{ "id": "epx3ec3yv8", "slug": "more-than-blue-the-series", "title": "More than Blue: The Series (比悲伤更悲伤的故事：影集版)", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia", "label": "East Asian drama series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.hong_kong_taiwan_drama", "label": "Hong Kong and Taiwanese serial drama", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.hong_kong_taiwan_drama" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "China · 2021 and later: International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "path": [ { "id": "geo.chn", "label": "China", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021", "label": "China · 2021 and later", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials", "label": "International serial drama and telenovelas", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.chn.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_international_serials" } ] } ], "excerpt": "More than Blue: The Series (比悲傷更悲傷的故事：影集版) is a 2021 ten-episode Taiwanese Netflix romance melodrama extending the 2018 film, directed by Hsieh Pei-ju with Fandy Fan and Gingle Wang as K and Cream.", "snippet": "More than Blue: The Series (比悲傷更悲傷的故事：影集版) is a 2021 ten-episode Taiwanese Netflix romance melodrama extending the 2018 film, directed by Hsieh Pei-ju with Fandy Fan and Gingle Wang as K and Cream.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_int_serials_east_asia.hong_kong_taiwan_drama", "markdown": "# More than Blue: The Series (比悲伤更悲伤的故事：影集版)\n\n**More than Blue: The Series** (比悲傷更悲傷的故事：影集版) is a 2021 Taiwanese romance melodrama series of 10 episodes that extends the story of the 2018 film *[More than Blue](https://www.edgepedia.org/more-than-blue)*, released worldwide on Netflix on October 22, 2021[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/More_Than_Blue%3A_The_Series). It was directed by Hsieh Pei-ju, whose previous film was *The Great Hunger*, with the film's director Lin Hsiao-chien and producer Chuang Chun-chun as supervisors and the film's screenwriter Lu An-hsien continuing on the script[2](https://www.cna.com.tw/news/amov/202003250253.aspx).\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Original title | 比悲傷更悲傷的故事：影集版 (Mandarin: Bi Bei Shang Geng Bei Shang De Gu Shi: Ying Ji Ban)[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/More_Than_Blue%3A_The_Series) |\n| Format | 10 episodes, romance and melodrama, Netflix exclusive[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/More_Than_Blue%3A_The_Series) |\n| Premiere | October 22, 2021, all episodes released at once[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/More_Than_Blue%3A_The_Series) • [3](https://www.mtv.com.tw/news/newsdetail/8595) |\n| Budget | NT$180 million, announced March 2020 with filming planned for that summer[2](https://www.cna.com.tw/news/amov/202003250253.aspx) |\n| Main cast | Fandy Fan as Chang Che-Kai (K), Gingle Wang as Sung Yuan-Yuan (Cream), Wang Po-Chieh as Wang Po-Han, Shao Yu-Wei as An Yi-Chi[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/More_Than_Blue%3A_The_Series) |\n| Source material | Adapted from the 2009 South Korean film *More Than Blue* and extending the 2018 Taiwanese film of the same name[4](https://finance.ftvnews.com.tw/news/detail/2021C28W0287) |\n| Music | Opening theme \"Beyond the Sea\" (與海無關) by Accusefive; ending theme \"You Don't Belong to Me\" (你不屬於我) by Eric Chou[1](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/More_Than_Blue%3A_The_Series) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise and structure\n\nThe series uses a dual narrative. In the present, record-label executive Wang Po-Han and his assistant An Yi-Chi search for the original writer of the song \"The Saddest Thing of All\" (最悲傷的事) for a diva's lead single; with help from music-scene veterans Chi-ko and the Cat Woman, they uncover the love story of Chang Che-Kai, known as K, and Sung Yuan-Yuan, known as Cream, and the entangled romance of the gentle dentist Yang Yu-Hsien and the photographer Cindy[5](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ8_0pn3gXI).\n\nIn the past storyline, Cream's family dies in a car accident caused by K and his father; K's father dies of leukemia, and K's mother abandons K, prompting K and Cream to live together as family and fall in love without admitting it[15](https://www.elle.com/tw/entertainment/music/g38148105/netflix-more-than-blues-series/). K learns he has blood cancer with about 100 days to live, conceals the diagnosis, and tries to help Cream find a good man to marry before he dies[6](https://ddm.com.tw/blog/post/more-than-blue-netflix). The frame story adds material the film did not have: An Yi-Chi is a single mother whose son, Ke-le, dies of heart disease, and she attempts suicide before Wang Po-Han saves her; the K and Cream story ultimately helps her choose to live and cherish the present[7](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_1wiket0hjzl.html).\n\n## Production\n\nThe 2018 film earned NT$240 million at the Taiwanese box office, and in March 2020 the production companies mm2 Full Sun Entertainment and Good Good Film announced a 10-episode series at a cost of NT$180 million, to be shot that summer and released the following year[2](https://www.cna.com.tw/news/amov/202003250253.aspx). Producer Chuang Chun-chun set the goal of making the series even more tear-inducing than Korean dramas, and Lin Hsiao-chien said the team, led by Lu An-hsien, repeatedly overturned earlier drafts before settling on the final version[2](https://www.cna.com.tw/news/amov/202003250253.aspx).