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House of Harmony and Vengeance is an upcoming Hong Kong
period-comedy television drama produced by Television Broadcasts Limited
(TVB). The drama centers around a group of musicians and dancers from the Imperial Music Bureau
during the prosperous Tang Dynasty
of China.
's Studio 1 in Tseung Kwan O
on 6 May 2011. Filming began 16 May 2011 at TVB Studios. The blessing ceremony was held at the studios on 14 June 2011.
, Moses Chan
, and Myolie Wu
in the lead roles as early as November 2010. Cheung planned to cast Sheren Tang
in another lead role, but Tang was already booked to film for Mainland Chinese period drama Qing Cheng Xue during the same time as Yue Fus filming schedule. Cheung then casted Linda Chung
to replace Tang. To focus on his coffee shop business, Chan withdrew from the production in early April 2011, a month before filming commenced. TVB's Production Department supervisor Tommy Leung then offered Bowie Lam the role, but Lam rejected the offer, stating that he has already accepted to film a Mainland Chinese production. Suggested by Au-yeung, the role was then offered to Evergreen Mak
, who accepted it two weeks before filming. Before the casting of Mak, Cheung has once considered Pierre Ngo for the role, and even sought for the script to be rewritten to accommodate Ngo.
Confirmed cast
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...
period-comedy television drama 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). The drama centers around a group of musicians and dancers from the Imperial Music Bureau
Music Bureau
Music Bureau , also known as the "Imperial Music Bureau", discontinuously and in various incarnations was an organ of the imperial governmental bureaucracy of several Chinese dynasties...
during the prosperous Tang Dynasty
Tang Dynasty
The Tang Dynasty was an imperial dynasty of China preceded by the Sui Dynasty and followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li family, who seized power during the decline and collapse of the Sui Empire...
of China.
Production
A costume fitting press conference was held at TVB CityTVB City
TVB City , is the headquarters of Television Broadcasts Limited, located at 77 Chun Choi Street in the Tseung Kwan O Industrial Estate, near to Shaw Studios. TVB is by far the biggest tenant of the estate and the first service-providing company in there.The city officially opened on January 1, 2005...
's Studio 1 in Tseung Kwan O
Tseung Kwan O
Tseung Kwan O is a bay in Sai Kung District, New Territories, Hong Kong. In the northern tip of the bay lies the Tseung Kwan O Village....
on 6 May 2011. Filming began 16 May 2011 at TVB Studios. The blessing ceremony was held at the studios on 14 June 2011.
Casting
Producer Nelson Cheung casted Bobby Au-yeungBobby Au-Yeung
Bobby Au-yeung Tsan-wah is a Hong Kong actor best known for his comedic roles in many TVB television dramas. Au-yeung gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Ben Yu in the 1991 legal drama File of Justice, appearing in all five seasons of the drama...
, Moses Chan
Moses Chan
Moses Chan Ho is an award-winning actor from Hong Kong. Having started his career working mostly on films, Chan has gained remarkable success in recent years while concentrating on his TV acting career with Television Broadcasts Limited...
, and Myolie Wu
Myolie Wu
Myolie Wu Hang-yee is a Hong Kong actress for the Hong Kong TVB television station and a singer under contracts with Neway Star-Career:...
in the lead roles as early as November 2010. Cheung planned to cast Sheren Tang
Sheren Tang
Sheren Tang Shui-man is a famous Hong Kong television actress who is known for not signing a long-term contract with TVB, preferring to work on a per-drama contract with the TV station. She is most famous for her roles in the mega-hit TVB drama series like War and Beauty, La Femme Desperado, The...
in another lead role, but Tang was already booked to film for Mainland Chinese period drama Qing Cheng Xue during the same time as Yue Fus filming schedule. Cheung then casted 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...
to replace Tang. To focus on his coffee shop business, Chan withdrew from the production in early April 2011, a month before filming commenced. TVB's Production Department supervisor Tommy Leung then offered Bowie Lam the role, but Lam rejected the offer, stating that he has already accepted to film a Mainland Chinese production. Suggested by Au-yeung, the role was then offered to Evergreen Mak
Evergreen Mak
Evergreen 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...
, who accepted it two weeks before filming. Before the casting of Mak, Cheung has once considered Pierre Ngo for the role, and even sought for the script to be rewritten to accommodate Ngo.
Confirmed cast
- Bobby Au-yeungBobby Au-YeungBobby Au-yeung Tsan-wah is a Hong Kong actor best known for his comedic roles in many TVB television dramas. Au-yeung gained wide public attention in the 1990s for his portrayal of Ben Yu in the 1991 legal drama File of Justice, appearing in all five seasons of the drama...
as Tai Chi-bat (戴志鈸) a leader of a performance troupe who later becomes an official working in the Music Bureau.
- Myolie WuMyolie WuMyolie Wu Hang-yee is a Hong Kong actress for the Hong Kong TVB television station and a singer under contracts with Neway Star-Career:...
as Lee Joi-shan (利在山), an aspiring dancer who is mistaken as a boy in the beginning of the story.
