TV series
Ode to Joy
Overview
Five independent, career-driven women living in the Ode to Joy apartment building navigate love, ambition, and personal growth as they chase fulfillment on their own terms. As they try to make it in the big city, each faces unique challenges and romantic entanglements while discovering who they truly want to be.
Details
- First air date
- 2016-04-18
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 5 seasons
- Episodes
- 201 episodes
- Genres
- Drama
- Network
- CCTV-8, Zhejiang Television, Dragon Television 东方卫视, Tencent Video, Migu Video
- Production
- Daylight Entertainment Co., Ltd.
- Country
- CN
- Original language
- ZH
Cast
- Maggie Jiang as Ye Zhenzhen
- Yang Caiyu as Fang Zhiheng
- Karlina Zhang as Zhu Zhe
- Zhang Huiwen as He Minhong
- Li Haofei as Yu Chuhui
- Shawn Dou as David
- Wang Anyu as Li Qixing
- Liu Tao as An Di
- Jiang Xin as Fan Shengmei
- Wang Ziwen as Qu Xiaoxiao
- Yang Zi as Qiu Yingying
- Qiao Xin as Guan Juer
Creators and crew
- Hou Hongliang - Producer
- Jian Chuanhe - Director
- Zhang Kaizhou - Director
- Kong Sheng - Director
- A Nai - Writer
- Zidan Yuan - Screenplay
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