Waiting for You in the Future: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

A middle-aged man time travels to the past to become a teacher to his 17-year-old classmates. Hao Huigui (Li Guangjie) is a 36-year-old high school teacher who is still single. During a gathering, he gets into a huge disagreement with everyone present and even gets into a fist fight with his best friend. Upon returning home, he mindlessly flips through his personal diary from 20 years ago and starts to recall many memories from the past. He falls asleep eventually and meets with his younger self in his dreams.

Series details

• Title: Waiting for You in the Future
• Format: Scripted
• Language: Chinese
• Genres: Drama
• Premiere date: 2019-09-09
• Final broadcast date listed: 2019-10-16
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Web channel listed by TVmaze: iQIYI
• Typical episode runtime: 45 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 67196
• IMDb ID: tt11018390
• TVDB ID: 369176

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2019-09-09; final listed air date 2019-10-16; episode order: 36.

Source and licence

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