Love in a Fallen City (一身孤注掷温柔)
Love in a Fallen City (Yī Shēn Gū Zhù Zhì Wēnróu, 一身孤注掷温柔) is an unaired Chinese television drama directed by Li Muge (李木戈), adapted from the novel of the same name by the writer Chun Shan Leng (春衫冷), and starring Ethan Ruan (阮经天) and Zhu Xudan (祝绪丹) as a military officer and a young woman who fall in love in a war-torn Republican-era setting.1 • 2
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | Television drama, 40 episodes, filed under the genre 近代革命 (modern revolutionary)3 |
| Production company | Zhejiang Tangde Film & TV Co., Ltd. (浙江唐德影视股份有限公司), license number （浙）字第372号3 |
| Filing and filming | Filed with the National Radio and Television Administration in November 2017; filming began May 2018 with a 12-month production cycle3 |
| Wrap | Filming completed on October 30 after 120 days of shooting1 |
| Director | Li Muge, a Tangde-signed director later known for Goodbye My Love (《东宫》) and Rattan (《司藤》)1 • 2 |
| Lead cast | Ethan Ruan as Yu Haoting (虞浩霆), Zhu Xudan as Gu Wanning (顾婉凝), with Wang Tianchen (王天辰) and veteran actor Qin Han (秦汉)1 • 4 |
| Broadcast status | Completed filming, but as of 2022 the drama had not been broadcast2 |
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Story
The drama is set in the Republican era and follows Yu Haoting, a young army commander, who by chance meets Gu Wanning, a woman of troubled fortune; the two move from being adversaries to kindred spirits and fall in love.1 The synopsis filed with the regulators places the story in the Central Plains: Yu Haoting meets Gu Wanning during an operation against traitors, and their mutual trust gives him the confidence to fight the forces oppressing the people and bring peace to the region.3
Foreign enemies seeking a foothold in the Central Plains then sow misunderstanding between the couple, driving them painfully apart, and detain Gu Wanning to pressure Yu Haoting into serving them. She quietly endures and refuses to cooperate out of loyalty to her love and her sense of justice; Yu Haoting sees through the scheme, defeats the plot, and rescues her. Reunited, the two vow never to part and devote themselves to building and defending their homeland, having come to see benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, and trustworthiness as the backbone of their growth.3 Tangde's own description frames the young characters' patriotism, ardor, and fearlessness as the idealistic core of the story.5
Production
The project was filed by Zhejiang Tangde Film & TV in November 2017 as a 40-episode drama in the modern revolutionary genre, with a 12-month production cycle and shooting scheduled from May 2018.3 According to a United Daily News report at the start of production, the crew spent about two years in preparation and recruited a number of Taiwanese actors, including Ethan Ruan, Wang Chuan-yi (王传一), and Qin Han, whom the report called the leading male star of Qiong Yao dramas.6
Filming and wrap. The drama was co-produced by Tangde Film & TV, Yide Culture (懿德文化), Huashi Entertainment (华视娱乐), and Haohan Entertainment (浩瀚娱乐). Shooting lasted 120 days across summer and autumn, with the male cast wearing heavy military uniforms in the heat and the female cast in thin dresses into the frosty nights, and wrapped on October 30.1 Tangde's 2019 year-in-review confirmed that filming had been completed the previous year.5
Cast. Beyond the leads, the announced ensemble included Luo Jialiang (罗嘉良), Zheng Xiaoning, Shi Jingming, Shao Feng, Cao Bingkun, He Yin, Wang Chuan-yi, Zhang Dinghan, Wu Yongwei (伍咏薇), Jiang Fangting, Chen Xingxu (陈星旭), and others.1 Wang Chuan-yi described his role, a man from a military family in love with the daughter of the enemy commander, as a modern Romeo and Juliet facing painful choices between love and brotherhood, and called it his most challenging part in recent years.6
Broadcast status and other adaptations
Although the series finished production in 2018, a 2022 retrospective on director Li Muge's career noted that this Republican-era drama had, for various reasons, never been broadcast.2 The novel has also been adapted in other media: a multi-cast audio drama was produced and released on the Ximalaya platform as a paid audiobook priced at 0.3 yuan per episode, with the first 30 episodes free to preview; its producer noted that the production took half a year rather than the two months first promised to the author.7
References
- 电视剧《一身孤注掷温柔》杀青，乱世纷争已久，静待绽放假期！，浙江唐德影视股份有限公司
- 《一身孤注掷温柔》是什么剧？改编自同名小说，趣历史网
- 电视剧《一身孤注掷温柔》拍摄制作备案信息，产学研创新服务平台
- 2019陸劇》一身孤注擲溫柔｜阮經天、祝緒丹主演電視劇介紹，陸劇星球
- 唐德影视启动"新时代精品剧计划"，浙江唐德影视股份有限公司
- 《一身孤注擲溫柔》/《扶搖》男主角專訪，聯合報（轉載於批踢踢實業坊）
- 〖一身孤注掷温柔〗017 你们这些人最自私不过，搜狐
Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026
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