China Wet Season is a China–Singapore and Taiwan co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
热带雨
Wet Season revolves around the life of Ling, a schoolteacher who deals with infertility while having to take care of her infirm father-in-law at home. One of Ling's students, Kok Wei Lun, develops a crush on her during remedial Chinese classes. The two become closer as Wei Lun embraces Ling's extra tutoring.
China × Singapore and Taiwan Co-Production
Other China×Singapore titles
Other China×Taiwan titles
The 2018–2020 China Window
Wet Season holds position #146 of 219 China films in the 2018–2020 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s China Landscape
2019 was the decade’s peak output year for China — 86 titles released, including Wet Season. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (515 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 85 other China films in 2019.
The 722nd China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
27 audience reviews — more than 48% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 55th percentile among China films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Wet Season, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- neglected wife · 2
- sick father · 2
- schoolteacher · 1
- durian · 1
- wushu · 1
- singapore · 15
- rain · 15
- teacher student relationship · 13
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #523 of 946 China films indexed here (45th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among China Drama productions specifically: #329 of 547 (top 60%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | China, Singapore, Taiwan |
| Original Language | Chinese |
| Spoken Languages | Mandarin, English |
| Production Companies | Giraffe Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 43m |
| Release Date | November 22, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt9822706 |
| Official Site | www.giraffepictures.asia |