The Winter Melon Tale
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The Winter Melon Tale is a TVB costume drama series broadcast in March 2009.
) and his wife Chung Bik Yuk (Louisa So
) free him from constraint. Tung gets flattened by Kwai's older brother Tin Tai Fu (also played by Liu Kai Chi) accidentally and his spirit enters Fu's body inexplicably while losing all his instincts.
Tung starts living in Kwai's house and getting closer to the family. Yuk finds Tung suspicious and she tries to unmask him by all means. Having failed in his attempt to return to Heaven, Tung becomes reliant on the help of six little deities who assimilated his instincts released from the melon, and since then Tung is aware of the fickleness of human nature. One day, Fu's truant wife Ling Fung (Lau Yuk Chui) suddenly returns. She ruins everything and even causes the death of Kwai. In order to get his life back, Tung illicitly breaks into the netherworld.
Synopsis
Fan Tung (Liu Kai Chi) is one of the four deities under the Stove God. He has offended the Queen Mother of the West of being ravenous and gets imprisoned for 500 years in the winter melon. By chance Tin Dai Kwai (Sunny ChanSunny Chan
Sunny Chan Kam-Hung is a Hong Kong television and film actor. His breakout film role was in the internationally multi-award-winning 1998 Hong Kong film Hold You Tight, for which he won the coveted Silver Screen Award for Best Actor at the Singapore International Film Festival in...
) and his wife Chung Bik Yuk (Louisa So
Louisa So
Louisa So Yuk Wa is a Hong Kong actress in drama and TV series. She is considered the "Cooking Mistress" after winning the comedy cooking show Beautiful Cooking...
) free him from constraint. Tung gets flattened by Kwai's older brother Tin Tai Fu (also played by Liu Kai Chi) accidentally and his spirit enters Fu's body inexplicably while losing all his instincts.
Tung starts living in Kwai's house and getting closer to the family. Yuk finds Tung suspicious and she tries to unmask him by all means. Having failed in his attempt to return to Heaven, Tung becomes reliant on the help of six little deities who assimilated his instincts released from the melon, and since then Tung is aware of the fickleness of human nature. One day, Fu's truant wife Ling Fung (Lau Yuk Chui) suddenly returns. She ruins everything and even causes the death of Kwai. In order to get his life back, Tung illicitly breaks into the netherworld.
Peasants
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Sunny Chan Sunny Chan Sunny Chan Kam-Hung is a Hong Kong television and film actor. His breakout film role was in the internationally multi-award-winning 1998 Hong Kong film Hold You Tight, for which he won the coveted Silver Screen Award for Best Actor at the Singapore International Film Festival in... |
Tin Dai-Kwai 田大貴 |
Tin Dai-Fu's younger brother. Chung Bik-Yuk's husband. |
| Louisa So Louisa So Louisa So Yuk Wa is a Hong Kong actress in drama and TV series. She is considered the "Cooking Mistress" after winning the comedy cooking show Beautiful Cooking... |
Chung Bik-Yuk 鍾碧玉 |
Tin Dai-Kwai's wife. |
| Liu Kai Chi Liu Kai Chi Liu Kai-chi is a Hong Kong actor, best known for his "everyman" supporting roles. He is a Christian, and has appeared in several Christian themed projects. For 25 years he worked for TVB, Hong Kong's first over-the-air commercial station, but did not renew his contract in 2005.On April 5, 2006,... |
Tin Dai-Fu 田大富 |
Tin Dai-Kwai's older brother. Ngai Fung's husband. |
| Rain Lau (劉玉翠) | Ngai Fung 凌鳳 |
Tin Dai-Fu's second wife. |
| Ellesmere Choi Ellesmere Choi Ellesmere Choi Chi Kin is a Hong Kong television actor for TVB. He attended TVB's training classes in 1993.-TV series:*In the Eye of the Beholder *His True Father... |
Wut Gei 屈機 |
Doctor Chung Bik-Wun's husband. |
| Natalie Wong Natalie Wong Natalie Kei Ying Wong , born on 15 July 1976 in Hong Kong is a Chinese actress affiliated with TVB in Hong Kong.-Miss Hong Kong start:... |
Chung Bik-Wun 鍾碧雲 |
Wut Gei's wife. Chung Yiu-Jo and Chung Bik-Yuk's sister. |
| Jack Wu Jack Wu Jack Wu is a television actor, and host from Hong Kong, working for TVB.-TV series:-External links:*... |
Chung Yiu-Jo 鍾耀祖 |
Inventor Chung Bik-Wun and Chung Bik-Yuk's younger brother. |
Gods and Monsters
| Cast | Role | Description |
| Liu Kai Chi Liu Kai Chi Liu Kai-chi is a Hong Kong actor, best known for his "everyman" supporting roles. He is a Christian, and has appeared in several Christian themed projects. For 25 years he worked for TVB, Hong Kong's first over-the-air commercial station, but did not renew his contract in 2005.On April 5, 2006,... |
Fan Tung 范統 |
Stove God's Deity Yuen Sa Sin-Tsi's husband. |
| Louisa So Louisa So Louisa So Yuk Wa is a Hong Kong actress in drama and TV series. She is considered the "Cooking Mistress" after winning the comedy cooking show Beautiful Cooking... |
Yuen Sa Sin-Tzi 浣紗仙子 |
Stove God's Deity Fan Tung's wife. |
| Nancy Wu Nancy Wu Nancy Wu Ding Yan is a Chinese actress contracted to TVB. In 1999, she participated in TVB's 18th Annual New Talent Singing Awards competition and finished in the top four. In 2001, she entered TVB's 3rd Annual Cover Girl Competition and won the Most Photogenic Award, the Most Fit Award, the Most... |
Fok Sze-Sze 霍思思 |
Fox Spirit |
| Helen Tam Tam Yuk Ying Helen Tam Yuk Ying is a host of children's programmes in Hong Kong.She joined Television Broadcasts Limited in 1980 and has hosted for children's shows since the 1980s, including 430 Space Shuttle , Flash Fax , Kids Click and After School ICU... |
Wong Mo Leung-Leung 皇母娘娘 |
Queen Mother of the West |
Viewership ratings
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March 9–13, 2009 | |
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March 16–20, 2009 | |
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March 23–26, 2009 | |
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| March 30 - April 2, 2009 | |
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External links
- TVB.com The Winter Melon Tale - Official Website