Better Days

Better Days

You protect the world. I'll protect you.

2019•2h 15m•8.1/10

DramaCrimeRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

8.1/10(534)

A bullied teenage girl forms an unlikely friendship with a mysterious young man who protects her from her assailants, while she copes with the pressures of her final examinations.

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Production

Shooting Pictures, China Wit Media, Tianijn Xiron Entertainment, We Pictures, Haojiahuo Pictures, He Nan Dian Ying Dian Shi Zhi Zuo Ji Tuan, Fat Kids Production, Dadi Film Group, Alibaba Pictures Group, Lian Ray Pictures, Henan Film & TV Production Group, China Film Co-Production 中国电影合作制片 (CFCC)

Language

ZH

Status

Released

Release Date

Trailers & Videos

Cast

Zhou Dongyu

Zhou Dongyu

Chen Nian

Jackson Yee

Jackson Yee

Xiao Bei

Yin Fang

Yin Fang

Zheng Ye

Huang Jue

Huang Jue

Lao Yang

Wu Yue

Wu Yue

Chen Nian's Mother

Zhou Ye

Zhou Ye

Wei Lai

Zhang Xinyi

Zhang Xinyi

Xu Miao

Zhao Runnan

Zhao Runnan

Da Kang

Zhang Yao

Zhang Yao

Li Xiang

Zhang Yifan

Zhang Yifan

Hu Xiaodie

Gao Xuanming

Gao Xuanming

Lai Zi

Xie Xintong

Xie Xintong

Wang Li

Heliao Lüyun

Heliao Lüyun

Punk Gang Leader

Bozhan Ju

Bozhan Ju

Loan Shark

Wang Yingming

Wang Yingming

Dean

Weilong Li

Debtor

Li Zhencheng

Li Zhencheng

Da Kang's Father

Liu Ran

Liu Ran

Luo Ting

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