The Master of Cheongsam - Cast, Synopsis, Review

The Master of Cheongsam is a period drama directed by Zhang Feng, starring Zhang Haowei, Gai Yuexi, Hong Yao, Zhao Yuan Yuan, and Yang Qiru, with Chen Peisi, Zhang Chenguang, Liu Peiqi, and Liu Min in the special roles.

The drama tells the inspiring story of Lu Yuanzhi, a talented tailor, who is inspired by his mentor to study, inherit, innovate, and break through the cheongsam making process, and gradually grows into a generation of Chinese costume masters.

Details

English Title: The Master of Cheongsam
Chinese Title: 一剪芳华
Genre: Historical, Romance, Business
Tag: Tailor Male Lead, Qing Dynasty, Chinese Republican Era, Cross-Dressing, Adapted From A Novel
Episodes: 40
Duration: 50 min.
Director: Zhang Feng
Writer: Zheng Wanlong, Guo Shuang, Geng Weina, Guo Jianxin, Wang Zibai
Producer: Yang Bei, Wang Xudong
Product Company: iQIYI, XUDONG FILM
Released Date: 2021-08-31
Broadcast Website: iQIYI

Cast

Zhang HaoweiLu YuanzhiMain Role
Gai YuexiKang NingMain Role
Hong YaoJiang MoshengMain Role
Zhao YuanyuanZhao LijunMain Role
Yang QiruSu PeiyaoMain Role
Morni ChangBai HenianSupport Role
Liu MinWu WenliSupport Role
Chi ShuaiMo QingSupport Role
Wang TonghuiBan Ben Yu SanSupport Role
Liu PeiqiSu Jing'anSupport Role

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Synopsis

The unruly Lu Yuanzhi brings a calamity to the Su family due to a dispute, and his senior Jiang Mingsheng is forced to recognize his master’s enemy Bai Henian as his father.

Lu Yuanzhi is determined to share the worries of his master, Su Jing’an, and take up the responsibilities of the Su family, but he is repeatedly victimized by traitors. But he also fell in love with Lord Kangning in the danger.

In the chaotic world, the little tailor’s talent for dressmaking gradually shone in the capital, and the new style of cheongsam he designed made him famous and led the new trend of dressing in the capital.

But fate is full of misfortune, to save his beloved, Lu Yuanzhi is forced to flee to Shanghai. He is famous in Shanghai for his ability.

Lu Yuanzhi returns to Beijing again, but his misplaced trust in his partner nearly causes an unprecedented crisis in the capital’s garment industry.

At this time, Japanese merchants were covetously the heirloom “Tian Yi Wu Feng” and tried to launch a trade war against China.

As the country change suddenly, Lu Yuanzhi leads the people to protect the dignity of his family and country. No matter how turbulent the world is, Lu Yuanzhi is determined to make the cheongsam shine in this era.