\n\nThe production promoted seven selling points, including the tragic love story, parent-child separations, award-caliber supporting actors, and the release of all ten episodes at once on Netflix[3](https://www.mtv.com.tw/news/newsdetail/8595). The parent roles include Golden Horse Award Best Supporting Actress Chang Shih-yin as K's mother and Golden Bell nominee Wu Kun-da as K's father[3](https://www.mtv.com.tw/news/newsdetail/8595). A-Lin cameos as herself, the diva whose album drives the frame story, and sings the in-series song \"The Saddest Thing of All\"[4](https://finance.ftvnews.com.tw/news/detail/2021C28W0287).\n\n## Cast\n\nFandy Fan, a Golden Horse Award Best New Actor winner, and Gingle Wang, a Taipei Film Festival Best Actress winner, took over the roles of K and Cream from Liu Yi-hao and Ivy Chen in the film[4](https://finance.ftvnews.com.tw/news/detail/2021C28W0287) • [8](https://www.vogue.com.tw/entertainment/article/netflix-new-taiwanese-drama). Both said their biggest challenge was the crying scenes[8](https://www.vogue.com.tw/entertainment/article/netflix-new-taiwanese-drama). The supporting cast includes Yao Yi-ti as Cindy, Tseng Shao-tsung, Yuan Ai-fei, Ma Nien-hsien, Bai Run-yin as An Yi-Chi's son, and Chen Yu[9](https://looryfilm.tw/more-than-blue-netflix/).\n\n## Reception\n\nReviewers generally rated the series above the 2018 film. Critics wrote that the ten-episode length let the story fill in details and character development the film lacked, made the melodramatic plot turns more plausible, and gave supporting characters such as the dentist and Cindy fuller backstories[10](https://amovie.tw/more-than-blue-the-series/) • [6](https://ddm.com.tw/blog/post/more-than-blue-netflix). The series reached the top three on Taiwan's Netflix rankings, with viewers describing crying from beginning to end[11](https://www.dramaqueen.com.tw/tvshow/More%20Than%20Blue.html). The review site 如履的電影筆記 scored it 8.4 out of 10 overall[9](https://looryfilm.tw/more-than-blue-netflix/).\n\nThe series was nominated for seven Golden Bell drama awards, and its screenwriters Lu An-hsien and Chen Pei-wen were nominated for Best Screenplay[12](https://creatortalks.fm/ep/s3e74/).\n\n## Relationship to earlier versions\n\nThe property began as the 2009 South Korean film *More Than Blue*, starring [Kwon Sang-woo](https://www.edgepedia.org/kwon-sang-woo) and [Lee Bo-young](https://www.edgepedia.org/lee-bo-young), which was released in 18 countries[13](https://scdnews.com/images/paper/220129/220129C.pdf). The 2018 Taiwanese film, directed by Lin Hsiao-chien and starring Liu Yi-hao and Ivy Chen, compressed the story into about 107 minutes[14](https://cdnc.heyzine.com/files/uploaded/v2/ddfa3443830efad3378d1e665f0be28c7486b951.pdf). The series keeps the film's main storyline and many of its classic lines, but expands the K and Cream relationship in detail, adds the frame story of Wang Po-Han and An Yi-Chi, and gives the ending a different interpretation of Cream's fate[6](https://ddm.com.tw/blog/post/more-than-blue-netflix) • [10](https://amovie.tw/more-than-blue-the-series/).\n\n## References\n\n1. [More Than Blue: The Series, DramaWiki](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/More_Than_Blue%3A_The_Series)\n2. [比悲傷更悲傷的故事推影集 砸1.8億元暑假開拍, 中央社 CNA (2020-03-25)](https://www.cna.com.tw/news/amov/202003250253.aspx)\n3. [要觀眾看一集哭一集！影集版《比悲傷更悲傷的故事》亮出七大看點, MTV音樂頻道 (2021-10-22)](https://www.mtv.com.tw/news/newsdetail/8595)\n4. [《比悲傷更悲傷的故事：影集版》治癒每個在人生途中的艱苦爬行傷者, 民視財經網 (2021-12-29)](https://finance.ftvnews.com.tw/news/detail/2021C28W0287)\n5. [比悲傷更悲傷的故事：影集版 正式預告, Netflix Taiwan (YouTube, 2021-09-05)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZ8_0pn3gXI)\n6. [〖影評解析〗比悲傷更悲傷的故事影集版, 電影](https://ddm.com.tw/blog/post/more-than-blue-netflix)\n7. [比悲伤更悲伤的故事, 爱奇艺](https://www.iqiyi.com/a_1wiket0hjzl.html)\n8. [Netflix台劇《比悲傷更悲傷的故事》影集版十月上線, Vogue Taiwan](https://www.vogue.com.tw/entertainment/article/netflix-new-taiwanese-drama)\n9. [〖影評〗《比悲傷更悲傷的故事：影集版》超越電影的感動, 如履的電影筆記](https://looryfilm.tw/more-than-blue-netflix/)\n10. [〖劇評〗《比悲傷更悲傷的故事影集版》, 愛德華FUN電影 (2021-10-26)](https://amovie.tw/more-than-blue-the-series/)\n11. [《比悲傷更悲傷的故事》, DramaQueen電視迷](https://www.dramaqueen.com.tw/tvshow/More%20Than%20Blue.html)\n12. [呂安弦、陳佩妏創作者說, Creator Talks](https://creatortalks.fm/ep/s3e74/)\n13. [臺灣影視 Daily News (2022-01-29)](https://scdnews.com/images/paper/220129/220129C.pdf)\n14. [電影手冊頁面：比悲傷更悲傷的故事 / More Than Blue](https://cdnc.heyzine.com/files/uploaded/v2/ddfa3443830efad3378d1e665f0be28c7486b951.pdf)\n15. [Netflix《比悲傷更悲傷的故事：影集版》不再狗血？6大哭點整理：牙醫不當工具人、單親媽媽故事更催淚](https://www.elle.com/tw/entertainment/music/g38148105/netflix-more-than-blues-series/)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › East Asian drama series › Hong Kong and Taiwanese serial drama*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/more-than-blue-the-series", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/more-than-blue-the-series.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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