaoqin Don Wong as He Zhaonan Kiki Chen as Susanna/Susan Pii as Lin Chuntian/Lin Qiutian Sean Lin as Jason Deyn Li as George Hsu Yuan Kang as Yao Guping Hsiao Yao as Xu Qiongmei Feng Xian Bo as Chu Yun Jacky Liu as Dr. Pan Tannie Huang as Dr. Sun
Special appearances
Belle Chuo as Dong Fangmeng Tony Sun as Cheng Qing Puff Kuo as Liu Mushuang
Production Marcus Chang had previously collaborated with director Eri Hao on the 2018 television series Between. Prior to filming, Marcus Chang had been actively doing weight training and going on a high-protein diet; hoping he could achieve the “cheetah-like” figure described in the script for his role as an overbearing CEO.
This marked Marcus Chang's second collaboration with Vivian Sung since their 2014 film Café. Waiting. Love and his fourth collaboration with Sanlih E-Television. The series is Vivian Sung's small screen comeback in Taiwan after five years.
The entire cast and crew attended the opening press conference held on April 14, 2020.
Filming took place almost entirely in Taichung as well as other locations in Taiwan including Nantou County, Changhua County, and Yunlin County.
Scenes from the wedding ceremony were filmed at the Vena Manor, a popular wedding venue in Changhua County.
The series was awarded $15 million NT in tax credits by the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan.
Pop Relevance Fan meeting With 2000 fans at the event, Marcus Chang, Vivian Sung, Simon Lien, and rest of the cast attended the Lost Romance fan meeting, which was held on August 1, 2020, at Chungyo Department Store in Taichung.
LINE stickers In collaboration with LINE TV, Lost Romance launched its own LINE stickers, featuring Marcus Chang and Vivian Sung.
Soundtrack TitleArtistLyricsMusicNotes“Can’t Bear to Forget You”Ariel TsaiWu I-wei JerryC & Ariel TsaiOpening theme song“Lose to You”Marcus Chang Ending theme song“Tonight I’m Here”Insert song“Talk to Me”“The Lost Sea”Ariel TsaiGe Da-weiJerryC“Long Distance”GJVivian Hsu Rap: GJGJ“Loveseat”Ariel Tsai feat. PiHai RyanAriel Tsai, PiHai Ryan, JerryC
Episode ratings Competing dramas on rival channels airing at the same time slot were:
CTS – I, Myself, Recipe of Life, U Motherbaker FTV – The Mirror, The Rootless, The Story of Three Springs, Animal Whisper CTV – Attention, Love! (re-run), Chinese Restaurant (re-run), Chinese Restaurant season 3 SET Taiwan – Top Singers
Air DateChapterAverage RatingsRankJun 7, 2020 1 0.85 1Jun 14, 2020 2 1Jun 21, 2020 3 0.82 1Jun 28, 2020 4 0.75 2Jul 5, 2020 5 0.90 2Jul 12, 2020 6 0.96 2Jul 19, 2020 7 1.06 2Jul 26, 2020 8 0.93 2Aug 2, 2020 9 1.12 1Aug 9, 2020 10 1.22 1Aug 16, 2020 11 1.11 1Aug 23, 2020 12 1.18 1Aug 30, 2020 13 0.96 1Sep 6, 2020 14 0.92 1Sep 13, 2020 15 1.16 2Sep 20, 2020 16 0.98 1Sep 27, 2020 17 1.01 2Oct 4, 2020 18 1.06 1Oct 11, 2020 19 1.02 2Oct 18, 2020 20 1Average ratings 1.00 --
Numbers in denote the highest rating and numbers in denote the lowest rating for the drama's tenure. Ratings are obtained from AGB Nielsen.
Awards and nominations Year Ceremony Category Nominee Result2021Vidol Drama AwardsBest Kiss AwardMarcus Chang & Vivian SungBest Love Scene AwardBest Actor AwardMarcus ChangBest Actress AwardVivian Sung Seoul International Drama Awards Asian Star Prize Marcus Chang Vivian Sung
Broadcast NetworkCountryFirst AiredTimeslotTTVJune 7, 2020Sundays 10:00–11:30pmSET MetroJune 13, 2020Saturdays 10:00–11:30pmLINE TVJune 7, 2020New episode available every Sunday 12:00ammyVideoOctober 31, 2020All episodes available NetflixNovember 1, 2020All episodes available SET Variety November 21, 2020Saturdays 8:00–10:00pm VidolWorldwideJune 7, 2020New episode available every Sunday 11:30pmVikiJune 10, 2020New episode available every Wednesday Chunghwa TVSeptember 28, 2020Monday–Thursday 11:00–12:00pmCatchPlay+September 30, 2020Episodes 1–17; episodes 18–20 available every ThursdaysOctober 8, 202010/8 episodes 1–8 uploaded10/15 episodes 9–16 uploaded10/26 episodes 17–20 uploadedBS11April 1, 2022Monday-Friday 1:00-1:30pmYouTubeWorldwideJune 17, 2024All episodes available; 31 episodes total
References
External links (TTV) (SET Metro)