River of Wine
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River of Wine is a 2011 Hong Kong Qing dynasty
period drama
produced by Television Broadcasts Limited
(TVB) under executive producer Wong Wai-sing. A costume fitting ceremony was held on 16 December 2010 at 12:30 PM. A blessing ceremony was held on 11 January 2011 2:00 PM where filming began. Production was wrapped on 2 April 2011. The premiere episode aired on 29 August 2011.
) is the owner of a small business with eldest son Leung Ching-yiu (Bowie Lam), second son Leung Ching-hong (Sunny Chan
), third daughter Leung Sau-man (Casper Chan) and youngest daughter Leung Sau-yin (Cilla Lok). Yiu originally was a worker at the Jiujiang brewery but due to a natural disaster, rewrote the lives of the Leung and Sung family.
Sung family’s daughter, Sung Chi-ching (Linda Chung
), the third mistress Ting Kar-pik (Elena Kong
) and eldest son Sung Chi-tsun (Pierre Ngo) were separated. The Sung family decided to adopt Yiu as their son and looked after the business. Hong thought Yiu became the Sung family's son for the sake of wealth.
Just when business for the Jiujiang wine brewery were going well, Sung family's long lost son returns and wants to claim back ownership of the business. This results in a major feud between the Leung and the Sungs.
Finally, when Yiu tied the marriage between Ching and Hong, he was ready to return ownership back to the Sungs. Sadly, Tsun's best friend Tsang Yuk-fong (Sire Ma
)'s father Magistrate Tsang (Lau Kong
) causes downfall to the family. The Sung family business is stolen, luckily Hong helps the family rebuild their business. The Sung and Leungs calm their feud.
. "Viewers in millions" refers to the number of people, derived from TVB Jade
ratings (including TVB HD Jade), in Hong Kong who watched the episode live. The peak number of viewers are in brackets.
Qing Dynasty
The Qing Dynasty was the last dynasty of China, ruling from 1644 to 1912 with a brief, abortive restoration in 1917. It was preceded by the Ming Dynasty and followed by the Republic of China....
period drama
Costume drama
A costume drama or period drama is a period piece in which elaborate costumes, sets and properties are featured in order to capture the ambiance of a particular era.The term is usually used in the context of film and television...
produced by Television Broadcasts Limited
Television Broadcasts Limited
Television Broadcasts Limited, commonly known as TVB, is the second over-the-air commercial television station in Hong Kong. It commenced broadcasting on 19 November 1967...
(TVB) under executive producer Wong Wai-sing. A costume fitting ceremony was held on 16 December 2010 at 12:30 PM. A blessing ceremony was held on 11 January 2011 2:00 PM where filming began. Production was wrapped on 2 April 2011. The premiere episode aired on 29 August 2011.
Plot
The story takes place in the Qing Dynasty, revolving around the Sung and Leung family. Madam Leung (Nancy SitNancy 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...
) is the owner of a small business with eldest son Leung Ching-yiu (Bowie Lam), second son Leung Ching-hong (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...
), third daughter Leung Sau-man (Casper Chan) and youngest daughter Leung Sau-yin (Cilla Lok). Yiu originally was a worker at the Jiujiang brewery but due to a natural disaster, rewrote the lives of the Leung and Sung family.
Sung family’s daughter, Sung Chi-ching (Linda Chung
Linda Chung
Linda Chung Ka-yan is a Canadian TVB actress and singer based in Hong Kong. She entered the industry in 2004 when she won the 2004 Miss Chinese International Pageant. She is now an actress under TVB and a singer under the Star Entertainment label...
), the third mistress Ting Kar-pik (Elena Kong
Elena Kong
Elena Kong Mei-yee is a Hong Kong actress and presenter.Kong made her acting debut in many television commercials of the 1990s, and appeared in some of Andy Lau's music video concerts. After joining with Asia Television Limited and in 1997, she landed her first lead role in television drama...
