In recent years, as China's new film and television works have been successively launched in Japan and South Korea, some young Chinese actors have also gained popularity in both countries. In South Korea, after Chinese video platforms entered the local online video service market

Source: Global Times

[Global Times Special Correspondent Kim Hye-jin Zhuang Yu Strictly] In recent years, as China's new film and television works have successively landed in Japan and South Korea, some young Chinese actors have also gained popularity in both countries. In Japan, Chinese film and television works are mainly played through TV stations and DVDs; in South Korea, after the Chinese video platform entered the local online video service (OTT) market last year, Korean users can even watch more Chinese film and television and variety shows as soon as possible.

"China's national treasure of appearance"

Chinese costume dramas are very popular in Japan. "HTM4 Chu Qiao's Legend " (2017), starring Zhao Liying and Lin Gengxin , "HTM4 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace " (2018), starring Zhou Xun , and "HTM4 Three Lives Three Worlds Pillow Book " (2020), starring Dilraba , and "HTM4 Three Lives Three Worlds Pillow Book " (2020), have all been played on Japanese TV station . In addition, the urban romance drama " You Are My Glory " (2021) starring Yang Yang and Dilraba Dilraba was released in Japan on DVD; the drama " Meteor Garden " starring Wang Hedi , and the series " Untamed " starring Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo are broadcast in Japan through video websites.

It is through these Chinese film and television works that Japanese audiences have recognized many new generation of Chinese stars, including Liu Haoran , Yang Yang, Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo. Liu Haoran has co-starred in "Hidden Chinatown 3" with his well-known Japanese actors, including the wife of Satoshi Kiki, Masami Nagasawa, Tomomi Miura, and . The film was released in Japan in July 2021, so it has received some attention in Japan. The Japanese " Movie " film review website once commented on Liu Haoran, "The big eyes and pure smile like a puppy leave a deep impression on people, and the height is actually 1.85 meters! With his excellent appearance and acting skills accumulated in various types of works, he will be a handsome guy who will become more and more popular in the future."

" Smile is so beautiful " "You are my glory" has given Yang Yang a lot of fans in Japan. Japanese freelance writer Mayuko Xiaojiu once commented on the Japanese film and television news website "Movie Natalie", saying, "After watching "A Smile Is Beautiful", you will feel Yang Yang's growth. These two TV series starring Yang Yang is worth recommending." The Japanese women's fashion magazine "25ans" commented that Yang Yang is China's "national treasure of appearance". The special correspondent of the Global Times noticed that on the Amazon Japanese version website, some Japanese netizens purchased Yang Yang's Chinese version photo album, and some fans left messages in the comment area, "Although Chinese interviews are difficult to understand, I feel very satisfied just by looking at the photos!"

"Little Flower" captured Japanese fans

As for actresses, "You Are My Glory" and "Three Lives Three Worlds Pillow Book" were broadcast in Japan, Dilraba Dilmurat was quite popular among Japanese fans. Xiaojiu Mayuko commented that Dilraba Dilraba is a "shining actress". On Japanese social networking websites, search for "Dilraba Dilraba" and you can see Japanese netizens leaving messages saying "cute", "beautiful" and "I really like her so much".

Another Chinese actress Zhao Lusi participated in "Oh! My Emperor, "His Majesty," "His Phoenix Prisoner," "His A Female Disciple, " and other works have all been launched in Japan through TV stations or DVDs, making the 24-year-old young actor a "new star". Japanese freelance writer Ashiko Shimada, who has been engaged in review and translation of Chinese TV series for a long time, commented, "Zhao Lusi studied in Taiwan and was not a professional film and television drama school, but now she has become one of the most popular (Chinese) actresses, whether it is historical dramas or modern dramas. She is a cheerful and enthusiastic girl next door." The Japanese "Movie Natalie" website said that Japanese fans may have liked Chinese actors in the past, but recently some cute actresses have also been popular, and young fans prefer cute and childish actresses. Many Japanese netizens commented that Zhao Lusi looks cute and hopes to see more of her film and television works.

can also participate in subtitle modification

series such as "The rest of your life, please give me more advice", " Dream Hualu ", "Star Han Brilliant·Moon Rising" broadcast in China this year, Korean audiences can also watch almost simultaneously through online video media platforms, and are equipped with subtitles in more than ten languages.

"Will the OTT market be overwhelmed by China's WeTV enter South Korea? It's not competition, but coexistence." South Korea's Dailien News Network reported on this topic in June last year that when platforms such as .com (USA), Wavve (South Korea) occupy most of the Korean market, Tencent Video overseas version of WeTV filled the gap of "the lack of Chinese drama viewing platforms". Dramas such as "You Are My Glory", "Try the World", "The Pearl Lady", "The 28th Law of Love", and "Yu Guyayao" have been successively arranged to be broadcast on the platform. A Korean male office worker who is learning Chinese said in an interview with South Korea's NewPim News Network, "If I find that the subtitles are incorrect when I watch WeTV, I can submit an application for modification. After the application is adopted, the video will be broadcasted with the subtitles I modified. This participation has increased my fun watching Chinese dramas."

A Korean industry insider said that the demand and consumption capacity of Korean audiences for Chinese dramas is unexpectedly huge - in all foreign language dramas, the number of clicks and stay time of Chinese dramas ranks among the best. In May this year, Korean media "Sports Jingxiang" introduced the news that "For the rest of your life, please give me more advice" will be broadcast on Korean TV station . The media used "China's most popular actors and actresses" to introduce the protagonists of the drama Xiao Zhan and Yang Zi and . It said that when the drama was broadcast in South Korea through WeTV in March this year, it set records such as "the number one in the world's playback volume" and "the first in the hot topic list" of the platform.