Night Market Life (2009): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2009, Night Market Life is a drama and family series.

What it’s about. Night Market Life is a Taiwanese-language television drama that began airing on Formosa TV in Taiwan on 22 December 2009. This is also known as the first HD drama ever broadcast on Formosa TV. It stars Chen Meifeng, Morning Chang, Peng Chia-chia, Jimmy Ni, Wang Shixian, Daisy Fong, Mike Lee and Chiang Tsu-ping among others. Very little of the show is actually set in a night market. Rather, the show is centered on several vendors at a night market whose children befriend each other and go their separate paths upon reaching adulthood. As the series' popularity grew, the story was expanded to span two generations of characters; the children of the first part are grown up in the second part, which began on 7 April 2010 and the theme song was changed to dialect version.

Who’s in it. Night Market Life stars Wang Shih-sian as Li Youzhi, Chen Meifeng as Cai Yuexia, Morning Chang as Jiang Yi Guan and Mike Lee as Jin Dafeng, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 5.0/10, Night Market Life has proved divisive with audiences.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Night Market Life page.

If you liked it. Fans of Night Market Life tend to enjoy Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba and Attack on Titan.