“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..