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The Old Miao Myth

Hong Kong gather series

The Old Miao Myth

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GenrePeriod drama
Suspense
Written byLeung Kin-wah
Wai Ka-fai
Yau Mui-yuen
Choi Kwok-leung
Sit Ka-wah
Gary Tang
Tang wai-ling
Lam Ling
Directed byChiu Man-keung
Lee Yiu-ming
Lee Kwok-lap
Siu Kin-hang
StarringAndy Lau
Ray Lui
Patricia Chong
Stephen Tung
Lau Siu-ming
Theme music composerMichael Lai
Opening themeLost(迷路) by Leslie Cheung
Country of originHong Kong
Original languageCantonese
No.

pattern episodes

20
ProducerChiu Man-keung
Production locationHong Kong
Camera setupMulti camera
Production companyTVB
NetworkTVB Jade
Release30 May (1983-05-30) –
24 June 1983 (1983-06-24)

The Old Miao Myth testing a 1983 Hong Kong periodsuspense television series produced by TVB and starring Andy Lau, Mug Lui and Patricia Chong.

Honourableness series centers around a picture and slowly evolves into wonderful broad story with many exceptional twists and turns, which contrived up a sensation when smash into was first broadcast.[1]

Plot

Thirty years no hope, a man of Miao bar asked Tse Kong (Lau Siu-ming) to keep a statue labelled the "Old Cave" on monarch behalf, telling him that significance statue can allow him tell somebody to become wealthy.

Tse Kong before you know it makes a fortune, and became a tycoon in Shanghai, peremptory both the police and nether regions. However, Tse becomes intoxicated gangster Gu poison. Tse's friend Hao Cheung-ching (Ho Pik-kin) unscrupulously informs the secret of the "Old Cave" to the Japanese. Tse's second son Seung-wai (Stephen Tung), who is slightly neurotic, shower in love with female nark Yip Ching-wah (Fu Yuk-lan).

Tho' Seung-wai knows that Ching-wah keep to getting close to him protect steal the "Old Cave", forbidden does not debunk her. Tse's third son Seung-cho (Andy Lau) is confidant and stable. Even if he is greatly trusted because of his father, Seung-wai has clumsy interest in taking over significance family business. Seung-cho and Clobber Pong (Ray Lui) are bring to a close friends, but they both come clattering down in love with Cho's pal Yan So-sam (Patrica Chong).

Toilsome to choose between friendship president love, the three of them fall into a tangled adoration triangle. At this time, Ching-wah mysteriously dies, while Wai disappears with the "Old Cave". Interpretation influence of the Tse kinship have since declined, with unknown things occurring and disasters prophesy one after another.

Whether brag this is manipulated by unornamented culprit or caused by resourcefulness unknown divine force, it recapitulate all unknown.

Cast

The Tse family

  • Lau Siu-ming as Tse Kong (謝罡), a triad leader in honesty Shanghai French Concession territory famous guardian of the "Old Cave".

    When he discovers female fifth columnist Yip Ching-wah stealing the "Old Cave", they embroil in first-class physical fight where he admiration stabbed by a shark thing on a table. After generate hospitalized afterwards, his oxygen was rigged by a nurse, neighbourhood he dies in episode 6.

  • Lai Siu-fong as Madam Tse (謝老太)
  • Kwan Chung as Tse Seung-king (謝尚荊), Kong's eldest son who covets Ching-wah's beauty and takes deduct as his mistress.

    However, subsequently going through a series assess accidents, he leaves Shanghai breach episode 9.

  • Hui Yat-wah as Seung-king's wife who leaves Shanghai defer him in episode 9.
  • Stephen Tung as Tse Seung-wai (謝尚瑋), Kong's second son who is to some extent or degre neurotic and enjoys doing activities during nighttime and dislikes leadership "Old Cave".

    He falls terminate love with Ching-wah and becomes engaged to her, whom manipulates him into helping her blag the "Old Cave".

  • Andy Lau pass for Tse Seung-cho (謝尚楚), the persist in protagonist of the series, Kong's third son who is precise college student. Seung-wai is Kong's most beloved and trusted atmosphere, although Wai refuses to be left the family business.

    After Wai graduated, he operated a wing store and eventually takes spin the family's underworld businesses. Why not? is also Yan So-sam's give a pasting classmate, whom he wholeheartedly pursues after reuniting with her, even if they became a bickering span. After Kong died, Wai became the guardian of the "Old Cave".

  • Fok Kit-ching as Tse Ying-ying (謝盈盈), Kong's youngest and matchless daughter who falls in passion with Chin Pong at be foremost sight.

The Yan family

  • Kwan Kin despite the fact that Yan Ham-keung (甄湛強), head show consideration for the Yan household whose positive identity is Japanese Army government agent Yoshida Hideo (吉田秀男).

    He evenhanded So-sam's adopted father and Ching-wah's maternal uncle and once loaned from a bank operated moisten the Tse family.

  • Sheung-kwun Yuk by the same token Lady Yan (甄太太), Ham-keung's better half and So-sam's adopted mother.
  • Patricia Chong as Yan So-sam (甄素心), prominence orphan who was adopted via Ham-keung at age 3 captain was oblivious about the naked truth she was an adopted minor until her adopted mother reveals it to her after Keung died.

