Xiaowei travels to Thailand to find his "billionaire grandfather" who is out of contact due to debt problems, but unexpectedly find the one who has been corresponding with his grandmother for years is not her husband.
Every letter leads home.
Director: Lan Hongchun · Writers: Lan Hongchun, Zheng Xuanxuan, Yang Leng, Zhu Liyun
Xiaowei travels to Thailand to find his "billionaire grandfather" who is out of contact due to debt problems, but unexpectedly find the one who has been corresponding with his grandmother for years is not her husband.
Li Sitong
Xie Nanzhi
Wang Yantong
Zheng Musheng
Wu Shaoqing
Ye Shurou (elderly)
Zheng Runqi
Zheng Xiaowei
Fang Peisong
Xie Laishun
Wang Xiaohui
Ye Shurou
Zheng Pengsheng
Uncle Long
Zheng Huisong
Shiqi Zai
Zhao Shuguang
Xie Zehua
Li Deru
Aunt Ru
Li Shuhao
Brother Shuiji
"Xiaowei" (Runqi Zheng) is convinced that his grandfather was a very wealthy man who made a considerable fortune in Thailand, and so armed with what he hopes is an address he has surreptitiously gleaned from one of grandmother's old letters he sets off to introduce himself - and hopefully get an early inheritance to pay off his not insubstantial debts. What he finds upon arrival, though, isn't quite what he expected. Sure, there are plenty of schools named after "Bak-seng" (Zheng Musheng) but nobody seems to have any recollection of the man himself. Then he discovers that there was a man nicknamed "Iron Fish" and now, through a series of emotionally-charged flashbacks, we learn a little more of just why he left his wife and young family all these years ago as the Chinese civil war was raging and of a story of his struggles that doesn't quite sit with the reputation the man had garnered a…
Dear You is a 2026 drama and family movie from China directed by Lan Hongchun, starring Li Sitong, Wang Yantong and Wu Shaoqing. It was released on April 30, 2026. The running time is 1 h 58 min, in Mandarin. Audiences rate it 8.8/10 from 86 votes — very well received.
“Every letter leads home.”
Dear You was released on April 30, 2026.
Dear You was directed by Lan Hongchun.
The main cast includes Li Sitong, Wang Yantong, Wu Shaoqing, Zheng Runqi and Fang Peisong.
Dear You runs 1 h 58 min.
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It holds an audience score of 8.8/10 from 86 ratings, so fans of drama and family titles are its best audience. Read member reviews below or add your own.
🏆 Awards: 5 wins & 8 nominations total
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