“It Started with a Kiss” (恶作剧之吻) is popular Taiwan TV drama in 2005, and achieved high ratings in some other countries.
The romance-comedy starred Joe Cheng (郑元畅) and Ariel Lin (林依晨); and Jiro Wang (汪东成) and Tiffany Xu (许玮甯) etc.
It Started with a Kiss (ISWAK) was based on Japanese manga “Itazura na Kiss” (Mischievous Kiss); a same-titled popular Japanese drama was also produced in mid 90s based on the manga. The story plot for ISWAK…
Xiang Qing (Ariel Lin) was a happy-go-lucky type of high school girl and had a crush on Zhi Shu (Joe Cheng), a genius and handsome high school boy.
After 2 years of secret admiration, Qing decided to express her feelings to Shu, but was cruelly rejected and Qing became the laughing stock of the school. Her bad luck didn’t end there; she found out that her house was destroyed by an earthquake when she got home…
Luckily a good buddy of Qing’s dad, Uncle Li came into rescue and offered them to stay at his place. Unexpected though, Li was actually Shu’s father… Qing and Shu had to stay under the same roof, much to Qing’s delight but Shu’s annoyance.
As time went by, the optimism of Qing began to influence Shu, making him to rethink about his future rather than following the path set by his parents. Gradually, love began to develop between Qing and Shu.
I actually preferred the Japanese version of the story, which was more direct and simple. The Taiwan version of ISWAK was a bit long winded in my opinion (30 episodes if not mistaken; Japanese version just 9-11), but still a fun drama to watch especially the first half of the show.
It Started with a Kiss 2; a sequel for the show has been planned, and is expected to be aired in late 2007.
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February 27th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
好想看恶作剧之吻2, 恶作剧之吻是很好看但是我不喜欢男主角, Joe Cheng (郑元畅)
February 27th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
If not Joe Cheng… who’s your prefer actor to play the role instead?
February 28th, 2007 at 7:59 am
honestly speaking the fans here in the philippines was so happy to their team-up and are already have a lot of fans club here of this love team…we appreciate it very much and make our life a very romantic one everytime we watch ‘it started with a kiss’Hope to see the sequel soon…thanks for this space…..god bless you all
March 2nd, 2007 at 6:28 pm
i love you joe cheng and ariel lin your my idolz!!!!!!!!!!!!
March 6th, 2007 at 7:15 am
that guys great at arguing, anyone think he’s acting? anyways, he’s awesome!
March 8th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
really like this series (100000000 stars 4 them)…
they look good together!!!
I cant wait to see ISWAK2!!!
March 8th, 2007 at 10:46 pm
hiie!!! love this drama!! Cant wait 4 sequel :))
March 10th, 2007 at 8:38 am
no other actor or actresses best suits the role only JOE CHENG AND ARIEL LIN!! forever….they are the best!! i rili love dem both hope dat they hve another project after iswak..they have the best chemistry than the other loveteams
March 13th, 2007 at 3:47 pm
i love this show too!! the whole cast is great! i love jiro wang and joe cheng!! cant wait for the sequel!! keep me updated on any news on them! thanks!
March 15th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
We rili rili
luv this tv drama n we hope ISWAK 2 finish hurry up.coz ariel n joe is a role couple……….^_^
March 20th, 2007 at 7:24 am
hello guys!!!
just wanted to say that i really really love this drama series..joe cheng drives me crazy…hope he could visit here in the philippines like what the f4 did…i really like the team up of them..hope they could come here…
March 20th, 2007 at 5:30 pm
i love started its popular in the philiphines
March 22nd, 2007 at 10:56 am
Oh…this taiwanovela?…I just simply love it..For me it is number one and has a more cute story than princess hours…oh..I just love JOe cheng and ariel lin…I also love the love team of Ajin and yu-shu or Richie and Jun jun(western names)…..I hope they could visit Philippines and i wish I’ll be lucky to meet them both…Mahal na mahal ko c Michael!!!!!!!
April 9th, 2007 at 8:15 am
WATASHI CHOTTO MATTE LIEYO!!!!NADE????HAIYAKU!!~.~
April 15th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
i really am waiting for the next sequel!!! its a great show… really funny… i also love the family bonding that ‘it started with a kiss” has shown…
April 19th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Yeah!!! i love joe cheng and ariel lin very very much!!! That’s the most romantic love story i’ve seen, so good!!!
April 21st, 2007 at 2:39 pm
For me its the best tv show! I really like its story… Kinda like my love story…hahaha…
April 22nd, 2007 at 10:37 am
my fourite taiwan artists is joe cheng and ariel lin. my fourite movie is it started with a last kiss
April 30th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
ArieL Lin and mike he i love you!!!!!!! idol!!
sOlid!!!!!! LOVE CONTRACT
May 3rd, 2007 at 3:31 pm
i really love this it started with a kiss i like the twist of the story and its fun to watch..both korean and taiwan movie is very good in making of this kind of drama films..ariel lin is very cute i like her role also joe cheng..
May 9th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Who played the yummy band guy that dated xiang quin’s friend
May 9th, 2007 at 1:27 pm
You are not talking about Jiro Wang ain’t so?
