A Kindred Spirit was a television

Television

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 drama

Drama

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 series that was broadcast on TVB Jade

TVB Jade

TVB Jade is a flagship TV channel in Hong Kong, established by Television Broadcasts Limited, and is one of the free-to-air Cantonese language television channels in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival ATV Home...

 in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

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 from 15 May 1995 to 13 November 1999. It is one of the longest running drama shows in Hong Kong television history (the longest being the sitcom Hong Kong 81 series). Its exceptional longevity still amazes people in a city where scripted TV drama programs typically only last around 20 episodes. The total number of episodes is 1,128. Each episode airs a few days in each week.

The show centres on a family who operates a barbecue pork (char siu

Char siu

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) restaurant

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 in Happy Valley, Hong Kong

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, and their life.

Cast

As the show progressed, more and more new characters were added into the show, as in a soap opera

Soap opera

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. The show finally ended in 13 November 1999 with a lavish farewell that included all the actors who participated in the show from past to present.

Main cast

Actor	Character(s)	Remarks
Louise Lee	Leung Yun Shin 梁潤善	Original cast member
Lau Dan Lau Dan Lau Dan is a Hong Kong actor.- Works :Lau is known to portray good characters, but could play cunning and sly characters with ease...	Lee Biu Bing 李標炳	Original cast member
Nancy Sit Nancy Sit Nancy Sit Ka Yin is a Hong Kong actress on the TVB network. Her acting career dated back to the 1960s, when she was a popular teen idol alongside Connie Chan Po-chu, and Josephine Siao...	Leung Yun Ho 梁潤好	Joined cast in 1996
Kwan Hoi San Kwan Hoi San Kwan Hoi San was a Hong Kong actor. Kwan started off as a Cantonese opera actor in street theatre before joining New Voice Opera Troupe . He also started singing for early Hong Kong film soundtracks and moved on to act in films, mostly adaption of opera in Cantonese. He became famous and acted in...	Leung Yau 梁　友	Joined cast in 1995
Lai Suen	Yuen Man Kuen 阮文娟	Original cast member
Cheung Chi Kwong	Lee Tim Fook 李添福	Original cast member
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...	Chan Wing Kam 陳詠琴	Original cast member, departed
Kenix Kwok Kenix Kwok Kenix Kwok Ho Ying is a Hong Kong actress. Along with Maggie Cheung Ho Yee, Esther Kwan, Marianne Chan, Ada Choi, Flora Chan and Jessica Hsuan, Kenix is known as one of the Top 7 "Fa Dans" of TVB from the mid 1990s to mid 2000s.Kwok got her start as a finalist in the Top 5 of the 1993 Miss Hong...	Lee Daw Foon 李多歡	Original cast member, departed in 1995
Ben Wong Ben Wong Ben Wong Chi-yin is a Hong Kong actor best known for his role as Yung Heung-hoi in the long-running drama series A Kindred Spirit.-Film:-Television dramas:-Hosting gigs:*1989: 陽光節拍一小時*1991: Flash Fax...	Yung Heung Hoi 容向海	Original cast member
Angie Cheung Angie Cheung Angie Cheong Wai-yee is a Malaysian Chinese actress. She won the Miss Chinese Malaysia in 1992 and went to Hong Kong to compete for the Miss Chinese International in 1993. After that, she signed a contract with Hong Kong television TVB and became a Hong Kong actress...	Lee Choi Yiu 李彩瑤 Ng Fong Kwai 吳芳貴	Original cast member, departed and returned
Marco Lo	Tong Lap Sang 唐立生	Joined cast in 1996
Lau Nam Kwong	Leung Yun Choi 梁潤才	Original cast member, departed
Sze Ming	Ma Yuk Yu 馬玉瑜	Original cast member, departed
Florence Kwok Florence Kwok Florence Kwok Siu-Wan, born 25 August 1970 in Hong Kong, is a Hong Kong film and voice actress. She entered TVB after participating in Miss Hong Kong Pageant 1992....	Lee Daw Yan 李多欣	Original cast member
Hawick Lau Hawick Lau Hawick Lau Hoi-wai is a Hong Kong actor and singer, most famous for his performances in the TVB series A Kindred Spirit, Virtues of Harmony and its sequel Virtues of Harmony II, and My Family....	Lee Tim On 李添安	Original cast member
Tam Sin Hung	Auntie Yung 容妹 or 容姨	Original cast member

Impact on Hong Kong Culture

The show's impact on Hong Kong culture is immense, although its influence is fading away as new series are being aired. Everyone can remember the approximate arc of the story and most can sing the theme song.

The impact of the show on its cast is enormous, some actors have suffered a form of "curse" from the series, being that they can never break out of their mold that were set during this series. A good example listed earlier is the actor who played Ji Ho in the series. His performance on the series was so convincing and memorable that it has prevented him from playing heroes or protagonists since his run on the show was ended (though he did play some protagonist roles recently).

Kindred Spirit is shown in Hong Kong on TVB's Grand Theatre Channel, which belongs to TVB's new pay television services. The show aired in Canada

Canada

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 via Fairchild TV

Fairchild TV

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The show is currently rerun on Thursday, September 13, 2007 from Monday to Friday at 2:15pm on TVB Jade

TVB Jade

TVB Jade is a flagship TV channel in Hong Kong, established by Television Broadcasts Limited, and is one of the free-to-air Cantonese language television channels in Hong Kong, the other being its arch-rival ATV Home...

in Hong Kong.