Poor Prince also known as Poor Prince Taro and Yamadataro Monogatari, is a Taiwanese drama

Taiwanese drama

Taiwanese Drama refers to dramatic programming of television programming extended stories usually dramatizing relationships through the general range of ten to forty one-hour episodes. They are produced in Taiwan and have gained increasing popularity in the Mandarin-speaking community...

 starring Vic Zhou, Ken Chu

Ken Chu

Ken Chu |F4]]. Educated in Singapore , he speaks Mandarin, Cantonese and English.-Biography:Chu was working as a waiter in Taiwan when he was discovered by Cai Zhiping, the creator of the boy band F4...

, Annie Yi, Edward Ou

Edward Ou

Edward Ou was born on 16 October 1980 in Taiwan. He is a Taiwanese actor. He graduated from from Taipei Hwa Kang Arts School in 1998. Ou is junior to other Taiwanese entertainers such as Barbie Hsu, whom he co-starred with in the Meteor Garden series, and Dee Hsu; and senior to Alien Huang, Rainie...

 and Will Liu

Will Liu

Will Liu is a Taiwanese singer and composer. He is well known for his album "Caihong Tiantang" and is known as good friends with Taiwanese artists Jay Chou and Show Luo....

. It is based on Japanese

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

 manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 series, written by Ai Morinaga

Ai Morinaga

is a Japanese manga artist.- Manga Works :*Kirara no Hoshi* My Heavenly Hockey Club* Maniattemasu* Strawberry chan no Karei na Seikatsu * The Tale of Yamada Family Special Edition...

. It was produced by Comic Ritz International Production (可米瑞智國際藝能有限公司) and Chai Zhi Ping (柴智屏) as producer. It was boardcasted in Taiwan on free-to-air Chinese Television System (CTS)

Chinese Television System

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 (華視) from 11 August 2001.

Synopsis

Tai Lang (Taro) is the smart, capable, and good at everything. He is popular with girls at school not just due to his qualities but also because of rumors that his family is the richest of the rich families at his school. But the truth is, Tai Lang lives in a poor one-room home with his mother and six siblings, scraping for every single cent and his skills come only from being the man and woman of the house. Unintentionally hiding his poverty, Taro is a kind person which makes him all the more lovable. When Long Zi falls for his exterior, she tries to seduce him to get out of the low-middle-class life she is living until she discovers the truth about his "riches"...

Cast

• Vic Zhou as Tai Lang
• Gao Hao Jun as Yu Chen
• Li Jin Hong as San Pu
• Ken Zhu as He Fu
• Annie Yi as Ling Zi
• Sandrine Pinna
  Sandrine Pinna
  Sandrine Pinna was born on 10 April 1987. She is a Chinese-French Golden Horse Awards nominated actress born and raised in Taiwan.-Movies:-Television series:-Music videos:* 1997 - "愛如此神奇" from Love is Mysterious by Andy Lau...
  
   as Si Mei
• Liu Han Ya as Long Zi
• Stella Chang as Niao Ju
• Wu Ti Ni as Mei Jia
• Lin You Wei as Ah Tian
• Edward Ou
  Edward Ou
  Edward Ou was born on 16 October 1980 in Taiwan. He is a Taiwanese actor. He graduated from from Taipei Hwa Kang Arts School in 1998. Ou is junior to other Taiwanese entertainers such as Barbie Hsu, whom he co-starred with in the Meteor Garden series, and Dee Hsu; and senior to Alien Huang, Rainie...
  
  
• Jian Pei En
• Ge Wei Ru
• Will Liu
  Will Liu
  Will Liu is a Taiwanese singer and composer. He is well known for his album "Caihong Tiantang" and is known as good friends with Taiwanese artists Jay Chou and Show Luo....
  
  
• Yang Ya Zhu
• Eric Chen

Music

• Opening theme song: "I Want to Hold Your Hand
  I Want to Hold Your Hand
  "I Want to Hold Your Hand" is a song by the English rock band The Beatles. Written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, and recorded in October 1963, it was the first Beatles record to be made using four-track equipment....
  
  " by Dragon 5
• Ending theme song: "你是我的幸福嗎" (Ni Shi Wo De Xing Fu Ma) [Are You My Happiness?] by Annie Yi

External links

• Spcnet.tv Review