A Reason to Live

Kitazawa Taro played a central role in post-war Japan's modern poetry movement due to the launch of the poetry magazine 'Arechi' with fellow poets in 1947. 28 years later in 1975, the 53-year-old works at a newspaper's proofreading department as he continues to compose poetry and cherishes ordinary happiness every day. But one day, Kitazawa falls in love with Akiko, the wife of his good friend Mitamura Kiichi. He abandons his wife and two children and leaves home.

Xiaoran He is the MC of a late-night radio show. But events that tainted the last few years of her life as a student still haunt her. She secretly loved Shangqi Xiao, a close male friend. But instead of ending up with him, she had to watch on helplessly as he pursued his dreams of love with another woman - their mutual friend Fei'er Chen. She was forced to endure the heartbreak of watching the man she loved begin a relationship with her close friend. And for the sake of the friendships she valued, she kept her feelings under lock and key. Eventually, she moved away and began working as a radio DJ. But her past comes back to bite her eight years later when Shangqi Xiao comes to town after spending a long time abroad. He has been tasked with turning around the fortunes of an exclusive hotel that has fallen on hard times. Their paths cross again, and this time Shangqi Xiao appears determined to right his previous wrongs. He tells her that he has never stopped thinking of her. But is it too late for reconciliation? Or could Cupid find a way to turn back the clock on a relationship that never was... but always should have been?

The tragic tale of Maggie Tulliver, the miller's daughter, who defies her embittered brother in standing by the man she loves - shocking the stifling society in which she lives - in an attempt to pursue her blighted dreams.