English Title: Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles [Anniversay Series]
Cantonese Title: ååª›æœ›æ— (ming nui mong juk) “Prominent Family of high status women“”
Cast: Damian Lau 劉æ¾ä», Idy Chan 陳玉蓮, Tavia Yeung 楊怡, Kenneth Ma 馬國明, Ron Ng å³å“ç¾², Rebecca Zhu 朱晨麗, Mary Hon 韓馬利, Elena Kong江美儀, JJ Jia, Sire Ma, Shek Sau, Ben Wong
Episodes: 40
Airing date: 22 October 2012 (After The Last Steep Ascent)
Themesong: æ¤æ™‚æ¤åˆ» by Fiona Sit (CD Version) | Sub Themesong Sometimes (有時) – Ron Ng (CD)
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Executive Producer: Chong Wai Kin
Scriptwriter: Au Koon Ying, Lo Mei Wan
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Synopsis
During the 1930s in Hong Kong, where east meets west, feminist activists started campaigning for women’s rights, seeking to uproot the phenomenon of men’s superiority over women. Though having studied abroad in England and leading a western lifestyle, CHUNG CHEUK-MAN (Damian Lau) , a well-known Chinese barrister, is very traditional indeed. As a man possessing privileges and eminence, he has five wives, including his first wife KOO SUM-LAN (Mary Hon) coming from a noble family, second wife YEE YIN (Idy Chan), who is an ex-princess of the fallen Qing dynasty, third wife YIK YEE-FONG (Elena Kong), a daughter of a banker. Being a famous Peking opera artiste, HONG CHI-KWAN (Tavia Yeung) became his fourth wife. And as his fifth wife, CHIU TAN-TAN (Jia Xiaochen) covets vanity a lot. Despite being CHEUK-MAN’s favorite among the five wives, CHI-KWAN and him do not agree with each other on elevating the social status of women. Moreover, his two sons – CHUNG KAI-SUN (Kenneth Ma) and CHUNG KAI-YIP (Vincent Wong) turn their back on their strict father respectively, while his daughter CHUNG HO-YEE (Sire Ma) marries to a poor policeman regardless of the consequences. As the intensification of the family struggles becomes more ferocious, KAM MUK-SHUI (Ron Ng) penetrates into the CHUNG family. Unwilling to compromise on the marriage of his beloved KWAI SIU-YAU (Rebecca Zhu) and the son of the CHUNG family, he seeks vengeance on them. This seemingly splendid family is in fact beginning to crack from the inside.
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Ooh, this sounds so… intense and complicated and so… like a TVB grand production lol.
I like quite a few cast members in this so I’ll probably turn in to see how good it is 🙂
P.S. I’m not good with history and stuff like that but is it legal during the 30s to have FIVE wives?? o__o
Nu It’s possible…. you and I think it is but it sure is legal
Marp,It’s legal to have five wife.I think it isn’t but internet said it is so….yeaaaa :3
woot, this series is finally upcoming! Gonna skip n reading the synopsis to avoid spoilers, hehee. Will watch the first episode and if it interests me enough I might start guest blogging this drama 🙂 *fingers crossed its gonna happen*
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This series has been quite heavily promoted, and the cast does look promising! I only hope it turns out to be as epic as it sounds because otherwise, 40 episodes will just be such a drag!
I’m really looking forward to this series! The genre and cast look great!! I’ve been avoiding reading any news/info, watching any clips or trailers in hope to avoid spoilers! (Including the Lighting Ceremony and the official TVB Synopsis posted above) XD
Hope it doesn’t disappoint!! 😀
could you do some episodic synopsis for highs and lows as well as king makers cos i love vivian yeo but can not watch it. lol. thx. i love your site-could not live without it. 🙂
This series is kinda boring but great acting from the casts. If you’re a fan of the stars, you should watch it but don’t expect an intense storyline.
So far so good gotta admit, will there be a subtheme song upload by Ron Ng available for download ?