Adapted from Yan Geling’s novel “Buyu’s Mountain Hostel”, The Years You Were Late follows professional soldier Mu Jian Feng (Huang Xiao Ming)’s life under the influence of the economic reforms. In 1985, the military medical team is asked to assist Company 3 who is currently constructing rail tracks. This is when Mu Jian Feng, Mo Li (Yin Tao), Zhao Yi Qin (Qin Hai Lu), Wen Ting (Fan Zhi Bo) and Wang Jian Yun (Tian Zheng) get to know each other. Several years later, when they all have started a new phase of life, Jian Feng and Mo Li meet again and develop feelings for each other, while Jian Yun and Wen Ting are talking about marriage. However, Wen Ting discovers that she has a hereditary mental illness and leaves Jian Yun. At the same time, Jian Feng decides to leave Mo Li as well due to an inferiority complex. He goes to the seaside to start a business there, where he ends up marrying Yi Qin. And Mo Li also becomes the wife of someone else. Later on, the former companions meet from time to time in Buyu’s Mountain Hostel to recall past times.

 

The Years You Were Late – 你迟到的许多年
Release Date: 2018-09-28
Main Cast: Huang Xiao Ming, Yin Tao, Qin Hai Lu, Cao Bing Kun
Genre: Historical, Romance, Drama
Network: Hunan TV
Episodes: 52
Original Novel: Buyu’s Mountain Hostel by Yan Geling
Trailers: Trailer (RAW), MV
Where to watch RAW: Youtube
Where to watch with subtitles: currently no subs available
(request the license on Viki and Netflix)

Year of Production: 2017
Production Company: Huelead, Huali Culture, Jetsen
Producer: Liu Mao Mao
Director: Lin Ke
Screenwriter: Yan Geling
Filming Location: Beijing

 

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