The Lying Game
Promotion poster
Also known as無謊
Love SOS[1]
X Lie
GenreMystery, Romance
Directed byDanny Dun, Hu Xue-lin
StarringElla Chen, Wu Kang-jen, Vivi Lee, Lawrence Ko
Opening theme"Never Be the Same" by Eve Ai
Ending theme"The Real Me"(真的我) by Ella Chen
Country of originTaiwan
Original languagesMandarin
English less
Hokkien
No. of episodes13 Episode (Only Taiwan)
Production
ProducersYang Hong-zhi, Yang Yu-hua
Production locationTaiwan
Running time90 minutes (with advertising)
Production companyDeepwater Digital Support Inc.
Original release
NetworkCTV
Release5 October (2014-10-05) 
22 November 2014 (2014-11-22)

The Lying Game (Chinese: 謊言遊戲; pinyin: huǎng yán yóu xì) is a Taiwanese drama broadcast by CTV in 2014, starring Ella Chen, Wu Kang-jen, Lawrence Ko and Vivi Lee. It was broadcast by CTV on October 5, 2014.[1] The drama received an allowance of 2014 high-quality TV program from the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan for NTD 6 million dollars.[2] The original screenplay of this drama was later adapted into the novel "The Lying Game" by the writer "Di Fer". Before the drama will broadcast, the drama was sold to 15 countries, including China, Hong Kong, Macao, Southeast Asia and North America, as well as South Africa and Mongolia, where purchase of Taiwanese drama in previous years was rare.[3]

Broadcast

ChannelLocationDateTime
CTV Taiwanfrom October 5, 2014Every Sunday 22:00-23:30
CTi Entertainmentfrom October 11 to November 22, 2014Every Saturday 22:00-23:30
CTi Varietyfrom November 29, 2014Every Saturday 23:00-24:30
CHT MODfrom October 12 to December 14, 2014Every Sunday 20:30-22:00
from December 21, 2014Every Sunday 19:00-20:30
Now 101 Hong Kongfrom January 20, 2015Monday to Friday 21:30-22:30
HUB E City Singaporefrom April 10, 2015Every Friday 22:00-23:30
ViuTV Hong Kongfrom December 16, 2017Every Sunday 12:30-14:30

Cast

Main character

  • Ella Chen as Sun Zhen (Pretend to Writer X)
  • Wu Kang-jen as Wei You-liang (Sun Zhen's boyfriend)
  • Lawrence Ko as Xiao An (Writer X)
  • Vivi Lee as Hu Xing-ai (Secret love Wei You-liang)

Other actors

  • Mathilde Lin as Zhou Yi (Sun Zhen's best friend)
  • Jett Lee as Sun Ping (Sun Zhen's younger brother)
  • Lu Yi-ching as Sun Zhen and Sun Ping's mother
  • Milton Jen as Sun Zhen and Sun Ping's father
  • Tiger Wang as Jiang Qin
  • Bruce Chen as Chen Wei-hao
  • Chu Lu-hao as Gao Peng-hsiang (Bad guy of the drama)
  • Deyn Li as Xu Guo-yong (Sun Ping's friend)

Music

Song title Singer Lyrics Composer Arranger Note
"Never Be the Same" Eve Ai Tsai Zhi-zhong (Adapted words) Jessica Mauboy Evan Yo Title Song, Cover
"The Real Me" (真的我) Ella Chen Chen Xin-yan Ella Chen Terence Teo End Song
"Unsolvable" (無解) Ella Chen Lan Xiao Xie Chen Xu-chao Phil Wen Episode

Promotional activity

TV promotion

"The Lying Game" at IMDb

References

  1. 1 2 ⌈The Lying Game⌋ information,Deepwater Digital Support Inc.
  2. list of allowance of 2014 high-quality TV program Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback MachineBureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development
  3. "「謊言遊戲」海外狂銷15國 南非看得到". UDN. 16 October 2014.
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