Luxury Stars Gather! Chinese Drama "Fox Spirit Matchmaker" Series 1 to Air in April, Series 2 Japan Premiere in June on CS Eisei Gekijo!

CS broadcast channel "Eisei Gekijo" will have an encore broadcast of the Chinese drama "Fox Spirit Matchmaker: First Love" starting in April. Furthermore, the prequel to "Fox Spirit Matchmaker: First Love," the second series in the "Fox Spirit Matchmaker" saga, "The Vow of Qixi: Fox Spirit Matchmaker 2," will have its Japan premiere starting in June.

The first series, "Fox Spirit Matchmaker: First Love," which garnered attention for its top-star co-stars Yang Mi and Gong Jun, tells the story of the children's generation, depicting a forbidden love between a human and a spirit (ayakashi). The second series, "The Vow of Qixi: Fox Spirit Matchmaker 2," is the story of the parents' generation, depicting a once-in-a-lifetime love between humans. Before the Japan premiere of Series 2, be sure to check out the strange fate that befell Dongfang Yuechu (Gong Jun) and the two families, the "Dongfang" and "Wangquan," in the marathon broadcast of "Fox Spirit Matchmaker: First Love"!

Fox Spirit Matchmaker: First Love (Original Title: 狐妖小紅娘 月紅篇)

★Encore broadcast starts on CS Eisei Gekijo on Tuesday, April 14th!

Every Monday to Friday at 7:30 AM

2024/China/36 episodes

[Original Work] Tuo Xiaoxin (庹小新)

[Director] Mai Guan-Zhi (麦貫之) et al.

[Screenplay] Han Peizhen (韓佩貞) et al.

[Cast] Yang Mi (楊冪), Gong Jun (龔俊), Guo Xiaoting (郭曉婷), Wei Zheming (魏哲鳴)

A dream co-starring role for top stars Yang Mi and Gong Jun!

An all-star, large-scale romance fantasy historical drama depicting the forbidden love between humans and spirits with a grand scale and a luxurious cast!

The original work is a nationally popular manga that has also been adapted into an anime with over 11 billion total views. It was adapted into an anime in 2015, which became a huge hit with over 11 billion total views, and was also broadcast in Japan in 2017 under the title "Enmusubi no Youko-chan."

The story, in which the head of the fox clan, played by Yang Mi, raises a lost human child (Gong Jun) and they eventually fall in love, is dramatically crafted on an impressive scale, intertwined with the conflict between the two clans and a world crisis. The total number of views exceeded 1.2 billion (as of 9/5/24), the total number of views on Chinese SNS (Weibo) was over 5.1 billion, and series-related views exceeded 10 billion, dominating viewer conversations and ranking number one many times in various categories on the Maoyan All-Network Hotness Ranking, including the fantasy drama and romance drama categories.

＜Synopsis＞

After a long war between humans and spirits, Tushan Honghong (Yang Mi), who became the head of the fox clan, has worked hard to maintain peace between the two sides. In Tushan, where the fox clan lives, there is a sacred tree called the Kujouju, and to increase its power, Honghong plays the role of a matchmaker for the spirits. One day, a boy named Dongfang Yuechu (Gong Jun), the sole survivor of the human Dongfang family who possesses great spiritual power, wanders into Tushan. Protected by Honghong and raised among the Tushan fox clan, Yuechu grows up and falls in love with Honghong. However, a crisis is about to befall the world again.