The Legend of Eileen Chang explained

Alt Name:	Child: yes Hide: no Header: none P: Tā Cóng Hǎi Shàng Lái L: She Came from the Sea
Language:	Mandarin
Num Episodes:	20
Producer:	Hsu Li-kong
Director:	Ting Ya-min
Starring:	Rene Liu
Network:	Public Television Service
Location:	Shanghai, China

The Legend of Eileen Chang is a 2004 biographical drama TV series written by Wang Hui-ling and produced by Hsu Li-kong, starring Rene Liu as Eileen Chang, one of China's greatest authors in the 20th century.

Filmed in Shanghai, China, and British Columbia, Canada,^[1] the show first aired on Taiwan's Public Television Service on January 12, 2004. In mainland China, the series was not broadcast until 2007 as a result of censorship, which forced all characters to be renamed (the lead character became "Wang Xiaowen") and the show to be completely dubbed.^[2] Government censors likely were concerned not just with Chang's well-known anti-Communist beliefs, but also with "glorification" of Chang's first husband Hu Lancheng, who served Japanese interest during the Second Sino-Japanese War and is traditionally considered a hanjian in China.

Cast

• Rene Liu as Eileen Chang
• Winston Chao as Hu Lancheng
• Zhou Xiaoli as Su Qing
• Kou Zhenhai as Chang Chih-yi, Eileen Chang's father
• Ru Ping as Huang Yifan, Eileen Chang's biological mother
• Wang Lin as Sun Yongfan, Eileen Chang's stepmother
• Yan Xiaopin as Chang Mao-yuan, Eileen Chang's aunt

Notes and References

1. I was Art Director for four episodes in BC
2. 《上海往事》尘封4年开播 张爱玲变“王晓文”