May 16th, 2007 at 6:46 am
omg!ariel lin is so cute!ima watch her movie right now!
June 2nd, 2007 at 12:35 am
i really like to watch them together!!!!!!!! hehehe
June 19th, 2007 at 10:06 am
The Taiwanese version is more accurate with the original manga. Therefore Taiwanese version > Japanese version. Kthxbye.
June 26th, 2007 at 1:01 pm
OHoOn0z… ic, thanks for the note.
June 28th, 2007 at 12:29 pm
i really2x like ariel lin….
July 7th, 2007 at 10:12 am
I like ZHI SHU he is so cute and I really admire him so much..I can’t wait
to see the next part. I will wait for it..
July 14th, 2007 at 10:57 am
any one knows here when will be the part II???
July 14th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
jubvz… part 2 is still in filming.
July 16th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
ohhh…leh…. cant wait to watch it!!!!
hmmmhh… is it still the same casts??
July 16th, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Yes, the main cast stays the same… some changes to the supporting cast though.
July 20th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
how will the story goes in this part 2?
July 20th, 2007 at 8:45 pm
As far as I know they got married at the beginning… and part 2 is about the life after marriage.
July 25th, 2007 at 12:44 pm
its really jeo cheng n ariel lin is real couple?
July 25th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
lee… I don’t think so.
July 25th, 2007 at 3:05 pm
what a cute2 cple……so cute…i luv them….auch…
July 25th, 2007 at 3:06 pm
jeo ching n ariel lin……..mmmmmuuuuuuuaaaaaaaaahhhhhh……
July 25th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
2nd part?is it true?
July 25th, 2007 at 3:46 pm
Yes, 2nd part has just finished filming and currently in post production.
July 25th, 2007 at 4:05 pm
okokok…. tenchu tenchu….
July 30th, 2007 at 3:30 pm
filmna ntuh lcu bgt d!!!
seru!
ngomong2 yg ke-2 kpan keluarnya nich?
g sbar ni…
August 4th, 2007 at 2:15 am
god this movie good and sad especially the part where joe was going to marry that one rich girl huh, shame on joe..
August 12th, 2007 at 9:41 am
I REALLY LOVE ISWAK..AND I CANNOT WAIT FOR ISWAK2….
JOE AND ARIELS CHEMISTRY IN GOOD.
August 16th, 2007 at 4:48 pm
i cant w8 for iswak2…! ^^,
i want to buy dvd so that i can watch it over and over again!
i like joe nd ariel very much!
nice zhang zhi shu and yuan xang qin! *_~ (wink!)
August 16th, 2007 at 6:57 pm
Me & my friend loved it? joe is soooo cool and ariel is sooooooooo cute
my friend didn’t like when joe’s hair was curly
August 19th, 2007 at 10:46 am
OMG…THIS DRAMA IS UNBELIEVEBLE DRAMA..IT MAKES ME EXCITED TO WATCH..ESPICIALLY…JIRO WANG…I HOPE ISWAK 2 WILL BE ON AGAIN..SARANG NGEYO..MUAHHHHHH..*_*..MAKE IN ON TO THE SHOW…I AM WAITING…SUPPORT YOU ALL IN ANYTHING YOU DO…
August 31st, 2007 at 1:28 pm
hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!joe ching….i hope u love also ariel lin and both of u hv a relationship lyk a lovers……….n never be break cuz i wil cry…yeah dats true, cuz im ur fansssssssss
August 31st, 2007 at 1:29 pm
hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!joe ching love ariel lin 4ever
August 31st, 2007 at 1:34 pm
hi!im still waiting ur started with a kiss 2,,cuz i luv very much u and ariel lin,,,,,4 me ur the best luv theme in whole world………..hehehehehe
August 31st, 2007 at 3:46 pm
iswak is the best koreanovela!
August 31st, 2007 at 8:39 pm
mad… it’s Taiwan drama :)
September 2nd, 2007 at 6:01 pm
hello guys i am one of the fun of started with a kiss you know hehehe its very nice drama and i hope we can meet a joe ching hehehehe he is so cute i love you joe……
September 4th, 2007 at 3:51 pm
HOHOHOO….. GOD THIS MOVIE IS DRIVING ME CRAZY… I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE SEQUEL…. I LOVE YOU JOE CHENG…..
September 6th, 2007 at 5:35 pm
kakakilig sila!
September 6th, 2007 at 5:39 pm
ang ganda ng show na ito! bibili ako ng CD nito!
September 8th, 2007 at 4:25 pm
hi im from d Phil…
“it started with a kiss” is really a good movie… Joe Cheng is driving me really crazy.. he’s really hansome ’specilly w/ the curly hair… im really in love with Zhi Shu..
September 20th, 2007 at 4:13 am
when are they going to air iswak2?
September 20th, 2007 at 4:14 am
when are they going to air it started with a kiss 2????
September 20th, 2007 at 10:14 am
ernalyn… the filming is progressing slower than expected. It might only start showing by end of the year.