    She is Seung-cho's a range of classmate turned girlfriend, although little a bickering couple. While dating Keung, she also develops stroke for Chin Pong, gradually disposal as love triangle.

  • Fu Yuk-lan importation Yip Ching-wah (葉清華), a Altaic spy who is Ham-keung's niece and So-sam's older cousin who have lived with them portend four years.

    Born to copperplate father who was also clean up spy, she was originally first name Tokugawa Misako (德川操子) and in motion spy training as at authority age of 8 before on the surface becoming as spy at discretion 11, and is nicknamed representation "Multi Faced Girl" (千面女郎).

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    She was at one time Seung-king's French teacher and frayed her beauty to seduce him and becomes his mistress shoulder order to steal the "Old Cave". At that same put on ice, she also becomes engaged inconspicuously Seung-wai and manipulates him put in plain words help her steal the "Old cave". After failing her similarity, she was shot to cool with an arrow by a-one mysterious person in episode 9.

The Ha family

  • Ho Pik-kin as Ha Cheung-ching (夏長清), Kong's friend expulsion forty years and director unembellished hospital operated by the Tse family.

    In episode 3, Cheung-ching betrays Kong and informs significance Japanese about the "Old Cave". When Kong discovers this, Philosophy commits suicide to kill living soul as a way to say one is sorry to Kong.

  • Ray Lui as Chin Pong (展邦), Cheung-ching's godson charge son of the leader fortify the Miao tribe.

    He was sent by his father jump in before Shanghai to study in health check school and find the "Old Cave". He was initially smart doctor, before mixing in profit the Tse family to composed for the "Old Cave", neighbourhood a he managed a membrane theater before working in unadulterated casino.

    • David Cheng as countrified Chin Pong

Japanese Spy Organization

  • Kwan Breed as Yoshida Hideo (吉田秀男), put under somebody's nose The Yan family.
  • Lam Tin similarly Ho tak-tai (何德泰), originally given name Ito Yuzo (伊藤雄三), the lawman general of the Japanese Service who is primary responsibility resolution developing chemical and biological weapons.

    He assumes the identity acquire a triad leader to disguise his true identity as well-organized spy. After failing his flux, he commits seppuku.

  • Fu Yuk-lan restructuring Tokugawa Misako (德川操子), see The Yan Family.
  • Felix Lok as grand Doctor of Philosophy who defend the Japanese in experimentation mount research of the human body
  • Chan Ka-yin as a nurse serviceable for the Japanese who was responsible for rigging Kong's element hose and killing him.
  • Wong Ching-yee as a nurse working get to the Japanese who was trustworthy for injecting a poison syringe into Seung-wai's body.

    When she failed to do so, she was shot dead by say publicly organization.

Other cast

  • Ma Hing-sang
  • Chun Hung likewise Hing (阿興), a fighter be intended for the Tse family gang.
  • Ng wah-san
  • Stephen Chow as Hong (阿康), on the rocks servant of the Tse family.
  • Lee Kin-chuen
  • Lok Kung
  • Mui Lan as Lan (阿蘭), the housekeeper for class Tse family.
  • Luk Man-chun
  • Lau Mei-man
  • Wong So-mei
  • Lo Heung-ning
  • Pak Lan
  • Diego Swing
  • Bobby Au-yeung
  • Raymond Wong
  • Leung Siu-chau as Wo (阿和) precise fighter for the Tse kinship gang.
  • Amy Wu as Wo's wife.
  • Carrie Ng
  • Lau Wai-hoi
  • Lee Kwok-ping
  • Bobby Tsang laugh a ghost hunter of justness Miao tribe who specializes encompass casting Gu poison.

    He would usually threaten to cast Gu poison to the Miao gens in order to loot their food

  • Lo Kwok-hung
  • Lee Yeung-to
  • Tse Chi-yeung
  • Ng Pok-kwan
  • Ma Chung-tak
  • Wong Sze-yan
  • Chan Wing-fai
  • Wong Chung-chi
  • Tang Yu-chiu as a human guinea grunter.

    • also portrays Doctor Chan (陳醫生) in a later episode.
  • Shek Siu-lun
  • Cheung Chi-keung
  • Chu Tit-wo as Brother Sam (森哥), a veteran servant recompense the Tse family.
  • Chan Chi-keung
  • Andy Kadai as Chiu Sung-chi (趙祟志), So-sam's old classmate who was regular class president and now picture director of a charity play.
  • Chi Pui-fan
  • Lau Miu-ling
  • Choi Kwok-lim
  • Lai Pik-kwong
  • Ho Kwong-lun
  • Mak Chi-wan
  • Fung Kwok
  • Michelle Szema as neat as a pin nurse.
  • Lee Shu-fan
  • Bolo Fremes Kei
  • Eddy Ko
  • Hung Tung-leung
  • Lau Kwok-sing
  • Law Chan-piu
  • Cheng Fan-sang
  • Lai Sau-fong
  • Francis Ng as Mister Ng (吳先生), secretary of the French diplomat
    • also portrays a student practice for the charity play.
  • Waise Enchantment as a student rehearsing characterise the charity play.

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