Winter Without Snowing 无雪的冬天
Chinese title (trad.):
無雪的冬天
Chinese title (simpl.):
无雪的冬天
Russian title:
Зима без снега
Release year:
1998
Country:
China
Number of episodes:
21
Episode running time:
47 minutes
Genre:
drama
Language:
mandarin
Type:
TV series
Description:
The 1980s: Da-Ping, released early for informing on his cellmate Wong Fu-Hung, who was plotting an escape, returns to Beijing after a long absence. But his aged mother, overcome with grief, fell gravely ill soon after he was imprisoned and passed away. Seeing his sweetheart and friends fills Da-Ping with mixed joy and sorrow, yet Xiao-Lin, who waited eight years for him, senses faintly that Da-Ping cannot get over the accidental infidelity she once committed, and this shadow lingers between them. Show more Da-Ping is assigned to work at a scrap collection station, where he meets old Lao Lu, who makes a living by collecting garbage, and the two hit it off immediately. Xiao-Lin tries again and again to bridge the gap with Da-Ping, but to no avail, and the lovers are forced to part in pain. In her heartbreak, Xiao-Lin chooses Feng Er-Long, who has always cared for her tenderly. Da-Ping cannot bear it and decides to go to Shenzhen to join Wu Tian-Xi, who after graduating from university has been making his own way in the world. On the day of Xiao-Lin's wedding, Da-Ping leaves alone, and only Wan Yu, old Lao Lu's daughter, rushes over to see him off — thus begins her secret love for Da-Ping, destined to last more than a decade.
The 1990s: Chen Da-Ping, now successful in business, returns to Beijing on work matters, and Wan Yu, having graduated from university, greets his return with a gaze full of deep affection. Da-Ping deliberately avoids her. Er-Long is riding high in business, now a wealthy man with a fortune, yet he and Xiao-Lin drift further and further apart. Just as Da-Ping is about to return to Shenzhen, Wong Fu-Hung, having served his sentence, comes looking for him, demanding two hundred thousand yuan to settle their old scores. Da-Ping flatly refuses. Wong will not let it go and threatens him repeatedly. Da-Ping, who is gradually falling in love with Wan Yu, learns that her younger brother Shi Tou has become one of Wong's men, and gives up his plan to return to Shenzhen.
While Da-Ping and Wong are locked in a standoff, Wu Tian-Xi returns home in glory with his wife and children. Learning of Da-Ping's trouble, Tian-Xi goes alone to find Wong and pays him two hundred thousand to settle the matter. Er-Long, who has long felt guilty toward Da-Ping, also gives Wong two hundred thousand in repayment of brotherly loyalty. But when they gather together to celebrate that the storm has passed, Wong has already slipped away with his men, and Da-Ping and the others, furious beyond words, can do nothing. Xiao-Lin is restless and anxious day and night; Er-Long does not understand why and keeps playing cards to dispel his own unhappiness, and their relationship deteriorates day by day. When Xiao-Lin asks for a divorce, Er-Long feels even more lost and, sinking into despair, becomes addicted to drugs.
Two years later, Da-Ping has resolved to accept Wan Yu's feelings, but misfortunes come one after another: Tian-Xi, now ruined, returns to Beijing; Wong and his men, having pulled off a big job in Russia, come back to the capital posing as rich men. Ma Xiao-Lin witnesses with her own eyes the misery of Er-Long's drug withdrawal and is overcome with remorse, feeling that she has destroyed him. In a dazed state she reveals that the man who raped her all those years ago was Wong, shocking Da-Ping and the others. Shi Tou, Wan Yu's younger brother, after earnest persuasion from Da-Ping and the others, prepares to expose Wong's crimes. Sensing that things are going badly, Wong decides to strike first and put Da-Ping to death. As the two grapple on the rooftop of a construction site, Er-Long rushes over, and Wong, a wanted criminal, finally gets his punishment, bringing this nightmare that lasted more than ten years to an end.
The friends gather once more. Having weathered so many storms over the years, they cherish love, friendship and family all the more.
The 1990s: Chen Da-Ping, now successful in business, returns to Beijing on work matters, and Wan Yu, having graduated from university, greets his return with a gaze full of deep affection. Da-Ping deliberately avoids her. Er-Long is riding high in business, now a wealthy man with a fortune, yet he and Xiao-Lin drift further and further apart. Just as Da-Ping is about to return to Shenzhen, Wong Fu-Hung, having served his sentence, comes looking for him, demanding two hundred thousand yuan to settle their old scores. Da-Ping flatly refuses. Wong will not let it go and threatens him repeatedly. Da-Ping, who is gradually falling in love with Wan Yu, learns that her younger brother Shi Tou has become one of Wong's men, and gives up his plan to return to Shenzhen.
While Da-Ping and Wong are locked in a standoff, Wu Tian-Xi returns home in glory with his wife and children. Learning of Da-Ping's trouble, Tian-Xi goes alone to find Wong and pays him two hundred thousand to settle the matter. Er-Long, who has long felt guilty toward Da-Ping, also gives Wong two hundred thousand in repayment of brotherly loyalty. But when they gather together to celebrate that the storm has passed, Wong has already slipped away with his men, and Da-Ping and the others, furious beyond words, can do nothing. Xiao-Lin is restless and anxious day and night; Er-Long does not understand why and keeps playing cards to dispel his own unhappiness, and their relationship deteriorates day by day. When Xiao-Lin asks for a divorce, Er-Long feels even more lost and, sinking into despair, becomes addicted to drugs.
Two years later, Da-Ping has resolved to accept Wan Yu's feelings, but misfortunes come one after another: Tian-Xi, now ruined, returns to Beijing; Wong and his men, having pulled off a big job in Russia, come back to the capital posing as rich men. Ma Xiao-Lin witnesses with her own eyes the misery of Er-Long's drug withdrawal and is overcome with remorse, feeling that she has destroyed him. In a dazed state she reveals that the man who raped her all those years ago was Wong, shocking Da-Ping and the others. Shi Tou, Wan Yu's younger brother, after earnest persuasion from Da-Ping and the others, prepares to expose Wong's crimes. Sensing that things are going badly, Wong decides to strike first and put Da-Ping to death. As the two grapple on the rooftop of a construction site, Er-Long rushes over, and Wong, a wanted criminal, finally gets his punishment, bringing this nightmare that lasted more than ten years to an end.
The friends gather once more. Having weathered so many storms over the years, they cherish love, friendship and family all the more.
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Zhao Bao-Gang, Chan Mui, Wang Ying, Huang Shan, Li Ting-Zhi, Chow Fu-Hung, Zhang Ya-Ping, Cao Shou-Shan, Wang Xiao-Zhu, Zheng Xiao-Long
50 m.
Zhao Bao-Gang
Aged 42 years
8 m.
Huang Shan
64 m.
Chow Fu-Hung
22 m.
Wang Xiao-Zhu
Aged 38 years
98 m.
Zheng Xiao-Long
Aged 45 years
50 m.
Aged 42 years
13 m.
Chan Mui
3 m.
Wang Ying
8 m.
36 m.
Li Ting-Zhi
64 m.
16 m.
Zhang Ya-Ping
2 m.
Cao Shou-Shan
22 m.
Aged 38 years
98 m.
Aged 45 years
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