Love Is Payable

Love Is Payable is a 1997 Chinese-language period romance television series produced by Young Pei-pei, set in the Shanghai International Settlement during the Second Sino-Japanese War (which was policed by British and Americans before 1941 even after Shanghai fell to the Japanese in 1937). The series was filmed in Tianjin and Shanghai and first broadcast on Taiwan's Formosa Television.

Originally, Anita Mui was the first choice to play Xiangxue'er, and Stephen Chow was the first choice for the role of Bai Lang. However, they were unavailable, so Carina Lau and Steven Ma were cast instead.

In 2010, Young Pei-pei produced a remake, titled Entangling Love in Shanghai in English (the Chinese title remains the same).

Cast

Carina Lau as Xiangxue'er

Steve Ma as Bai Lang

Leanne Liu as Bai Ping

Lee Li-chun as Qiao Xiannong

Lawrence Ng as Zhang Guiting

Sun Xing as Ma Xianliang

Angus Tung as Chen Congming

Song Chunli as Hu Ying

Lu Wen as Liao Wanzhen

Yue Yueli as Han Dong

Chen Zihan as Yang Ming

Doze Niu as Da Mi

Chu Zhong-heng as Rong San

Dong Xiaoyan

Awards and nominations

References

1997 Taiwanese television series debuts

1997 Taiwanese television series endings

1997 Chinese television series debuts

1997 Chinese television series endings

Television shows filmed in Shanghai

Television shows filmed in Tianjin

Television shows set in Shanghai

Television series set in the 1930s

Television series set in the 1940s

Mandarin-language television shows