Wake Up (TV series)

Wake Up
Traditional Chinese麻醉風暴
Hanyu PinyinMázuì Fēngbào
Directed byAozaru Shiao
StarringJag Huang
Wu Kang-jen
Hsu Wei-ning
Michael Huang
Country of originTaiwan
Original languagesMandarin
English
Taiwanese
Hakka
No. of episodes6
Production
Production locationTaipei, Taiwan
Production companyGreener Grass Production
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Wake Up (Chinese: 麻醉風暴) is a 2015 Taiwanese television series starring Jag Huang, Wu Kang-jen, Hsu Wei-ning and Michael Huang. Filming began on 29 September 2014 and ended on 11 November. The series was aired on PTS HD from 1 April 2015. Wake Up is based on an original novel, Ferocious Pursuit (惡火追緝), by scriptwriter Huang Jian-ming.

Wake Up has earned praises from Hou Wen Yong, an anaesthesiologist and the author of renowned Taiwanese novel The Hospital. The drama won numerous awards at the 50th Golden Bell Awards, including Best Miniseries, Best Directing for a Miniseries, Best Writing for a Miniseries and Best Supporting Actor in a Miniseries for Wu Kang-jen.[1] Leading Hong Kong newsweekly Yazhou Zhoukan placed the drama in the second spot for the 2015 Top Ten Television Dramas, after China's Nirvana in Fire.[2]

Its sequel Wake Up 2 aired on PTS in Taiwan, premiering on September 9, 2017.

  1. ^ "金鐘獎第50屆 完整得獎名單 | 重點新聞 | 中央社即時新聞 CNA NEWS". Retrieved 2017-07-06.
  2. ^ "亞洲週刊2015十大電視劇". 亞洲週刊. Retrieved 2017-07-06.