| Night Market Life | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Xia's Night Market |
| Chinese | 夜市人生 |
| Hokkien POJ | Iā‑chhī Jîn‑seng |
| Genre | History Romance Office Politics Tokusatsu Family |
| Written by | Tay Kaizhong |
| Directed by | Li Yuefeng Li Qinnan Zhang Zhihong |
| Starring | Chen Meifeng Morning Chang Peng Chia-chia Jimmy Ni Wang Shih-hsien Fon Cin Mike Lee Chiang Tsu-ping |
| Opening theme | 夜市人生 by Weng Li-you |
| Ending theme | 問感情 by Tsai Hsiao-hu 請你記得我的好 by Liu Xiangping 落花泪 by Long Qianyu & Tsai Hsiao-hu 城里的月光 by Mavis Hee 商水的傍 by Weng Li-you 親愛的小孩 by Ou Liyi 女人香 by Cao Yayi 迷魂香 by Weng Li-you 胜者為王 by Wang Shih-hsien 一片天 by Wang Shih-hsien 用心 by Long Qianyu 不能講的秘密 by Weng Li-you 我是一片云 by Lin Shuquan 愛情哈哈 by Chen Xiaoyun 今生只為你 by Chen Shuiyi & Tang Li 海甲天 by Zhu Haijun |
| Country of origin | Taiwan |
| Original language | Hokkien |
| No. of episodes | 410 (original run) 1008 (overseas version) |
| Production | |
| Producers | Guo Jianhong Lin Huijun Zhao Jinhu |
| Production locations | Taipei, Taiwan Miyazaki Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan |
| Running time | 120-150 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Formosa Television |
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Night Market Life (Chinese: 夜市人生; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iā-chhī Jîn-seng) is a Taiwanese Hokkien television drama that began airing on Formosa Television in Taiwan on 22 December 2009. This is also known as the first HD drama ever broadcast on Formosa Television.[1]
It stars Chen Meifeng, Morning Chang, Peng Chia-chia (澎恰恰), Jimmy Ni (倪齊民), Wang Shih-hsien, Fon Cin, Mike Lee (李政穎) and Chiang Tsu-ping among others.
Very little of the show is actually set in a night market. Rather, the show is centered on several vendors at a night market whose children befriend each other and go their separate paths upon reaching adulthood. As the series' popularity grew, the story was expanded to span two generations of characters; the children of the first part are grown up in the second part, which began on 7 April 2010 and the theme song was changed to dialect version.
The show aired in Taiwan every weeknight at prime time (20:00) with episodes which have ranged in length from 135 to 150 minutes including commercial advertisements. The producers received funding from the Government Information Office to produce the series in high definition. With admiration and some criticism, the show concluded on 19 July 2011, when the brand-new television drama of Formosa Television, Father and Son, was released.