- 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 Pin Yuk-yin (卞玉嫣), a professional dancer from the Chun Yat Yuen dance academy.
- 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 Lung Ba-tin (龍霸天), a talented musician from the Music Bureau.
- 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 Kuk Yuen-yuen (曲圓圓), a professional dancer from the Cheuk Lai Yuen dance academy. At 18 years old, she's the youngest dancer of the dance troupe. Yuen-yuen is extremely dependent on her older sister, who helps pay for Yuen-yuen's tuition at the dance academy.
- Yoyo ChenYoyo ChenYoyo Chen is a Hong Kong actress under TVB.-Biography:Yoyo was given her first TVB role in 2004 in the Sunshine Heartbeat...
as Kuk Wan-wan (曲彎彎), Yuen-yuen's older sister. Independent and resolute, Wan-wan helps pay for Yuen-yuen's tuition at the dance academy. Also passionate about dancing, she later meets up with Yuen-yuen at the dance academy and becomes a student.
- Angela TongAngela TongAngela Tong, born 30 June 1975 in Montreal, Canada with family roots in Shunde, Guangdong, China, is a Hong Kong actress and was Miss Chinese Montreal 1995. She went to Concordia University.-Pageant life:...
as Chu Nau-yuet (朱妞月), Cheuk Lai Yuen dance troupe's strict teacher. Cheuk Lai Yuen is the best dance academy in Chang'anChang'anChang'an is an ancient capital of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history, today known as Xi'an. Chang'an literally means "Perpetual Peace" in Classical Chinese. During the short-lived Xin Dynasty, the city was renamed "Constant Peace" ; yet after its fall in AD 23, the old name was restored...
, the capital city of Tang China.
- Oscar Leung as Pin Yuk-long (卞玉郎), Yuk-yin's older brother and Wan-wan's lover. An ex-dancer, he currently performs as a juggler in the Music Bureau.
- William ChakWilliam ChakWilliam Chak Wai-lim , formerly performed under the stage name Chak Fung, is a Hong Kong actor and presenter who achieved fame through TVB's 2010 Mr. Hong Kong Contest....
as Ngo Suet-chung (敖雪松), Yuen-yuen's love interest. He is the image consultant and hair/costume designer for the dancers of the Music Bureau and the capital city's dance academies. Brought up in a household full of women, Suet-chung is knowledgeable in the arts of fashion and beauty.
- Grace WongGrace WongGrace Wong Kwan-hing is a Chinese American actress from Hong Kong. She was the 1st runner up at the Miss Hong Kong 2007 beauty pageant...
as Tai Ka-sau (戴嘉秀), Bat's younger sister and an aspiring dancer.
- Cheung Kwok-keung as Eunuch Ying (刑公公), the supervisor of the Music Bureau who has a hobby of collecting embroidery shoes. Ying is also the emperor's personal music teacher and the empress dowager's favourite servant.
- Jess ShumJess ShumJess Sum Cheuk-ying is an actress in Hong Kong under TVB.-TV series:*Shine on You - Student*E.U. - Ho Wing-chi*Rosy Business - young Yan Fung-yee*D.I.E...
as Shum Lai-kuen (沈麗娟), Nau-yuet's main rival. She is the teacher of Chun Yat Yuen's dance troupe.
- JJ JiaJJ JiaJia Xiaochen , better known as JJ Jia, is a Chinese actress and commercial model.-Film:-Television dramas:-External links:**...
as Lau Cheuk-law (柳灼蘿), Yuk-yin's opponent. Also part of Chun Yat Yuen's dance troupe, she schemes her way to make it as the top dancer of the troupe.
- Kelvin Leung as Tai Chi-tung (戴志銅), Bat's youngest brother.
- Stephen WongStephen Wong Ka-lokStephen Wong Ka-Lok is a Hong Kong actor currently working for TVB.-Biography:Prior to joining TVB, Wong originally wanted to be a customs officer, which at that point of time due to economical recession, was considered a very stable and well-paid position....
as Tai On-nam (戴岸南), Bat's younger adopted brother and an inventor.
- Samuel Kwok as Tai Tit-doh (戴鐵刀), Bat's father.
- Aurora Li as Mung-fei (夢菲), a dancer.
- Ching Hor-wai as the Empress Dowager.
- Mannor Chan as the head maid servant of the Music Bureau.
- Matthew KoMatthew KoMatthew Ko Kwan-yin is a Hong Kong actor currently working with TVB.At the age of seven, Matthew emigrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada with his parents. He returned to Hong Kong in 2004 and worked as a model. In 2005, he became the first ever winner of Hong Kong's Mr. Hong Kong beauty contest and...
as the Crown Prince.
- Rosanne Lui as Joi-shan's mother.
- Leung Kin-ping
- Ha Ping
- Lee Yee-man
- Luvin Ho
- Iva Law
- Tina Shek
- Vanko Wong
- Coffee Lam