October 3rd, 2007 at 1:22 pm
.,>i enjoyed watching started with a kiss.,,i like all the characters.,.i also love korenovelas,all about chinese love stories,.it’s so Cute’
October 9th, 2007 at 1:06 am
joe cheng is so hot…….ha ..ha…he is cute too..
October 25th, 2007 at 4:01 pm
i think jiro is a nice person too…don judge n discover people from their outlook….n jiro is a nice person…but…u never noe…
everybody is not perfect…some r good n some r bad in us….include ur star…i mean like actor n actress n also singer…….remember this….everybody r not perfect….:)
November 2nd, 2007 at 10:16 am
it started with a kiss ROCKS MY WORLD MAN!
joseph cheng is soooo HOT AND SHUAI!
ariel is very cute!
tiffany is so pretty!
jiro is so funny!
jason is so cool!
whahaha! THIS IS THE FAVE SHOW OF MY LIFE! =D
February 21st, 2008 at 12:30 pm
JI ro………………………………
Lve……………..U
dit u………………….wnt to be My BaBy……………………
No!!!!!!!!!!!mY HuSbN??????????????????????
April 20th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
JIRO
I
LOVE
YOU
SO MUCH!!!!
I LOVE U W/
OL mY HEART AND SOUL
awOoo!!!
lOve so much
muah muah
i really wanna see u
LAB EU!
June 3rd, 2008 at 4:47 pm
I actually love this series so much.
I like all the characters.
I think all the actors, including actresses, are so perfect.
I specially preferred Joe and Ariel .
June 4th, 2008 at 3:46 am
hi!there, i’m just got here.i have seem yours guy movies and i love it………………..!joe and ariel are funny actor/actress, i love them both @lot!
when i first seem the movie, i dont get it, but as it go i just know that ariel get rejected by joe(in the movies only). well, anyway, i started 2 like 2 of them,i wish i could met joe and ariel, so i could asked them some question.
okay that what i gotta say for today i will be back!joe u are sooooooooooo cute and handsome, and ariel u are soooooooo pretties,i love u 2!
love u cutie joe,
and
pretty ariel!
bye-bye!
June 7th, 2008 at 5:43 pm
ISWAK is the bestttttttttttt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
June 17th, 2008 at 5:52 pm
ariel is so cute!!!mas bagay kayo ni joe cheng kaysa ni wu chun!!!!!!!!!
July 27th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
i love the kwelanobela ISWAK.GO!!!ARIEL LIN AND JOE CHENG!!
August 2nd, 2008 at 11:00 am
ang cute ni jiro wang
August 28th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Joe cheng and u are couples in real life?
August 30th, 2008 at 7:46 pm
it was a very nice story full of romantic moment
it breaks the heart of every women so happpy i love joe cheng so much..
August 30th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
it was a very nice story full of romantic moment
it breaks the heart of every women so happpy i love joe cheng so much.. verry nice
August 31st, 2008 at 9:47 pm
hi you have a great story
September 2nd, 2008 at 11:23 pm
[...] Lin co-starred Mike He in “Love Contract” (2004) and with Joseph Zheng in “It Started With a Kiss” (2005). Both the melodramas were a hit, and Ariel become one of the most popular TV [...]
September 11th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
I AM WAITING FOR IT STARTED WITH AKISS PART 3.IT WILL BE SHOWN IN NOV.28 IN TAIWAN
October 29th, 2008 at 4:06 pm
I REALLY LOVE JIRO WANG!!
HE IS SO CUTE..
I HOPE HE CAN COME HERE IN THE PHILIPPINES!!
October 29th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
i love jiro wang..
actuaLLy he has a Lot of pictures in my friendster..and i enjoy coLLecting his pictures!!
i reaLLy wish that he can come here in the Philippines!!
i Love you sooooooooo much!!!!!!
November 9th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
I love “it started with a kiss” very much…!
I love joe cheng and ariel lin..!
Im an addict fun of ISWAK!hehehe..
I hope he can come here in the Philippines
just like the other asian stars that went here in
the Philippines..
I love you joe cheng your so cute..!
January 24th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
I LOVE THEM BOTH
March 24th, 2009 at 2:51 pm
i love started with a kiss and they kiss again i love joe chen or zheng yuan chang
because it so handsome and the ariel lin is so beautiful girl
April 14th, 2009 at 11:21 am
bagay sila
cute ni jenny
June 11th, 2009 at 5:14 pm
….i congratulate you jeo cheng because you are very nice and handsome guy…
…i hope you and ariel lin will have many projects to come and i want you to know that i’m your number one fan…..you’re so cute…take care always wish you a good health forever and ever….
August 18th, 2009 at 6:22 pm
I lUv Ariel Lin aNd jOe cHeng sO mucH….!!!!
bAgay sIla….:-)
October 29th, 2009 at 2:20 pm
ariel lin
November 14th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
yourlove team will never die for me
January 22nd, 2010 at 4:03 pm
ur my inspiration michael
January 22nd, 2010 at 4:04 pm
i am waiting 4 ur nxt movie….. hope u are still 2gether… again the 2 of u…..i am from philippines