Drama Info:
Title: Ode to Joy 5 (欢乐颂5) Huan Le Song 5
Episodes: 34
Release Date: March 16, 2024
Genre: City, female, inspirational
Film Location: China
Summary: The Chinese drama is an inspirational drama for urban women and follows five different women and their lives in Shanghai living in Apartment Ode to Joy and their experience in love and work.
Plot Synopsis:
The five girls on the 22nd floor continue to spend time with each other. At the same time, more difficulties come to them one after another. Fortunately, they understand each other well enough, and their relationship gets deeper and deeper, and they can support each other through these difficulties.
While Ye Zhenzhen is obsessed with scientific research, she is frequently affected by David’s family affairs. How to live a simple life becomes a problem. Fortunately, she stays firm, and levelheaded, and has a family who loves her enough, and she can overcome these difficulties.
Fang Zhiheng unexpectedly gains a younger sister, which makes her change her ways and gradually get her life back on track. Through years of hard work and accumulation, Zhu Zhe establishes a firm foothold in Shanghai entirely on her own and finally breaks through the bottleneck in her career.
After taking a detour, He Minhong left the 22nd floor and returned. She begins to learn to think, learns to give, and how to get along with each other. Yu Chuhui relies on external motivation to force herself to work hard, gradually becomes conscious, steadily improving, and gets rid of the shackles of her background.
The tests and gifts given by life will continue, but with the support and companionship of the sisters on the 22nd floor, they can move forward bravely and run towards happiness.
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Cast & Characters:
Jiang Shu Ying 江疏影 as Ye Zhenzhen 叶蓁蓁
Associate researcher at the Biological Sciences Research Center. Although she is not a native of Shanghai, her parents are very wealthy. They sent her to study abroad and planned for her to settle in Shanghai as an overseas talent. They also bought her a house and a car in Shanghai. Ye Zhenzhen has a particularly peaceful personality, is humble and easy to get along with. She adheres to the philosophy of “do one good deed every day”. Although she has good conditions, she has never been arrogant.
Yang Cai Yu 杨采钰 as Fang Zhiheng 方芷衡
A girl who has both good looks and determination. She is engaged in the financial industry and is a fighting enthusiast. She seems to have everything going well and is full of energy. Zhiheng doesn’t like to deal with others. She doesn’t seem to be approachable on the surface, so everyone is attracted to her.
Supporting Characters
Zhang Jia Ning 张佳宁 as Zhe Zhe 朱喆
A hotel manager, she bought a house in Shanghai at a young age, where land is at a premium. She comes from an ordinary family, and she has younger siblings to support. Although Zhu Zhe supports her younger siblings through college, she does not give unconditionally. Instead, she knows how to hide her financial status and refuses her younger siblings’ requests for money. Due to academic limitations, she has no way to get promoted, which is what worries her right now.
Zhang Hui Wen 张慧雯 as He Minhong 何悯鸿
A simple girl who grew up in a happy family. Nothing drastic happened since she was a child and she has lived a peaceful life. She is a writer by profession. Her fantasy and integrity have shaped her into an unworldly woman in the big city. A “serious” girl who doesn’t know the warmth of others and only relies on personal preferences and assumptions.
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Airing Schedule:
Start: March 16, 2024
Frequency: 2 episodes everyday
End: April 2, 2024
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