This 2012 film is a Chinese stand-alone movie remake of the 20 episode Korean TV drama Secret Garden (2010). This film is available on Viki
with English subtitles.
The CEO of ROC Entertainment Group, Jin Zhuyuan purchases the painting "Secret Garden" at an auction he attends with his actor/cousin Oscar. Afterwards, Jin agrees to try and get actress Vicki to relinquish a video of her and Oscar. Jin goes to their film set and mistakes stunt double Ji Luolin for Vicki, and the mistaken identity proves embarrasing for Jin. He locates the real Vicki and obtains the video. And, he notices that Luolin is injured and takes her to the hospital. He goes to a restaurant he owns and very much un-impresses Luolin by callously firing an employee Yayling just for serving her coffee when she wasn't important. Then, during a thunderstorm the painting "secret garden" works its magic, and suddenly the two's bodies transform into each other's. Hilarity Ensues. They spend a long time learning to live each others' lives. Jin learns to do movie kung fu. Luolin learns to golf. She also gets Yayling her job back. Meanwhile, Oscar tries to rekindle his romance with director Yinse. Jin and Luolin learn to appreciate each other. Finally, they discover that it is during thunderstorms that "Secret Garden" works its magic. And, during one such storm, they transform back into each other. Unfortunately, upon returning to his home, Jin and Luolin find Jin's mother waiting. Mother rejects Luolin as suitable for her son, and Luolin leaves in shame. Jin tries hard to get Luolin to come back to him, not caring what his mother thinks. When Luolin is doing a stunt for a Hollywood company, she is severely injured and put into a coma. Jin finds a thunderstorm, takes Luolin to it, and she wakes up in his body, with her body lying comatose beside her, Jin trapped within. He leaves her a letter explaining his sacrifice. She doesn't accept and finds another thunderstorm. This time they return to their correct bodies, and she wakes from the coma. Later, Jin proposes on his birthday, and she eventually bears them twins (with a brief body switch during delivery of the second child). Mom rewrites her will to leave everything to the twins. And, while Oscar and Yinse are looking at "Secret Garden", thunder strikes. This time, the switch is the two of them.
The series contains the following trope examples:
- Adventures in Comaland: Luolin is in a coma. Then, Jin in her body is in the coma.
- "Freaky Friday" Flip: Joo Won and Ra Im switch bodies every time it rains.
- Gender Bender: Jin Zhuyuan and Ji Luolin have their bodies switched by a magical painting multiple times. Once things are resolved for them, Oscar and his director Yinse are looking at the same painting and have their bodies switched. And then cue credits before anything interesting happens.
- My Beloved Smother: Mother gets her way by threatening to change her will.
- Wire Fu: When Luolin is engaged in one of her movie stunts.