) and eldest son Sung Chi-tsun (Pierre Ngo) were separated. The Sung family decided to adopt Yiu as their son and looked after the business. Hong thought Yiu became the Sung family's son for the sake of wealth.
Just when business for the Jiujiang wine brewery were going well, Sung family's long lost son returns and wants to claim back ownership of the business. This results in a major feud between the Leung and the Sungs.
Finally, when Yiu tied the marriage between Ching and Hong, he was ready to return ownership back to the Sungs. Sadly, Tsun's best friend Tsang Yuk-fong (Sire Ma
Sire Ma
Sire Ma is a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. She was the 2nd runner up at the Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2008, simultaneously winning the Miss Photogenic Award. She later went to participate in the Miss International 2008, but was unplaced...
)'s father Magistrate Tsang (Lau Kong
Lau Kong
Lau Kong is a Hong Kong actor who works on the network TVB.-Biography:Little is known of Lau's private life, but he has been acting since 1976, when he first joined the now defunct network Commercial Television, he later joined RTV Lau Kong (劉江) is a Hong Kong actor who works on the network...
) causes downfall to the family. The Sung family business is stolen, luckily Hong helps the family rebuild their business. The Sung and Leungs calm their feud.
Main characters
- Bowie Lam as Sung Ching-yiu () — born Leung Ching-yiu (), Ching-yiu is the chairman of the Jiujiang Wine Guild and the current boss of Tsui Lung Winery, one of the twelve wine production businesses in Jiujiang. Twenty years ago, Ching-yiu left his family to become the adopted heir of wine master Sung Ting-tin, who lost his only son Chi-tsun in a shipwreck. The Leung's thought he abandoned them for money, but Ching-yiu only left to save his family from poverty. Intelligent and patient, Ching-yiu manages to make Tsui Lung Winery into one of the most prosperous and famous wineries of southern China.
- Sunny ChanSunny ChanSunny 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...
as Leung Ching-hong () — Madam Leung's second son. He has a passion for winemaking and hopes to own a wineshop in the future.
- Nancy SitNancy SitNancy 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...
as Kwan Wai-lan () — better known as Madam Leung (), she is Ching-yiu's biological mother. She owns a small family restaurant with her second son Ching-hong.
- Linda ChungLinda ChungLinda Chung Ka-yan is a Canadian TVB actress and singer based in Hong Kong. She entered the industry in 2004 when she won the 2004 Miss Chinese International Pageant. She is now an actress under TVB and a singer under the Star Entertainment label...
as Sung Chi-ching () — the Sung family's daughter who is born with leg length discrepancy. Because of this, she is unable to find marriage to a proper family and often hides in her home doing paintings and sewing wedding gowns. She falls in love with Ching-hong and eventually becomes his wife.
- Pierre Ngo as Sung Chi-tsun () — the long-lost son of Sung and Chi-ching's older brother. He is saved from a shipwreck by a group of bandits who forced him to make a living as a street performer for the next twenty years. Bitter at these unfortunate events, Chi-tsun becomes extremely ambitious and cunning after returning to the Sung family. He forces Ching-yiu to step down prematurely and blindly follows the corrupted Magistrate Tsang of Jiujiang, believing that he is the only one who can take Tsui Lung Winery up to another level.
- Elena KongElena KongElena Kong Mei-yee is a Hong Kong actress and presenter.Kong made her acting debut in many television commercials of the 1990s, and appeared in some of Andy Lau's music video concerts. After joining with Asia Television Limited and in 1997, she landed her first lead role in television drama...
as Ting Ka-pik () — Ching-yiu's stepmother and soulmateSoulmateA soulmate is believed by some to be the person with whom one has a feeling of deep or natural affinity, similarity, love, intimacy, sexuality, spirituality, or compatibility. A related concept is that of the twin flame or twin soul, which is thought to be the ultimate soulmate...
, Chi-tsun and Chi-ching's stepmother and Sung's third wife. Her marriage to Sung was a business proposal, conducted by her father and brother, who wanted Sung to invest on their plantation business.
