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Synopsis

After an earthquake destroyed Xiang Qin’s house, she and her father moved in with the family of her father’s college buddy, Uncle Ah Li. To her surprise, the kind and amicable aunt and uncle are the parents of her cold and distant schoolmate Jiang Zhi Shu, a genius with an IQ of 200 whom not too long ago rejected her endless crush on him. Will the close proximity give her a second chance to win Zhi Shu’s heart? Or, will her love for him end under his cold words? What happens when there is competition for his heart?

CAST:

• Ariel Lin as Yuan Xiang Qin
• Joe Cheng as Jiang Zhi Shu
• Jiro Wang as Jin Yuan Feng
• Tiffany Xu as Pei Zi Yu
• Cyndi Chaw as Ah Li’s wife / Jiang Zhao Zi
• Zhang Yong Zheng as Jiang Ah Li
• Tang Tsung Sheng as Yuan You Cai
• Zhang Bo Han as Jiang Yu Shu
• Candice Liu as Liu Ya Nong
• Petty Yang as Lin Chun Mei
• Jason as Wang Hao Qian
• Bianca Bai as Bai Hua Lan
• Qian De Men as Director Bai
• Lai Zhi Wei as Du Jian Zhong
• Wu Wen Hong as Ah Hong (Ah Jin’s friend)
• Wang Di Jun as Zhang Lang (Ah Jin’s friend)
• Chen Bo Zheng as Kong Ling Yang (High School Principal)
• Hong Jiao Nang as Yang Da Xin (Xiang Qin’s teacher)
• Yvonne Yao as Wen Zhen Guan (Zhi Shu’s teacher)
• Lee Shiau Shiang as Chang Wu Ren
• Aaron Yan as Chun Mei’s boyfriend, Ah Bu
• Xie Xin Ying as Pei Zi Qi
• Kitamura Toyoharu as Qing Yu

Trivia

• The series was based on the Japanese shoujo manga “Itazura na Kiss” (Mischievous kiss) by Tada Kaoru. There are 23 volumes of the manga. There is no ending for the manga; the series was still running in Margaret when the author passed away at the age of 38 from a brain aneurysm.
• The filming of It Started with a Kiss lasted one entire year. Some scenes were filmed in different seasons, which resulted in many goofs.
• The director, Qu You Ning, made two cameos in the drama: One as the fat, middle age woman on a bus who accuses Ah Jin was harassing of her and another as Zhi Shu’s boyfriend in Xiang Qin’s imagination (birthday gift giving scene).
• The show’s highest rating was 5.77%