All Is Well (TV series)

The Su family collapses instantly with the sudden death of Mother Su, revealing unexpected and hidden dangers. The problem of caring for the non-assertive but selfish and stingy Father Su, disrupts the peaceful life of his children and their families. Finally rid of his wife's control, Father Su Daqiang makes constant and excessive demands on his children. Su Mingzhe, the eldest son, returns to China from the United States, determined to support the family. He is unable to bear the burden and becomes alienated from his wife and daughter. The second son, Su Mingcheng (a NEET), has no regrets. He expects to suddenly become rich, which leads to a failure of both his career and his family. The youngest daughter, Su Mingyu, is unrecognized by her parents and has severed economic ties with her family since the age of 18. She has vowed to draw a line in her dealings with the family, but she is dragged into the quagmire of the Su family once more. The family helps each other through continuous crises. Ultimately, the members of the Su family realize communication between them cannot be ignored, and the family is once again filled with love.^[4]

• Yao Chen as Su Mingyu, the only daughter of the Su family, a white-collar worker.
  • An Weiwei as young Su Mingyu
• Ni Dahong as Su Daqiang, the father of the Su family.
• Guo Jingfei as Su Mingcheng, the second son of the Su family, a boomerang kid.
  • Li Junting as young Su Mingcheng
• Li Nian as Zhu Li, Su Mingcheng's wife.
• Tony Yang as Shi Tiandong, the boss of a small restaurant, Su Mingyu's love interest.
• Gao Xin as Su Mingzhe, the first son of Su family, an alumnus of Tsinghua University and Stanford University, he has high self-esteem and keen on face-saving.
  • Wang Cheng as young Su Mingzhe the Su family.
• Gao Lu as Wu Fei, Su Mingzhe's wife.

• Chen Jin as Zhao Meilan, the Mother, who favors boys over girls and mistreats her daughter Su Mingyu.
• Chang Chen-kuang as President Meng, Su Mingyu's teacher and boss, president of the Zhongcheng Group.
• Wang Dong as Liu Qing, a salesperson in the Zhongcheng Group.
• Peng Yuchang as Meng's son
• Kang Qunzhi as Zhu Li's mother.
• Hou Changrong as Zhu Li's father.
• Tian Li as Ying Shu
• Wang Zhengquan as Uncle

The producers hired Ah Nai (author of the novels Ode to Joy and Like a Flowing River) to work on a script.

On October 11, 2017, actors Yao Chen and Ni Dahong were cast in lead roles for the series.^[5]

Principal photography began on January 17, 2018, and wrapped in May 2018.^[6][7]

Most of the series was shot on location in Suzhou, Jiangsu.^[8] The scenes of the Su family's old house were filmed in an alley of Tongdeli (同德里).^[9][10] The scenes set in "Shi Hun Zhe" (食荤者) were filmed in Han'eryuan (翰尔园), Pingjiang Sub district of Gusu District.^[11] The village of Mingyuewan (明月湾; 'Moon Bay') served as the setting of the tea-leaf picking scene.^[12]

The show has a 7.8 out of 10 rating on Douban, and received mainly positive reviews. It has become a major trending topic on social media, with related hashtags being viewed hundreds of millions of times.^[13] Many people have praised the television series online for revealing problems and contradictions in real life, such as traditional Chinese families' preference for boys over girls (重男轻女), NEET (啃老族), and generational conflicts related to caring for the elderly (家庭养老).^[14][15]

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• All Is Well at IMDb
• All Is Well at Douban (in Chinese)