Ying Ye 3 Jia 1 (Chinese: 樱野3加1), also known as Sakurano in the Philippines, is a 2007 Taiwanese drama starring Ming Dao, Joe Chen, Jerry Huang and Jason Hsu. It follows the adventure of an amateur detective group in high school. It aired on TTV/SETTV from July 29 to November 11, 2007 every Sunday.
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Synopsis
Xia Tian (Joe Chen), Jia Jiang (Ming Dao), Fang Wei (Jerry Huang) and Bulu (Jason Hsu) grew up together on Westside Street and are one month away from graduation at Ying Ye High School.
Xia Tian's father is a police officer on Westside Street. A day before his planned retirement, the friends have a fight at school and are almost expelled by the principal. Officer Xia goes to settle the conflict, but is unsuccessful, and his gun is misplaced. It is decided that they will remain at school but must find the gun before graduation.
Cast and characters
Main
Ming Dao as Yang Jia Jiang / Ah Jiang
Grew up with Xia Tian, Fang Wei and Bulu. He doesn't have a father, but promised him that he would protect their family and Xia Tian. He bullies Kong Long because Kong Long bullies his friends. He considers Officer Xia as his own father. His mother owns a food stall.
Joe Chen as Xia Tian
Officer Xia's daughter. Her mom left her family a long time ago, but she has a strong relationship with her father. She always protects her friend, Xiao Hui, from Kong Long.
Jerry Huang as Fang Wei
Comes from a rich family but his father is always busy with his work. After realizing that Ah Jiang also likes Xia Tian, he accepted Ah Jiang as his rival although Ah Jiang is his friend.
Jason Hsu as Wang Dao Ren / Bulu
Likes cooking but his father wants him to run his martial arts class. He likes cleaning his room, doing housework and when he is in a bad mood, he likes to sew. If Ah Jiang and Fang Wei argue, he will try to stop them from fighting. He is secretly dating Xiao Hui.
Supporting
Zhang Xin Yu as Zheng Wen Hui
Liu Zhe Ying as Su Xiao Han
Hang Li Ren as Kong Long
Leader of the Ying Ye Three Little Dragons.
Ye Min Zhi as Wu Lu
Lee Tien-chu as Officer Xia
Viter Fan Zhi Wei as Hsu Ding Kai / Captain D.K. Hsu / Brother Frog
Soundtrack
Ying Ye 3 + 1 Original Soundtrack (Chinese: 櫻野三加一 電視原聲帶) was released on March 8, 2007 by 5566, Joe Chen, Jason Hsu, and Ming Dao. It contains eleven songs, five of which are instrumental versions of the five original songs. The opening theme song is "Yes Sir!" by 5566, while the ending theme song "To Believe Again" is by Ming Dao and Joe Chen.
Episode ratings
Source: Chinatimes Showbiz