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18: Your most watched genre of 2025

Historical.

Watched about 60 #cDrama #kDrama #jDrama, of which over half are historical, mostly cDrama. Of those around half had romance, some with memorable couples. This includes a few #cMovie #kMovie #jMovie.

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Day 9: Did you watch older dramas in 2025?

Almost 60 shows watched in 2025, over 60% were older #kDrama #cDrama #jDrama, from 2021-2024, mostly cDrama. Oldests from 2021: #cDrama(s) Forever And Ever, One And Only, The Long Ballad.

Includes a few #kMovie #cMovie #jMovie, from 2011-2024, oldest, kMovie War Of The Arrows (2011) with Park Hae Il, Ryu Seung Ryong, and Moon Chae Won. Notably watched the Admiral Yi Sun-sin trilogy #kmovie(s) of 2014/2015/2023.

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Day 2: Favorite Actress Discovered In 2025
Part II

Three-way tie (see above).

For cDrama & cMovie:
Nashi in ⁨#cDrama⁩ The Litchi Road, ⁨#cMovie⁩ Creation of the Gods β… : Kingdom of Storms (2023, watched in 2025) and Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force (2025). Another first time watch.

Honorable mention.
Li Luo Yi, 11 years old, ⁨#cDrama⁩ The Litchi Road as Li Xiu Er (Shan De's daughter). One to watch, adorable, heartwarming, fiesty performance.

2/2

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Day 3: Favourite actor discovered in 2025

Chinese actor and singer Yu Shi (Mongolia ancestry), in #cDrama To The Wonder (2024, watched in 2025), #cMovie Creation of the Gods β… : Kingdom of Storms (2023, watched in 2025) and Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force (2025). I really loved his acting and singing in To The Wonder (he plays guitar, too).

Watching the first two installments of the Fengshen Trilogy, #cMovie Creation of the Gods β… : Kingdom of Storms (2023), and then Creation of the Gods II: Demon Force (2025).

These are epic Chinese fantasy films adapted from the semi-mythical novel Investiture of the Gods by Ming dynasty writer Xu Zhonglin. I'm familiar with the work and its a complex story.

Stellar ensemble cast and production crew. From the beginning, visuals are stunning with inspired acting.

#CreationOfTheGods #cDrama

@AnnaAnthro I love Chang Chen! One of my top Chinese actors. He's been a favorite since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (2000), through Brotherhood Of Blades 1 (2014) & 2 (2017) #cMovie, to #cDrama Love And Destiny (2019), and #kDrama Narco-Saints (2022) on Netflix. His roles are so iconic.

#ChangChen

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I am obviously objective when I say Mad Painter deserves a stand-alone movie. It's been years, and I'm still fascinated by the way he rides his brush (literally - get your mind out of the gutter).

NB: the dubbing sucks

#YinYangMasterDreamOfEternity #CMovie #CDrama #xianxia ish

https://youtu.be/nsWAiRh8Ca0

Mad Painter- All Powers from the Yin Yang Master: Dream of Eternity

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@AnnaAnthro Very interesting. I would definitely watch for the history period and Tony Leung, and now your glowing recommendation. I see Wang Yi Bo won a Best Actor Award for this. I've seen him in Untamed and Luoyang. Sounds like this is his best role so far.

Someone posted elsewhere it's free to view legally on YouTube but may need a VPN in certain countries.

Link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dcqikwRTZQ&ab_channel=YouTubeMovies

#Cmovie #Shanghai #HiddenBlade

Hidden Blade

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