- Sire MaSire MaSire Ma is a Chinese actress from Hong Kong. She was the 2nd runner up at the Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2008, simultaneously winning the Miss Photogenic Award. She later went to participate in the Miss International 2008, but was unplaced...
as Tsang Yuk-fong () — the daughter of Magistrate Tsang. She is Chi-tsun's best friend and eventual love interest.
Recurring characters
- Cilla Lok as Leung Sau-yin () — Madam Leung's youngest daughter and later Chu Ah-ngau's wife.
- Alex Lam as Chu Ah-ngau () — a family friend of the Leung's and later Leung Sau-yin's husband.
- Lau KongLau KongLau Kong is a Hong Kong actor who works on the network TVB.-Biography:Little is known of Lau's private life, but he has been acting since 1976, when he first joined the now defunct network Commercial Television, he later joined RTV Lau Kong (劉江) is a Hong Kong actor who works on the network...
as Magistrate Tsang Kin-leung () — the corrupted magistrate of Jiujiang, and Tsang Yuk-fong's father. He used Sung Chi-tsun to deprive of Sung's wealth. He was killed by bamboo in Episode 25.
- Cheung Kwok-keung as Sung Ting-tin () - Deceased, Sung Mei-kam's younger brother and Ting Ka-pik's husband.
- Suet Nei as Sung Mei-kam () — Sung Ting-tin's older divorced sister. Along with Ka-pik, she is in charge of the Sung family's household obligations.
- Chun Wong as Ting Sheung-wing () — Ka-cheong and Ka-pik's father. He died in Episode 16.
- Dickson Lee as Ting Ka-cheong () — Sheung-wing's son and Ka-pik's older brother. He became maddy in Episode 19 after his father died.
- Yu Tz-ming as Leung Chau () — grandfather of the Leung's. He died in Episode 20.
- Evergreen MakEvergreen MakEvergreen Mak Cheung-ching , better known as Makbau , is a Hong Kong TVB actor. He is lauded and best-known for his villainous portrayal of the main antagonist, Leung Fei Fan , in No Regrets, for which he won the Best Supporting Actor award for.-Films:-Television dramas:-Awards:* 2010: TVB 43rd...
as Prefect Chow Sai-fan () — Magistrate Tsang's superordinate and the head prefect of the county. He is the key member of Chinese Revolutionary PartyChinese Revolutionary PartyThe Chinese Revolutionary Party was the short lived renaming of the Kuomintang between 1914 and 1919....
that engaged in political movement against Qing Dynasty.
- Oscar Chan as Ho Lok-to () — Ching-yiu's loyal personal assistant.
- Samuel Kwok as Sung To () — Sung Mei-kam and Sung Ting-tin's cousin. He pointed against Sung Ching-yiu. He used Sung Chi-tsun to determine depriving of Sung's wealth.
- Chan Wing-chun as Chu Kwok-hung () — Sung Mei-kam and Sung Ting-tin's cousin. He pointed against Sung Ching-yiu. He used Sung Chi-tsun to determine depriving of Sung's wealth.
- Au Sui-wai as Cheung Chau-fat () — Ching-yiu's loyal servant.
45th TVB Anniversary Awards 2011
- Nominated: Best Drama
- Nominated: Best Actress (Nancy Sit)
- Nominated: Best Actress (Elena Kong)
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actor (Pierre Ngo)
- Nominated: Best Supporting Actress (Sire Ma)
- Nominated: Most Improved Male Artiste (Jazz Lam)
- Nominated: Most Improved Female Artiste (Sire Ma)
- Nominated: Most Improved Female Artiste (Cilia Kung)
Viewership ratings
The following is a table that includes a list of the total ratings points based on television viewershipAudience measurement
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. "Viewers in millions" refers to the number of people, derived from 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...
ratings (including TVB HD Jade), in Hong Kong who watched the episode live. The peak number of viewers are in brackets.
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